The Thousands

Starting a magazine is crazy hard work. The very first thing you need is motivation. Thankfully, motivation is mostly free. Coffee is not motivation. After this motivation is attained, you need a brain, this is a genetic thing, but it’s OK dumbo, what you may lack in brain power can be countered with sheer passion and work ethic. You also need to not be an asshole. If you’re an asshole, no one’s gonna write for you, and no one is going to believe in your grand plans. Lastly, you need some money. It makes the world go around, and in the magazine world, money gets you paper and ink in direct proportion to how much cash you have.

These publishing facts make the embryonic LAIDE just a bit incredible. Creation of one young Antonia Marshall, it appears she has the requisite motivation and brains, lack of assholery, and even more amazingly, she’s busting her hump with multiple jobs getting LAIDE off the ground.

LAIDE is all about local music, art and lit, and issue one is a minimalist delight (sure to get a little thicker in future issues), featuring an interview with Ankle, tips and tricks with prophylactic (and regular) balloons, words by artist, writer, all round good wife Chloe Langford on Renew Adelaide, and nice spreads by local artists and photographers. Plus more. The zine-like design is lo-fi goodness, no gloss paper or lairy advertisements to be seen, tactile feel and hand stitched spines. Nice, get LAIDE. The pun flys too.