PeterQuaife Basic Member Posts:436  
| 9/18/2006 5:46 PM |
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*aplogies if this has been mentioned before*
i used to buy the Hotpress, enjoyed it, but not now with its new 'sexier ' image..what is with all the bulls**t sex articles?!?!?!?!? If i wanted that tripe i'd buy one of those gutter glossy lads-mags...plus i have a wee one running around the house that doesnt need to see it!
Catch yourselves on Hotpress.
PQ
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Rev Jules Veteran Member Posts:1041
| 9/18/2006 6:39 PM |
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eh, shouldnt that be top shelf ?
I empathise but I have far more of a problem with images of violence than I do with people writing about the female orgasm. Sorry, but I think its a sickness in a society that happily bans Playboy and then allows movies like Kill Bill to be on general release, I'm not saying I approve of Playboy or that I believe in banning movies but, as a fan of Lenny Bruce, I'm with him when he says he'd rather watch a film where a woman is in exctasy and saying "I love you, I'm coming" then one where she is being terrorised, tortured and murdered but hey, maybe I'm not cool, like, man
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aidan Advanced Member Posts:638
| 9/18/2006 7:01 PM |
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'playboy' has been unbanned for a long time, rev - now go down to the newsagent and go wild! be free!
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UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 9/18/2006 7:27 PM |
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Playboy is a great magazine, apart from all the nudie women.
I like saying the word 'nudie'. It brings a smile...
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aidanAdvanced Member Posts:638
| 9/18/2006 7:49 PM |
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Originally posted by Una
Playboy is a great magazine, apart from all the nudie women.
I like saying the word 'nudie'. It brings a smile...
aha! - I used 'nudie' in a review here a while ago (placebo, I think) and I got great feedback for using it. I'm hoping to slip 'saucy' in somewhere very soon 
una, does richard oakley write for the tribune?
I think most posters on this board agree that hot press is a parody of its former self. a lot of the writing is really self-conscious ('the ticket' is so much more enjoyable as a read), and the editorial direction (y'know, really slating the bishops cause they, like, don't have sex or give out free condoms, man!!) is fairly outdated. a change of editor could make it a really great magazine. anyone know how it does sales-wise?
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cometBasic Member Posts:485
| 9/18/2006 8:27 PM |
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Latest figures showed Hotpress to have an increase of over 50% in readers over the past twelve months. I'm currently receiving the special offer thing from EP - 6 mags for €5, I wouldn't buy it normally and I don't think thats going to change unless they are printing subconciously hypnotic messages in these special offer mnagazines that will trick me into subscribing. I have to agree the whole attempt at the sex thing is a bit juvenile but maybe thats their target audience, I don't know.
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Rev JulesVeteran Member Posts:1041
| 9/18/2006 9:02 PM |
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They could do a spinoff called 'Hottie Press' or maybe 'Hacks Go Wild'
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UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 9/19/2006 1:17 AM |
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"una, does richard oakley write for the tribune?"
he usedta, he writes for the Sunday Times now I think
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MullyAdvanced Member Posts:849
| 9/19/2006 9:32 AM |
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Originally posted by Una
I like saying the word 'nudie'. It brings a smile...
Its does, but sadly for me, it also brings images of Nudie Father Jack !! |
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DamienBasic Member Posts:316
| 9/19/2006 10:09 AM |
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The sex column is the most embarassing thing I've ever read. The few I've seen has a box at the side with 'the sex o'clock news' written above it and a picture of a clock with the hands replaced by knobs. That's pretty juvenile and not funny. I bet everyone in the hotpress office draws pictures of d**ks on each other's stuff then runs away laughing like in secondary school.
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| 9/19/2006 11:42 AM |
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well the 4 page coverage of the masturbate-athon a few weeks ago was def overkill..im not a prude but for gods sake what was the point??
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MullyAdvanced Member Posts:849
| 9/19/2006 11:45 AM |
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Originally posted by Mar
well the 4 page coverage of the masturbate-athon a few weeks ago was def overkill..im not a prude but for gods sake what was the point??
Fairly Graphic photo too, says doffing my prudish cap ... |
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| 9/19/2006 11:46 AM |
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That olaf guy is enough to drive you to drink .
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nerrawBasic Member Posts:475
| 9/19/2006 11:47 AM |
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And shouldn't a sex columnist be someone that you actually want to have sex with?
It's like talking dirty with a minger, just wrong.
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UnaVeteran Member Posts:1721
| 9/19/2006 12:37 PM |
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still, 'sex' is in her name, Anne Sexton. I always find this ting amazing, like Arsene Wenger managing Arsenal, or that guy in charge of the Port Tunnel - Tim Brick.
People don't talk about appropriate names enough.
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| 9/19/2006 12:55 PM |
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Or Mr Bookman from seinfeld !!!!He was the library guy !
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strollerAdvanced Member Posts:576
| 9/19/2006 12:58 PM |
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Originally posted by nerraw
And shouldn't a sex columnist be someone that you actually want to have sex with?
It's like talking dirty with a minger, just wrong.
I couldn't agree with you more. She's rougher than a badger's arse. |
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AntistarAdvanced Member Posts:544
| 9/19/2006 1:53 PM |
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Originally posted by Una
still, 'sex' is in her name, Anne Sexton. I always find this ting amazing, like Arsene Wenger managing Arsenal, or that guy in charge of the Port Tunnel - Tim Brick.
People don't talk about appropriate names enough.
Yes, the Arsene Wenger one has always baffled me! Arsen(e)/Arsen(al). I mean, what are the odds???? |
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MullyAdvanced Member Posts:849
| 9/19/2006 2:18 PM |
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Originally posted by Antistar
quote:
Originally posted by Una
still, 'sex' is in her name, Anne Sexton. I always find this ting amazing, like Arsene Wenger managing Arsenal, or that guy in charge of the Port Tunnel - Tim Brick.
People don't talk about appropriate names enough.
Yes, the Arsene Wenger one has always baffled me! Arsen(e)/Arsen(al). I mean, what are the odds????
Alex Ferguson is a Man, & he's in charge of MANchester United ... & Stuart Pearce is also a Man.
(gulp) Dare I say, that Gordan Strachan is a Celt ... & then there is Pat Scully, who is a Sham.
The place is littered with them !! |
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GarVeteran Member Posts:1676
| 9/19/2006 3:49 PM |
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Sweet victory on Sunday there for Mr. Wenger (just for all you Man Utd fans)!!!!
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