Following on from another thread around rock cliches I got to thinking about the (inevitiable ?) decline into cliche of all music magazines. The Word is as yet free of these but some tell tale signs are:

1). Making of 'Dark Side of the Moon'. Time for the journos to update the cv's and visit the labour exchange when this one makes an appearence. Nothing new can be added to what is a very, very boring story.

2). Top 50 Lists. All journos at home with colds (or in comas having read the 'Dark Side of The Moon' piece) so some phoned in guff listing the Top 50 Dylan/Kinks/Beatles tracks will do. Printing press moved to be nearer endless supply of barrels for future scraping

3). The coming year in music. Post-Xmas all journos too hung over to write or at home listing their top 50 Dylan Xmas songs for a forthcoming edition so a list of upcoming releases (with old photos) will do very nicely. So light and lacking in substance the pages float upwards and are a danger to birds.

Q, Mojo, Uncut hang your heads in shame. Any other signs we should be looking out for???