These newsletters are turning into lame excuses for us to give away MAGNET T-shirts that nobody’s buying. Thanks a lot, everyone. Note to merchandise dept.: Cancel orders on MAGNET trucker caps, stretch pants and low-rise jeans. Ditto for MAGNET pogs, chip clips and editorial-staff bobblehead dolls. What do you have to do to clothe yourself in MAGNET garb? Answer this question: Three of these obscure bands listed below were reviewed in MAGNET #1 in September 1993; one of the bands is a fake. Which is the fake? a. Red Paint People b. Guzzard c. Bingo Gods d. Bendalittle The first five correct answers get T-shirts. Please don’t Google all these bands or look them up at All Music Guide. Just ... don’t. That’s really no fun at all. MAGNET turns 10 later this year! Stay tuned for details on how you can help us celebrate. **** INSIDE MAGNET #58 (APR/MAY) - IN STORES AND MAILBOXES SOON! COVER STORY - INTERPOL Here are the top 10 things MAGNET senior editor Matthew Fritch learned while on assignment for the Interpol story: 1. In New York, female bartenders give free drinks to dreamy singer/guitarist Paul Banks. Visit bars with him whenever possible. 2. I was never able to confirm this, but rumor has it that drummer Sam Fogarino orders his cigarettes in bulk from an Indian reservation. 3. Paul Shaffer annoys my shit like a horsefly, but he serves a real purpose on The Late Show With David Letterman: bailing out Dave. 4. Before the Letterman show, audience members are subtly threatened if they don’t laugh loudly enough: “If Dave doesn’t feel like the audience is into it, he’s gonna save his best jokes for the next night.” 5. Beating Paul Banks at pool was a fluke. Do not ever let him schedule a rematch, because he is clearly more skilled than you. 6. If you’re ever hungry in Hoboken, stop by Leo’s. The waitresses are mean, and the marinara sauce is several times meaner. 7. Unless you have a few hours to spare, do not engage Carlos Dengler in conversation about philosophy. In college, the bassist was reprimanded by his academic advisor for writing a thesis on Judaic existentialism that was too long. 8. Guitarist Daniel Kessler is genuinely considerate and kind; he can dock my moon yacht anytime. 9. Interpol’s tour-van porn title of choice? “The Assmaster.” 10. When the party in your hotel room is over and the band and the backstage hangers-on all leave to go back to their homes in Brooklyn and Manhattan, it’s lonely in the middle of the night in Weehawken, N.J. FEATURES MAGNET peeks in on the NEW PORNOGRAPHERS; finds LOU BARLOW hanging out in Hollywood; and revisits CLEVELAND in the 1970s? Why? Because the Electric Eels, Mirrors, Rocket From The Tombs and Pere Ubu once made newfangled garage-rock danger kitties like the White Stripes and Hives look and sound oh-so-tame. You want more? See stories on CAT POWER, MASSIVE ATTACK, LUCINDA WILLIAMS and the NOTWIST. Plus: Delgados tour diary, Go-Betweens career overview and a chat with Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra. Interviews with Calla, Blood Group, Sonic Youth, Calexico, Supergrass, Devendra Banhart, Lost Sounds and more. ALBUM REVIEWS Real recordings by actual bands! Weighing the worth of Stephen Malkmus, White Stripes, Wire, Dirty Three, Lisa Germano, Joan Of Arc, Autechre, Richard Ashcroft, Jayhawks, Tobin Sprout, Damien Jurado, Buzzcocks and more. **** NEW AT MAGNETMAGAZINE.COM Q&As with Nada Surf, Lisa Germano and Lenola. Fred Mills gets deep with Joey Burns of Calexico. Higgins the MAGNET dog advises lovelorn drinkers and wayward Nick Drake bootleg-seekers. Friends don’t let friends read regressive, pandering music magazines. Save a Coldplay CD from being worn out and sign up a friend for a MAGNET subscription via our site’s secure server. They’re not bad people; they just don’t know.