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Wax Poetics Issue 20, December/January 2007
Five years strong. For our 20th Issue, we pay tribute to Jamaican-music pioneer Lee "Scratch" Perry and members of the Memphis musical family, Eightball & MJG. Buy the Playlist!
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Featured Articles:
Lee "Scratch" Perry
In 1978, Lee "Scratch" Perry was at the peak of his powers. But by the end of the year, Perry would virtually abandon recording. In an extract from People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee "Scratch" Perry, David Katz explores Perry at the precipice.
The Soul Syndicate
In 1979, Jerry Stein and Jeff Roth went to Jamaica to film their favorite band, the Soul Syndicate. It took the film Word, Sound and Power 25 years to officially come out — about the same time for the legendary band itself to reunite.
Bullwackie
Lloyd "Bullwackie" Barnes, based in New York since 1967, began producing actively in the early '70s, establishing a prolific reggae outpost in the Bronx, fed by a growing expatriate Jamaican community.
Also includes:
Re:Discovery
All-reggae section: Trinity, Ackie, Sparrow's Troubadours, Band of Mercy and the Salvations, and Anthony Red Rose.
Obituary
In Ornette's Orbit and Beyond: Dewey Redman (1931-2006)
Audio Media: An Archival Perspective on Recorded Media
Subject: Magnetic Tape (pt. 1 of 3)
This Revolution Was Televised
Good Times creator Eric Monte
Secret Ingredient
Percussionist Johnny Griggs flavored the J.B. stew
Sanctified Dance Hall
Early '80s sound system in an abandoned Paris church
North Bronx Roots
Lloyd "Bullwackie" Barnes's once-overlooked reggae label Wackie's is seeing new light
Can You Hear What I Hear?
Walter Sear and his Sear Sound are the last of the analog champions
The King Size Soul of Curtis Ousley
By John Kruth
Scorpio Rising
Dennis Coffey and the birth of psychedelic soul
Graffiti's Not Hip-Hop. If You Call It That, Then Stop.
Essay by Morgan Wells
Memphis Sons
Orange Mound natives Eightball & MJG are a living legacy
Academic Archive Volume XIII
Clothesline Revival's View of a Century
Andy Votel
Psychedelic librarian in the global archives
Toronto Gets Tropical
Jamaicans in Canada cultivate U.S. funk and soul
Take a minute to browse through our current offerings and stay tuned for some near-future additions!
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