RIP Time magazine.

The Diabolical Monocle · 22-04-2015 06:30PM #1

Today I saw the most recent copy of Time magazine.

The acclaimed, long established internationally distributed magazine that has previously featured on its cover such historic figures as hitler, bin laden, Bush, Churchill, Palin and any number of controversial, yet undeniably important figures in the spheres of world politics, finance, history.

Todays copy features Kanye West, full page cover spread, face portrait.

It is now dead to me.

Sorry to start a whole thread about this, but its beyond trivial annoyance.

My jimmys have officially been rustled, at the thought of that buffoon framing his Time magazine cover of himself on his wall. The world must feel my pain.

Is nothing sacred ?

Anyone else feel the same ?

NegativeCreep · 22-04-2015 06:32PM

I love Kanye West.

dodderangler · 22-04-2015 06:32PM

It's only dead to you now? It's been covered with Kim cowdashian and every other idiot for years and it's just a Shiite anyway

Littlehorny · 22-04-2015 06:33PM

Totally agree, that talentless asshole actually believes he is some kind of a god, horrible person altogether.

frag420 · 22-04-2015 06:33PM

It's about time!!

22-04-2015 06:34PM

It was always a bit...light. Kinda an inoffensive publication, where countries would advertise how great they were. Can't remember the last hard hitting analysis I've read on it. Strictly for dentists waiting rooms.

Harry Palmr · 22-04-2015 06:35PM

In the summer of 1983 David Bowie was on the cover. Lets Dance had just propelled him to global superstardom.

http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19830718,00.html

The letters page two weeks later did contain some angry correspondence.

who the fug · 22-04-2015 06:36PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

It was always a bit...light. Kinda an inoffensive publication, where countries would advertise how great they were. Can't remember the last hard hitting analysis I've read on it. Strictly for dentists waiting rooms.

I rember it from the barbers my father dragged me to as a child.

22-04-2015 06:36PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

In the summer of 1983 David Bowie was on the cover. Lets Dance had just propelled him to global superstardom.

http://content.time.com/time/covers/0,16641,19830718,00.html

Yeah but that's Bowie, not Kanye ****ing West

phasers · 22-04-2015 06:36PM

I dropped Time after they named this eejit person of the year in 2006

22-04-2015 06:40PM

phasers wrote: »

I dropped Time after they named this eejit person of the year in 2006

Hey, I bloody deserved it back in 06!

Gatling · 22-04-2015 06:45PM

Felt exactly the same when his wife appeared in playboy

The Diabolical Monocle · 22-04-2015 06:45PM

Deleted User wrote: »

It was always a bit...light. Kinda an inoffensive publication, where countries would advertise how great they were. Can't remember the last hard hitting analysis I've read on it. Strictly for dentists waiting rooms.

Ok fair point and I agree, and as someone above said maybe I've missed the boat since other halfwits have previously graced its cover.

But surely at one time it was a symbol of something, ... maybe it represented an appreciation of that which is important and not the utter trivial shyte which we are bombarded with.

oh well, its gone now.

Nodin · 22-04-2015 06:58PM

Littlehorny wrote: »

Totally agree, that talentless asshole actually believes he is some kind of a god, horrible person altogether.

In his defence, he is by all a/c's mentally ill in some fashion. The fact that this is hard to discern amongst so many rampant egos with no such excuse is the frightening part.

Nor may there be such an excuse for sticking him on the cover of Time. They need cash, I suppose.

RGDATA! · 22-04-2015 07:01PM

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

Todays copy features Kanye West, full page cover spread, face portrait.

It is now dead to me.

You think that's bad? U2 were on the cover 20 years ago.
(PS whatever you think of him, Kanye is as much relevant today as they were then).

darkpagandeath · 22-04-2015 07:01PM

Fishsticks.

bonzodog2 · 22-04-2015 07:05PM

OMG, what next? The RTE Guide? Say it ain't so!

They shoulda kept up with the times!

:rolleyes:

Aidric · 22-04-2015 07:08PM

I'll stick with The Economist.

Right Turn Clyde · 22-04-2015 07:10PM

Littlehorny wrote: »

Totally agree, that talentless asshole actually believes he is some kind of a god, horrible person altogether.

Asshole? Yes. Think he's god? Yes. Horrible person? Yes. Talentless? No chance. He is a truly imaginative and gifted music producer.

BlatentCheek · 22-04-2015 07:18PM

Time's been very light for a very long time. This video from the Onion pretty much says it all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TT81o4hL4c

The Diabolical Monocle · 22-04-2015 07:20PM

Right Turn Clyde wrote: »

He is a truly imaginative and gifted music producer.

maybe once or twice, but so is mmm... I dunno, Britney or whoever.

Cienciano · 22-04-2015 07:23PM

OP, you're getting old. Do you find yourself saying "music was better in my day"?

Right Turn Clyde · 22-04-2015 07:28PM

The Diabolical Monocle wrote: »

maybe once or twice, but so is mmm... I dunno, Britney or whoever.

You're only showing your ignorance now. It's possible to dislike something whist appreciating the artistry involved in it. I don't like his music, but it's absolutely brimming with originality and ideas. Think of how big rap/hip hop is, and how recognisable it is. He is one man, and he changed it, virtually on his own. That's pretty impressive. When you consider how fundamental hip hop has been to mainstream American culture for the past 20 years, I think it's appropriate that he's on the cover of Time.

bodice ripper · 22-04-2015 07:31PM

Used to be a big fan of Time when i was young ( as would you be if you were raised by Americans overseas...). But fuxk me, it went to ****.

donegaLroad · 22-04-2015 07:43PM

the front page of Time magazine sometimes publishes a different 'lighter' front page story for American audiences..

somefeen · 22-04-2015 07:43PM

Its True Kanye West might be a complete arsehole and an otherwise absolute waste of space but his music is hugely influential. He is a modern Phil Spector.
I wouldnt be a fan myself but listening to his latest stuff on the radio and it is more original than most of the crap thats come out in the past twenty years.

Would you have a problem with Elvis being on the cover?

catallus · 22-04-2015 07:43PM

Aidric wrote: »

I'll stick with The Economist.

The Economist is gone kind of fluffy these days too.

artanevilla · 22-04-2015 07:47PM

[godwin] Sure Hitler was on the cover several times, he wasn't a particularly pleasant person either. [/godwin]

Monotonous · 22-04-2015 08:06PM

Well, not that I like his music or anything, but Kanye West is "relevant". He is everywhere, on the internet, in the magazines, and is spoken of very damned often. Just like Hitler, Bin laden, and Bush, who have all been featured on the magazine, Kanye West is very controversial. You either love or hate him. Time hasn't really changed, but is just doing what it's always done.

catallus · 22-04-2015 08:07PM

Monotonous wrote: »

. Kanye West is very controversial. You either love or hate him.

That's just not true.

Many people don't care.

hatrickpatrick · 22-04-2015 08:14PM

Doesn't having one's jimmies rustled mean getting sexually excited?

If it doesn't, it really should.

RIP Time magazine.

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