''Only'' is a free
Canadian
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bi-monthly
news
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and
entertainment
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magazine
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published in
Vancouver, British Columbia
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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 8, 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 runs interviews with touring bands such as
Deerhoof
Deerhoof are an American musical group formed in San Francisco in 1994. They currently consist of founding drummer Greg Saunier, bassist and singer Satomi Matsuzaki, and guitarists John Dieterich and Ed Rodriguez. Beginning as an improvised no ...
,
Wolf Eyes,
Black Dice
Black Dice is an American experimental noise music band based in Brooklyn, New York and consisting of brothers Bjorn and Eric Copeland along with Aaron Warren. Formed in 1997, the group was initially inspired by hardcore and noise rock, but subs ...
, 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
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and a
widget to count down 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.
Contents
;Random Interview: An interview with anyone by ''Chuck Ansbacher''
;Mental Health: Pop Culture/Social Analysis Editorial 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
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* ''Bad, Mad Bad'' by Liane Morrissette
* ''Total Jeopardy'' by Mark Delong
* ''Overheard'' by Finnigan Muddville (no longer running)
Contributors (past and present)
;Publisher: 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)
;Food and Drink Editor: David Look (October '06 - May '08)
;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, Brynna Childs, Martin Thacker, Ben Lai, Charles Demers and photographs by Dan Siney.
External links
* {{Official website, www.onlymagazine.ca
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