The Issues
Wax Poetics Issue 1, Winter 2002
Purchase at: Sold Out: See our Wax Poetics Anthology, Volume 1
Featured Articles:
The Power of Soul
The inimitable jazz and funk drummer Idris Muhammad tells his story to writer Eothen Alapatt. Reprinted in our Anthology.
Make Checks Payable to Charles Mingus
After stumbling upon a few of Mingus's ultra-rare self-pressed LPs in Catskill, New York, writer Karl Miller explores the town's economic history and Charles Mingus Enterprises. This article will be republished in our upcoming anthology.
Building Blocks
The definitive history of the definitive compilation series, Ultimate Breaks & Beats, by contributing editor Andrew Mason. This much-sought-after article will be republished in our upcoming anthology.
Also includes:
Turning the Tables on Bobbito
DJ Monk One tests Bobbito's vinyl knowledge.
Library of Sound
Wax Poetics talks to NY's Sound Library owner Rob Corrigan.
WFMU Record Fair, New York City
A seller's perspective on the city's largest vinyl convention.
Give the Engineer Some
Editor-in-Chief Andre Torres talks to hip-hop and jazz engineer/producer Scotty Hard.
Old School: David Axelrod
An article on David Axelrod previously published in Down Beat, 1977.
Mindnumbing
A look back at the Brainfreeze explosion.
Backwash
Journalist and DJ Oliver Wang breaks down the various Brainfreeze-inspired comps.
Funk Soul Brothers
A short chat with the audio two Cut Chemist and DJ Shadow.
Mr. Supreme Unearthed
Seattle's premier record collector survives the earthquake.
Somewhere on the East Coast
A brief pictorial of a secret spot splitting with vinyl.
Madlib: Tightlipped
Producer extraordinaire lets a few things slip.
On the Blackhand Side
The politics of blaxploitation flix.
Outlaw Nation
American history and modern criminality.
Afronauts
A collaboration between poet Thomas Sayers Ellis and Brooklyn artist Stozo (known for his LP covers for ZAPP, Fred Wesley, and the P-Funk All Stars).
re:Discovery
Wax Poetics columnist and editor J. P. Jones reviews Bwana's self-titled LP.
The Academic Archive
Columnist Joe Allen looks at Tom Phillips's work of art and literature A Humument, relating today's hip-hop sampling to borrowing in visual art and literature.
Home Improvement
Build your own record crates.
Take a minute to browse through our current offerings and stay tuned for some near-future additions!
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