Issue 50 Is Our 10-Year Anniversary!
Prince / Frank Ocean
In December of 2001, Wax Poetics debuted its first issue to a small following of record collectors and “beat diggers.” Ten years later, Wax Poetics has carved out a niche for itself in the world of music journalism and expanded its audience to a worldwide congregation of music lovers.
Issue 50 marks our ten-year anniversary and does so with one of the most iconic musicians in the history of African American music, the one and only Prince.
We’ve also done a full redesign, making the magazine slightly larger—8 x 10.5 inches—and we’ve embraced a new paper stock. Wax Poetics will look a bit different on the newsstand, with a new mark making its debut in place of our old logo, but the magazine will continue to be a collectible objet d’art, something to be saved on your shelf as a musical reference manual, not recycled like other mags.
Wax Poetics has also returned to its roots as a journal and is back to being quarterly. The new price of $11.99 reflects not only radical changes in the publishing industry and the economy, but also the guarantee of continued quality from the paper stock to the writing and photographs. As always, our subscription prices offer a great deal of savings off the cover price.
While we vow to keep Wax Poetics in print as a tangible entity, bucking the trend of ridding our culture of old-school reading products, we will also start offering a digital version of the magazine this year for the iPhone, iPad, Android, and other popular handheld devices.
Issue 50 is on sale now, so please join us as we embark on our tenth year of celebrating the unprecedented and untouchable African American musical tradition!
Congrats on #50 and big ups on Prince! Yours is the only magazine I read cover to cover. Been meaning to subscribe forever, so I just did. Long live print!
– OMGitsBecky February 3rd, 2012 at 5:48 pmAs a lifelong Prince fan, this is the issue I’ve been waiting for since the beginning. Can’t wait to read these pieces.
– Michael A. Gonzales February 3rd, 2012 at 8:25 pmKeep on keeping on guys! Whilst the digi version would be appreciated, I’d still buy the printed version. It rocks. Cheers from Holland!
– DJ Base February 4th, 2012 at 1:48 amI need this issue. The only places to buy magazines in my town are walmart, target, walgreens, and rite aid and none of those places carry this magazine. We don’t even have a bookstore anymore…really sad.
– Karlotta Richardson February 4th, 2012 at 3:00 pmHow to buy the magazine online ? Thanx !!
– Roger Carlson February 5th, 2012 at 5:10 amthank you for 50 issues of the best music magazine ever. a constant source of inspiration, knowledge, insight & passion.
– Mr. Scruff February 5th, 2012 at 2:50 pmLooking forward to this as well as receiving digital versions. No good reason why not to sign up, now.
Karlotta, check out this list: http://www.waxpoetics.com/magazine/stockists
If you have a Barnes & Noble near you, pick it up there.
– Scout February 5th, 2012 at 3:28 pmCan’t tell you how much i’m looking forward to #50. Big Ups from Shytown
– TEWZ February 6th, 2012 at 1:45 amHere’s to ten more years!
– Colm K February 6th, 2012 at 6:57 am[...] décimo aniversario. Lo hace, entre otras cosas que serán anunciadas próximamente, recibiendo su Issue 50 envuelta en un completo re-diseño; desde el logo, la longitud del magazine hasta el precio o la [...]
– Wax Poetics Issue 50 - Concepto Radio February 6th, 2012 at 8:15 amCONGRATS ON 50! Black, White, Puerto Rican, everybody just a freakin’!
– Jude February 6th, 2012 at 10:30 pmWhen does it go on sale? I wanna order it, because I know I won’t be able find it in my town.
– Karlotta Richardson February 6th, 2012 at 11:10 pmOnce again the hypebeast has found its groove and it won’t let go. Just launched my supscription once again. Been on board since issue 24 and still cant find a reason not to renew.
– darryl maury February 8th, 2012 at 1:14 am[...] amerikanische Collector-Bibel Waxpoetics zelebriert ihre 50. Ausgabe (zeitgleich auch der zehnte Geburtstag des Magazins) mit einem Special zu The Purple One. Enough [...]
– Waxpoetics #50: The Prince Issue | digitaldisqo February 8th, 2012 at 12:34 pmCongrats on the 50th issue, not sure I am crazy about the new size format and the new paper stock will have to wait and see, The appeal was that heavy card stock and size make a nice dispay on my shelf since I have every issue. Now I will have to start a new shelf but looking forward to another 50 issues!
– Eza February 8th, 2012 at 3:12 pmA quarterly journal again? So only 4 issues a year? I have every single issue from #1 (winter 2002) – #49. I will always be a heavy WP supporter but this is going to leave me seriously jonesing in between seasons. ):
– James Ramirez February 8th, 2012 at 8:23 pmUnfortunately, there are no savings to be had for a Canadian subscription.
You charge $66 a year for 4 issues.
If I buy it off the news stand for $11.99 – $13.99 plus tax, it would cost me approx. $54 – $63.
– BSC February 9th, 2012 at 11:44 amFresh! So is Prince on the back cover as I see the bar code on his page?
– Tee-Double February 10th, 2012 at 1:30 amExcited to read and congrats on 50!
Canadian prices have been adjusted, thanks!
– Wax Poetics February 13th, 2012 at 4:20 pmI just purchased the wax poetics app for iPad ($9.99) and am getting to see the logo and a “loading please wait” message and nothing more. Is this a known issue / bug? I am a long time fan of the publication and would like to view this on my ipad3 as well. Please advise bc it is not working at present.
– Dejected Digger April 1st, 2012 at 2:47 pmYou have downloaded the app but have not yet downloaded a magazine. You need to go back to the store and now choose one of the magazines that are available.
– Wax Poetics April 4th, 2012 at 2:54 pm