Why should you, gentle shaggy-haired reader, care about the IPA? You should care about the IPA because it operates BigTop, a major indie press distributor. Essentially, BigTop is the liason between magazine distributors-- from Barnes and Noble on down to your friendly neighborhood bookstore-- and magazine publishers. The non-profit represents roughly 80 critical music/culture titles including Punk Planet, Venus, Bitch, Giant Robot, and Maximum Rock and Roll.
In other words, these are the magazines you stole from your big brother, the magazines you moved to the rackfronts at your dead-end retail job. These are the magazines you read while your seventh-grade-swirlie dried.
Dr_Frank
Oakland, CA
May 2005
NOV 14, 2005 10:44 AM