Tree falls part 2: Melody Maker folded into NME. I haven't paid any real attention to either of these mags since high school when I relied on them for info on the Smiths and the Fall. Mentally I always associate them with the sixties and the Beatles from having read too many Beatles biographies over the years. I have to say that I'm always torn over British music writing; most of it seems willfully self-referential and as the years pass, more and more diluted as a result. With Select dying just a few weeks ago, this leaves, what, Q and Mojo as the only biggies left standing? I suppose they've lost their readership to Maxim. So it goes.