Comments on: 5 Incredibly Specific Magazines

By: Tdave

Tdave — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:24:34 +0000

My mom worked for an industrial contractor, heating A/C ventilation, fire supression(sprinklers) division. In her office, I saw a copy of a mag that was devoted to ductwork and air-handling units. Everything you wanted to know about ductwork, and the people who install it. Even the ads were for such things as specific parts for industrial size HVAC units.

By: Tribling

Tribling — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:36:16 +0000

My Father, a scientist, used to subscribe to a magazine that I always thought was a total crack-up. “Lubes n’ Greases.” Took on whole new comedic interpretations as I got older…

By: GiftofGab

GiftofGab — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:03:43 +0000

These are specific? Apparently you’ve never seen the Mad Magazine spoofs on specific magazines. They would do things like “nose hair tweezer engraver’s monthly” and other VERY specific items. While it still does some parodys, they were much better 20 years ago…

By: the creature

the creature — Thu, 29 May 2008 20:24:53 +0000

i am a member of the International Clarinet Association. four times a year “The Clarinet” magazine graces my mailbox. good stuff.

Clarinetfest 2008 or bust!!!

By: Chris Higgins

Chris Higgins — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:22:44 +0000

I lived in a house in Tallahassee that received “VHS Rental Weekly” (or some such), and I used to read it over breakfast every morning. It’s amazing how many column inches they devoted to VHS rentals in the ’90s.

By: Su

Su — Thu, 29 May 2008 13:11:45 +0000

You forgot Progressive Grocer.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:31:35 +0000

One of my ex-boyfriends was a crane operator (I called it “driving a crane” and called him Crane Boy) and so we had Crane Today sitting around the house all the time. Let me tell you, it is pretty dry stuff, unless they had articles on crane accidents. Nothing like a crane accident story to liven up the mag.

By: Jacquilynne

Jacquilynne — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:14:05 +0000

Almost every industry and industry association has their own magazine, so I’m certain you could find ones that are vastly more specific than that. A huge number of the working writers out there make their living writing for industry specific rags of that sort. They might not know all that much about logging industry heavy equipment or running an old fashioned ice cream parlour, but they do the interviews and write the pieces they’re assigned.

By: Aimee

Aimee — Thu, 29 May 2008 10:16:34 +0000

I will say that I have a fascination with the ukulele. I recently went to Hawaii and bought myself a ukulele, now I just have to learn how to play it. I just might have to subscribe to a new magazine (even though I have tried to cut back)

By: Kaitie

Kaitie — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:59:19 +0000

I was wondering when you guys would bring curling into an article. I’ve been curling for 12 years and I’m pretty fully convinced there’s no better sport out there.