Džuboks
Categories | Music magazine |
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Frequency | Monthly |
Publisher | NIP Duga (1966-1969) NIP Dečje novine (1974-1986) |
Founded | 1966 |
First issue | 3 May 1966 |
Final issue | March 1986 |
Country | SFR Yugoslavia |
Language | Serbo-Croatian |
Website | Džuboks archive at Popboks.com Džuboks 1966 and 1967 archive at Digitalna biblioteka |
Džuboks (
History
Launch
Džuboks was launched during spring 1966 by the
Although not the first popular music magazine to be published in Yugoslavia (it was preceded by the jazz and popular music magazine Ritam),[4][5] Džuboks was the first magazine dedicated specifically to rock music in Yugoslavia as well as in a post-World War II socialist state.[4][3][6]
Due to being able to get my hands on foreign [English language] music magazines, I picked up the tricks used by
newsstandswithin three days of appearing.
-Džuboks' original editor-in-chief Nikola Karaklajić on his approach to editing a music magazine.[7]
The first issue came out on 3 May 1966.[1] There was a huge discussion among the editorial staff whether the Beatles or the Rolling Stones should appear on the cover of the first issue, and the opinion favouring the Rolling Stones prevailed.[3]
1966—1969
Initial Džuboks issues were published with the "Filmski svet's special supplement" inscription printed at the bottom of each cover, a practice that would soon be dropped. The magazine received no negative reactions from the ruling Yugoslav Communist League (SKJ), though it did from conservative cultural circles.[8] According to Karaklajić, there was no political interference into the editorial policy.[8] Karaklajić further stated that the only political interference occurred after the magazine's launch via an SKJ representative asking for a meeting with the editors to "see what was going on and to advise us to be cautious, so as not to be regarded as someone's agency".[8]
In December 1966, following the 9th issue, Karaklajić left the editor-in-chief post and was replaced with Sava Popović whose first issue came out in February 1967.
Višnja Marjanović, Džuboks' editor-in-chief from February until June 1969,[1] talked about the magazine during her appearance in the Rockovnik documentary series:
Back then, the things we did in that magazine—publishing a photo of a bunch of shaggy-haired guys on the cover, writing about foreign musicians, publishing entire issues without mentioning a single Yugoslav singer, publishing sheet music along with English language lyrics so that local Yugoslav bands could cover those songs easier—were considered to be borderline scandalous in Yugoslavia [...] It was pretty revolutionary and unusual... The inaugural issue with the Rolling Stones on the front cover sold out immediately. The day after its release, you couldn't find the issue anywhere on the market. There was a big hunger and need for those sorts of magazines.[9]
Historian Radina Vučetić, in her book Koka-kola socijalizam (Coca-Cola Socialism), wrote:
During the 1950s, the Ideological Commission [of the League of Communists] often discussed the Western influences, considered 'decadent' and dangerous even after
Yugoslav self-management or the youth work actions, and all of it, from the front to the back cover, could have been printed in any Western country. Džuboks wasn't meant for young communists only, it was meant for young people.[10]
The magazine's circulation was 100,000 copies. In comparison, the circulation of all youth magazines published by Yugoslav university organizations (for about 150,000 university students Yugoslavia had at the time) was about 80,000.
