wow – rave mags themselves are pretty old skool…

i guess you remember blaze (balze) magazine which was really good (when it didn’t overdo the typography effects and have as many misprints as the grauniad (presumably because the sub-editors couldn’t read the content!), and its counterpart Eternity which was OK but ended up becoming a bit too much like FHM style before it folded

I think the “old skool” format may be a bit self-limiting, and end up with your mag being pitched towards 30+ ex-ravers rather than “new blood” – IMO too much of a nostalgia mag, a bit like “This England” or a Torygraph inner supplement for the rave scene (ugh, what a thought!)

I would think a “new lifestyle” magazine would be good, something that took into account all decent forms of urban music (i.e not those which advocate violence or misogyny like grime) and promoted positive lifestyles without being overly politically correct (i.e if you did agony aunt columns to do something like bring a couple back together rather than start a battle of the sexes….)

apart from music I’d like to see technology reviews and DIY tech stuff but written in such a way as to be accessible to those who aren’t full-on techies but not dumbing down everything (I’d be happy to help write such stuff or advise with its editing)

also interior design using recovered materials….

a sort of modern “hippy mag” but not too self righteous so your average “chav” youth would still want it..