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Only (magazine)
Encyclopedia
Only is a free Canadian
bi-monthly news
and entertainment
magazine
published in Vancouver, British Columbia by the Only Trust - who also organize Vancouver's Music Waste
Festival and Victory Square Block Party. The paper has a circulation of 10,000 in the Vancouver area. Its first issue ran on October 8th, 2004.
Only Magazine was founded just days before its inaugural issue after the publisher/editor Darren Atwater
was fired from the Vancouver weekly Terminal City
that he had started over a decade before. In solidarity, many of the Terminal City staff walked out and formed Only Magazine. In an editorial about the takeover that appeared in issue 1, the Only staff writes:
Only Magazine focuses heavily on covering the fringes of Vancouver's creative communities, but often run interviews with touring bands such as Deerhoof
, Wolf Eyes
, Black Dice
and Erase Errata
. Most articles are written with a sense of irreverence and poignant satire that is often criticized as overly critical which has caused a number of controversies in the magazine's short life.
In February 2007, after 60 issues the print magazine was put on hiatus for restructuring. The magazine continues all of its editorial online at onlymagazine.ca.
In March 2007, Only Magazine launched its first all Vancouver music podcast
and a widget
to countdown the days until the supposed 2010 Olympic
riot.
The magazine's cover is often done by Vancouver
artists and students from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
.
A streeter interview with anyone by Chuck Ansbacher
Mental Health
Pop Culture/Social Analysis Editoral by Amil Niazi
News
Editorial covering civic and local issues by Sean Condon
Credit Check
Short comments on civic politics and changes to the city by the Only
Science
Interesting developments in the world of science by Alan Hindle (who had previously been writing Theatre)
Rap
Interviews and articles on local and touring rap artists by Rhek
Film/Film School
Interviews and articles on Canadian and international films by Adam O. Thomas
Music/Discotext
Interviews and reviews of local and touring bands by the music editor and contributors
Killer Deadly
A local music roundup of live reviews and upcoming events. Often updates on new venues and those recently defunct by the music editor and contributors
Art/Art Fag
Interviews with emerging artists and articles on happenings in the local art community by contributing art writers
Dozen Things
Five photos and seven listings with write ups of upcoming events by the Only
Last Stand
An editorial of varied local and national issues ranging from endings of local hotspots to beginnings of foreign wars by the Only.
Comics
Maakies by Tony Millionaire
Bad, Mad Bad by Liane Morrissette
Total Jeopardy by Mark Delong
Overheard by Finnigan Muddville (no longer running)
Darren Atwater
(October '04 - present)
Editor
Amil Niazi
(October '04 - May '06)
Sarah Cordingley (May '06 - May '07)
Chuck Ansbacher (May '07 - May '08)
Arts Editor
Alan Hindle (October '04 - present)
Film Editor
Adam O. Thomas (October '04 - present)
Managing Editor
Chuck Ansbacher (September '06 - May '07)
Adam O. Thomas (May '07 - present)
Copy Editor
Mayana C. Slobodian (March '06 - July '07)
Rap Editor
Rhek (October '04 - present)
Music Editor
John Cow (October '04 - January '05)
Sarah Cordingley (January '05 - May '06)
Cameron Reed (September '06 - present)
Production
Naomi MacDougall
Tome Jozic
Web Production
Darren Atwater
David Look
Contributors
Sarah Albertson, Chris-a-riffic, Curtis Grahauer, Sean Condon, Sean Arden, Kayla Guthrie, Asher Penn, Kevin Spenst, Phil Oats, David Look, Martin Thacker, Ben Lai, Charles Demers and photographs by Dan Siney.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
bi-monthly news
News
News is the communication of selected information on current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or word of mouth to a third party or mass audience.- Etymology :...
and entertainment
Entertainment
Entertainment consists of any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time. Entertainment is generally passive, such as watching opera or a movie. Active forms of amusement, such as sports, are more often considered to be recreation...
magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
published in Vancouver, British Columbia by the Only Trust - who also organize Vancouver's Music Waste
Music Waste
Music Waste is an annual music, art, and comedy festival held in Vancouver, British Columbia. It began in 1994 as a protest against the entry fees of the corporate-sponsored New Music West festival...
Festival and Victory Square Block Party. The paper has a circulation of 10,000 in the Vancouver area. Its first issue ran on October 8th, 2004.
Only Magazine was founded just days before its inaugural issue after the publisher/editor Darren Atwater
Darren Atwater
Darren Atwater is the founding publisher of Terminal City and Only in Vancouver, British Columbia. He also developed Mactax, a personal tax program for Mac loving Canadians.- External links :* *...
was fired from the Vancouver weekly Terminal City
Terminal City (magazine)
Terminal City was the name of a free independent weekly magazine created and edited by Darren Atwater. It had a significant cultural impact on the city during its long off-again on-again publication. Terminal City was distributed in the Vancouver area during the 1990s. It was blamed for having a...
that he had started over a decade before. In solidarity, many of the Terminal City staff walked out and formed Only Magazine. In an editorial about the takeover that appeared in issue 1, the Only staff writes:
Only Magazine focuses heavily on covering the fringes of Vancouver's creative communities, but often run interviews with touring bands such as Deerhoof
Deerhoof
Deerhoof is a musical group consisting of Satomi Matsuzaki, John Dieterich, Ed Rodriguez and Greg Saunier.-Origins:In 1992, Greg Saunier, having recently graduated with a degree in music composition from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, joined a short-lived San Francisco quartet called Nitre Pit, on...
