Wax Poetics

Amir Abdullah’s NYC Record Store Tour

DJ Amir Abdullah (Kon & Amir, Wax Poetics) gives a tour of NYC record stores, including The Sound Library, Tropicalia in Furs, Good Records, and Big City Records.  While pointing out some of the other notable landmarks, Amir touches on popular trends in vinyl such as Psych Rock, Library, and Brazilian. Want more info about Tropicalia In … Read more

WFMU Record Fair w/ Wax Poetics + Kon + Damu The Fudgemunk

Damu The Fudgemunk, Amir (Kon & Amir), Budos Band, Wax Poetics Magazine, and various records dealers talk about the beauty of vinyl, record digging, rediscovering music, and busting bank accounts with $6,000 records.  There’s also a YouTube version as well.

Official Wax Poetics #30 Rock Issue Covers (Elvis + Bad Brains)

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Here are the official front & back covers for Wax Poetics # 30… The Rock Issue is Wax Po’s first volume dedicated entirely to Rock Music!

"…Bad Brains show how a positive attitude and a disregard for boundaries could change societal notions of what a punk rock band could be. Ernie Isley discusses the Isley Brothers’ familial fame and his own influences, ranging from blind guitarist Jose Feliciano to legend and former roommate, Jimi Hendrix. Fats Domino songwriter Dave Bartholomew, Filmmaker Don Letts, and even Elvis Presley get the Wax Poetics treatment…"

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Wax Poetics Magazine: Behind The Scenes Footage

Every couple of months I get an IM from a close friend telling me the latest issue of Wax Poetics magazine has been released.  Almost immediately, phone calls are ended, IM’s exited, and priorities rearranged around the single goal of getting my latest Wax Po fix and subsequent mood boost. For those who don’t yet … Read more

Reasons To Hate Waxpoetics Magazine

Actually… I really love Waxpoetics and it’s one of the few magazines that I still find time to read nowadays. I’ve been known to harass the booksellers at Borders, rush home franticly to read the articles and drool over pictures of rare records as if they were pinups of pretty women. In the record collecting … Read more