original draft cover.
Obviously Beth Ditto's fabulous and I love the firm two fingers up at the typical coverstar shape, but NME (competitor publishing house, too...) did this last year:
Jaw-dropping/ ground-breaking/ breaking the mould/ smashing stereotypes (blah blah blah) back in June 2008, sure - but limping onto the magazine market with a copied concept...? Place votes now; NME or LOVE cover?
LOVE magazine's launch issue shines compared to their
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