MAGNET’s 50th ISSUE!
To celebrate, we’re pulling out all the stops and sending you ... this email newsletter. You know, to get the party started. The geniuses in marketing thought it would be a good idea. They also pointed out that, if we were publishing Dog Fancy, dog-year calculations would make this our 350th issue. How do they come up with this stuff?

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INSIDE MAGNET #50 - IN STORES NEXT WEEK
COVER STORY - AIR
MAGNET sent writer Jonathan Valania to Paris to interview Jean-Benoit Dunckel and Nicolas Godin. Valania was shocked and appalled, if not a little disappointed, that he was the only man in France wearing a beret. Other highlights: Godin and Dunckel refer to the mullet as “the shrimp haircut.” Air guest musician Beck claims his next album will sound like “Yanni without the mustache.”
Alternate headlines for the Air story that were not used for obvious reasons:
New Wave Haute Doggz
What’s The Frequency, Dunckel?
Let’s France!
Beavis And Butt-head Do America

FEATURES: MAGNET goes back to Cali (circa 1984) and finds the stuff dream-pop was made of with an in-depth report on the Paisley Underground scene; an interview with legendary/influential film composer Ennio Morricone; sad-song pseudo-siblings the Pernice Brothers get caught smiling; Spoon is an amazing rock band; plus, a special MAGNET 50 section that’s all about us: memories, confessions, secrets and lies. And they* said we’d never make it to issue #50.
*Naysayers

Not to mention stories about Lloyd Cole, Starflyer 59, Minders, Webb Brothers, Comas, Mice Parade, Dirty Three + Low and more.

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WHAT’S NEW AT MAGNETMAGAZINE.COM?
Good of you to ask. Fred Mills pulls double duty on two magnetmagazine.com exclusives: an in-depth review of Radiohead’s Amnesiac and a complete transcript of a lengthy Q&A with surprisingly verbose Krautrockers Neu!.

New album reviews: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, Mark Lanegan, David Byrne, Nebula, Echo & The Bunnymen, Half Japanese and more.

Plus photos of your (OK, our) favorite bands, live reviews, music news and Web-only MAGNET archives of classic stories from sold-out issues.