March 17, 2008

R.I.P. Harp

R.I.P. Harp A little under a month ago, when we reported on No Depression's demise, one of you guys commented: "At least we've still got Harp." Well, now we don't. While we were partying with PASTE at SXSW, we got the sad news that Harp is no more. We don't have too many details now, but you can read more at The Daily Swarm. Sorry to see ya go, Harp ... it's getting harder and harder to read about music on paper.

Posted at 10:49 AM

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8 Comments

Now I feel awful letting my subscription lapse a few months back... HARP was great. I once fell for a girl strictly because she was cute and she had a copy of HARP in her bag. R.I.P.

Posted by: D

at 03/17/08 11:26 AM | Reply
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News to me - what ballot is Grohl on?

Posted by: k

at 03/17/08 12:51 PM | Reply
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You shouldn't feel too bad D. Magazines primarily rely on advertising support to run their operations, not subscriptions. I think Harp went under cos the suffering music industry no longer has the funds for things such as print ads. Totally sucks.

Posted by: c at 03/17/08 1:02 PM | Reply
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I never bought Harp, seemed like a poor man's Paste. Until Paste became a poor man's Paste. Since they gave away those subscriptions, they've tanked - cover story on Michael Jackson's Thriller? 6 pages of a musical family tree based on naimal-named-bands? I guess you get what you pay for.

Thank god for Mojo.

Posted by: mojo at 03/17/08 1:58 PM | Reply
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mojo blows.

it's stuck in the 70s, forevvvver

Posted by: poopster

at 03/17/08 2:18 PM | Reply
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good riddance. harp sucked.

Posted by: davy crockett at 03/17/08 3:52 PM | Reply
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I can't wait until I can get all of music news on my iPhone along with all of my music, ideas, directions and personal correspondence, and everything else I might need ever. Harp was just killing trees, man, bring the revolution.

Posted by: Todd at 03/17/08 8:03 PM | Reply
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Posted by: anon at 03/17/08 10:15 PM | Reply
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