The box set mentality

Magazines are dead. Long live magazines!

Fresh back from Dubfreeze (you can read all about it in the next issue…), I’ve been reflecting on the changes in the VW scene over the past 10-15 years, particularly in relation to events reports, magazines and the Internet as a whole. For many years, Dubfreeze was the season opener, and I couldn’t wait to catch up with old friends after a winter away from the shows. It was also somewhere to dig through boxes of goodies and occasionally pick up the odd bargain. Then along came the Internet, along with sites such as eBay, club page classifieds, forums and, ultimately, social media and changed the face of the swapmeet. Contrary to popular opinion, it didn’t ruin the swapmeet scene, but it did change the way it works, and also…

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VWt (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 92

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