here & now

Interview magazine is an obvious influence for mono.kultur, and we really enjoyed the relaunch of the magazine last September which brought back a little of its former splendour. If you’re interested in the politics behind magazines, there’s an interesting article here, outlining the turmoil behind the scenes at Interview during the past year [thanks magtastic]. Along the way, it also demonstrates very well what all commercial magazines boil down to in the end: advertising. And why a magazine like mono.kultur could never, ever survive in the commercial arena.