, Wolf Eyes
Wolf Eyes
Wolf Eyes is a post-industrial/noise band from Detroit, Michigan, United States.-History:Wolf Eyes began as a solo project of former Nautical Almanac member Nate Young, with Aaron Dilloway joining in 1998, and John Olson in 2000...
, Black Dice
Black Dice
Black Dice is an experimental electronic music group currently based in Brooklyn, New York, USA.-Early years:Black Dice formed in spring 1997 soon after guitarist Bjorn Copeland met drummer Hisham Bharoocha and bassist Sebastian Blanck when they were students at the Rhode Island School of Design...
and Erase Errata
Erase Errata
Erase Errata is a band from San Francisco, California. They often name experimentalists such as Captain Beefheart, The Fall, and the Minutemen as inspirations...
. Most articles are written with a sense of irreverence and poignant satire that is often criticized as overly critical which has caused a number of controversies in the magazine's short life.
In February 2007, after 60 issues the print magazine was put on hiatus for restructuring. The magazine continues all of its editorial online at onlymagazine.ca.
In March 2007, Only Magazine launched its first all Vancouver music podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
and a widget
Web widget
In computing a web widget is a software widget for the web. It's a small application that can be installed and executed within a web page by an end user. They are derived from the idea of code reuse. Other terms used to describe web widgets include: portlet, gadget, badge, module, webjit, capsule,...
to countdown the days until the supposed 2010 Olympic
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
riot.
The magazine's cover is often done by Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
artists and students from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
Emily Carr University of Art and Design is a public post-secondary University located on Granville Island in Vancouver, BC, Canada...
.
Contents
Random InterviewA streeter interview with anyone by Chuck Ansbacher
Mental Health
Pop Culture/Social Analysis Editoral by Amil Niazi
Amil Niazi
Amil Niazi is a Canadian writer, broadcaster and columnist, currently residing in Toronto, Ontario.Amil served as a long-time section editor at Vancouver's now defunct alternative weekly Terminal City...
News
Editorial covering civic and local issues by Sean Condon
Credit Check
Short comments on civic politics and changes to the city by the Only
Science
Interesting developments in the world of science by Alan Hindle (who had previously been writing Theatre)
Rap
Interviews and articles on local and touring rap artists by Rhek
Film/Film School
Interviews and articles on Canadian and international films by Adam O. Thomas
Music/Discotext
Interviews and reviews of local and touring bands by the music editor and contributors
Killer Deadly
A local music roundup of live reviews and upcoming events. Often updates on new venues and those recently defunct by the music editor and contributors
Art/Art Fag
Interviews with emerging artists and articles on happenings in the local art community by contributing art writers
Dozen Things
Five photos and seven listings with write ups of upcoming events by the Only
Last Stand
An editorial of varied local and national issues ranging from endings of local hotspots to beginnings of foreign wars by the Only.
Comics
Maakies by Tony Millionaire
Tony Millionaire
Tony Millionaire is an American cartoonist, illustrator and author known for his syndicated comic strip Maakies and the Sock Monkey series of comics and picture books.-Early life:...
Bad, Mad Bad by Liane Morrissette
Total Jeopardy by Mark Delong
Overheard by Finnigan Muddville (no longer running)
Contributors (past and present)
PublisherDarren Atwater
Darren Atwater
Darren Atwater is the founding publisher of Terminal City and Only in Vancouver, British Columbia. He also developed Mactax, a personal tax program for Mac loving Canadians.- External links :* *...
(October '04 - present)
Editor
Amil Niazi
Amil Niazi
Amil Niazi is a Canadian writer, broadcaster and columnist, currently residing in Toronto, Ontario.Amil served as a long-time section editor at Vancouver's now defunct alternative weekly Terminal City...
(October '04 - May '06)
Sarah Cordingley (May '06 - May '07)
Chuck Ansbacher (May '07 - May '08)
Arts Editor
Alan Hindle (October '04 - present)
Film Editor
Adam O. Thomas (October '04 - present)
Managing Editor
Chuck Ansbacher (September '06 - May '07)
Adam O. Thomas (May '07 - present)
Copy Editor
Mayana C. Slobodian (March '06 - July '07)
Rap Editor
Rhek (October '04 - present)
Music Editor
John Cow (October '04 - January '05)
Sarah Cordingley (January '05 - May '06)
Cameron Reed (September '06 - present)
Production
Naomi MacDougall
Tome Jozic
Web Production
Darren Atwater
David Look
Contributors
Sarah Albertson, Chris-a-riffic, Curtis Grahauer, Sean Condon, Sean Arden, Kayla Guthrie, Asher Penn, Kevin Spenst, Phil Oats, David Look, Martin Thacker, Ben Lai, Charles Demers and photographs by Dan Siney.