After the 39th issue, released in June 1969, Duga stopped publishing the magazine.[1]
Mini Džuboks
During spring 1968, Duga launched Mini Džuboks, which, beside music, covered other aspects of the
Re-launch: 1974—1986
Ladin Džuboks (1974-1976)
In the summer of 1974, more than five years since the magazine's demise, the
Standalone publication (1976-1986)
By August 1976, the magazine appeared as an independent publication outside of Lada under just the Džuboks name.[1] The first editor-in-chief was Vojkan Borisavljević, and he was followed by Milisav Ćirović, Peca Popović and Branko Vukojević .[1] The first issue was released on 1 July 1974, and the last, 171st, on 22 July 1983.[1]
In late 1983, Džuboks resumed publishing once again, this time run by editor-in-chief Ljuba Trifunović. It was discontinued in 1986.[1]
Journalists and contributors
Some of the journalists and contributors to Džuboks during its activity include:
- Miroslav Begović
- Slobodan Cicmil
- Milisav Ćirović
- Rajko Dvizac
- Bora Đorđević
- Zlatko Gall
- Darko Glavan
- Vladan Jovanović
- Biljana Maksić
- Goran Marić
- Milomir Marić
- Zoran Marinković
- Goranka Matić
- Petar Jakonić
- Petar Janjatović
- Dušan Kojić
- Slobodan Konjović
- Dragan Kremer
- Marko Lopušina
- Aleksandar Žikić
- Petar Luković
- Nebojša Pajkić
- Petar Popović
- Predrag Popović
- Momčilo Rajin
- Saša Rakezić
- Brian Rašić
- Saša Strižak
- Gordan Škondrić
- Ljuba Trifunović
- Slobodan Trbojević
- Dinko Tucaković
- Goran Vejvoda
- Dražen Vrdoljak
- Radovan Vujović
- Branko Vukojević
- Ljubinko Živković
- Mladen Vukmir
Džuboks internet archive
In 2004, the online magazine Popboks was founded, containing a digitalized archive of Džuboks issues released between 1974 and 1985.[15]
Legacy
In her book Koka-kola socijalizam Radina Vučetić wrote:
The covers of Džuboks printed in color, its gift posters and records were meant to indicate the Yugoslav high standard and to demonstrate both to the
Sonny and Cher, Cliff Richard..., but also in interviews with leading American and British stars, in texts on their lives, in English language lyrics and sheet music... As — according to the memories of the contemporaries — only a small number of Yugoslav rockers at the time spoke English, all of that made a contribution in raising the domestic rock 'n' roll to a higher level.[16]
In 2017, Serbian news magazine Nedeljnik proclaimed the 1974 renewed publishing of Džuboks one of 100 Events that Changed Serbia.[17]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 303.
- ^ Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 72.
- ^ a b c d Luthar, Breda; Pušnik, Maruta (2010). Remembering Utopia: The Culture of Everyday Life in Socialist Yugoslavia. Washington DC: new Academia Publishing, LLC. p. 148.
- ^ a b Fajfrić, Željko; Nenad, Milan (2009). Istorija YU rock muzike od početaka do 1970. Sremska Mitrovica: Tabernakl. p. 61.
- ^ Rakezić, Saša, "Rok muzika u Vojvodini: Duh urbanih ravničara", vreme.com
- ^ a b c Vučetić, Radina (2012). Koka-kola socijalizam. Belgrade: Službeni glasnik. p. 206.
- ^ Vesić, Dušan; Rančić, Sandra (2004). "Strana VI, "Uhvati vetar" Beat u Beogradu 1964-68". Rockovnik. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ a b c Luthar, Breda; Pušnik, Maruta (2010). Remembering Utopia: The Culture of Everyday Life in Socialist Yugoslavia. Washington DC: new Academia Publishing, LLC. p. 151.
- ^ Vesić, Dušan; Rančić, Sandra (2004). "Strana VI, "Uhvati vetar" Beat u Beogradu 1964-68". Rockovnik. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ Vučetić, Radina (2012). Koka-kola socijalizam. Belgrade: Službeni glasnik. pp. 206–215.
- ^ Vučetić, Radina (2012). Koka-kola socijalizam. Belgrade: Službeni glasnik. p. 207.
- ^ Luthar, Breda; Pušnik, Maruta (2010). Remembering Utopia: The Culture of Everyday Life in Socialist Yugoslavia. Washington DC: new Academia Publishing, LLC. p. 157.
- ^ Vučetić, Radina (2012). Koka-kola socijalizam. Belgrade: Službeni glasnik. pp. 207–208.
- ^ Rockovnik, "Kad bi bio bijelo dugme (Jugoslovenska rock scena 1974 - 1975)", YouTube.com
- ^ Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 304.
- ^ Vučetić, Radina (2012). Koka-kola socijalizam. Belgrade: Službeni glasnik. pp. 206–208.
- ^ "100 događaja koji su promenili Srbiju". Nedeljnik (in Serbian) (special edition). Belgrade: 59.