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MUSICARTPOLITICSCULTURE DJrap DREDG CHAZ IDIOT PILOT L.A.’S GRAFF-ART LEGEND AUTOLUX BOBBY SEALE DJ CRAZE PANTHER FOR LIFE USA $3.99 | CANADA $4.99 | ISSUE 4 THE REBIRTH MR. LIF IN DA CLUB SIERRA CLUB’S HEAD-HONCHO PLATINUM PIED PIPERS TELEPOPMUSIK WILLIE NELSON WWW.WAVMAG.COM JOHN KELLEY BIOWILLIE SAYS “FILL ‘ER UP!” WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!? TABLE OF CONTENTS MUSICARTPOLITICSCULTURE well i’ll be...here we are now 4 issues deep 05 Q|U|I|C|K|B|I|T|E|S PUBLISHERS into this thing...and my what a wayz you all 40*(/3(:/)9662 have allowed us to come. if you remember 104:<336: 07 ;/,4<23(:/@)96: correctly, our first issue was just 18 very quick JOHN KELLEY EDITOR-IN-CHIEF months ago, glossy cover, newsprint innards. >(:044<23(:/@ now look at what you’ve gone and created! 08 DREDG ASSOCIATE EDITORS this baby is growing quite nicely into a well- 40*(/3(:/)9662 TPJHO'^H]THNJVT rounded adult. we knew we could count on 10 DJ CRAZE 104:<336: you beautiful lot to parent and nurture this QPT'^H]THNJVT thing correctly. i know we’ve still got a long 12 :0465,.9(@ PLATINUM PIED PIPERS ZPTVUP[H'^H]THNJVT ways to go, but it’s those minds, YOUR minds, ART DIRECTOR & WEB DESIGN that are going to help us shape the future 14 :/(+04<23(:/@ we want to live in, and we here at WAV AUTOLUX ZOHKP'^H]THNJVT feel blessed to have been surrounded by 9,:0+,5;(9;0:; 1(:654(:*6> such a progressive and conscious thinking 16 TIGA MARKETING crowd. you’re alive and you’re AWARE and ;/,>(=.96<7 you’re beautiful! let’s make happen all the PUMV'^H]THNJVT 19 INNAWAY things we so passionattly believe ought to 4(92,;05.(+=,9;0:05.(::6*0(;, ;0:/(*(9;,9 happen. great things. uninhibited creative 21 [PZOH'^H]THNJVT justice. for everyone. ANDREW OCTOPUS MARKETING CONSULTANT beginning with music... 4(;;/(59(/(5 TH[['RPUNZPaL\ZHJVT 22 BOBBY SEALE ^^^RPUNZPaL\ZHJVT The beautiful Charissa Savario, aka DJ Rap, PUBLICITY GODDESS 16@+655,33 gets down and diggity for us. if you’ve been 25 APSCI /`WHL[OYHS79 QV`'O`WHL[OYHSJVT locked in a closet for the past 15 years ^^^O`WHL[OYHSJVT and have yet to be introduced, allow us 27 8-BIT STAFF WRITERS the pleasure. Also, electronic noise rock 40*(/3(:/)9662 >(:044<23(:/@ scream melodic beat the shit out of each :*6;;:/(7096 28 REV RATZ 104:<336: other ayayayaya...wut ARE they Idiot Pilot )6)-9,=033, (p.36), the method behind the music video 1(2,4*.,, 402,;/,76,; mayhem that is Olivier Gondry’s brain 30 PONY UP! DISTRIBUTION (p.16), hip hop hooray...the Platinum Pied +PZ[PJVY0UNYHT<IPX\P[` (YTHKPSSV2LU[5L^Z Piper’s finally got their way (p.12), Blonde 31 ASK STEEZO CONTRIBUTORS Redhead-esque atmospheric psych-pop- +9:./0320(>,36=,@6<1; rockers Autolux (we don’t know what that ;(@369*(936:/,99,9(*/,::4(5 32 DJ RAP 16,69+,33*69+6=(90*:;<3;A means either, but we dug ‘em...check p.14), 96),9;(3;4(5@6<»9,;/,4(516,@ º;/,3666665.(946-;/,3(>» sit on a road case in Dredg’s tour van (p.08), :/(7096)9,5+(=6.<3:;,7/(50, 36 9,(.69:;,,A6-6:/0AA616,31(@ Pony Up, but whatever you do, don’t call IDIOT PILOT 1<30(5:;,7/(50,9,(.69(+(4>0330: these Canadian kittens cute, and sooooo (5+9,>7,53(5+(33,.9(;0=,9 *(96305,*6990.(5*(;,)9(5+65 much more including Telepopmusik, Apsci, 40 THE REBIRTH THANX!!! 8Bit...it just doesn’t endddd.... ;0:/(*(9;,9@6<»9,(4(A05.50*(16,(5+ (33(;4<:0*-69(4,90*(+,=05:0,99((5+ 42 96:((5+(33(;(?0:6-1<:;0*,(-964(5 MR. LIF :/3646(5+.,;<5+,9.96<5+*64;/0: Not to mention the conversation we recently >6<3+(5,=,9/(77,5,+>0;/6<;@6<5(5:0 had with the big tree behind the Sierra Club *0:5,96:16@+655,3,90*(5;,)0':0,99( 44 ECOLIBRIUM *3<)(3,?.9,,5)<9.(5+4:679*65.9(;A (p.44), Carl Pope, the culture we ingested .093*699(+6*(9,;;6;0.(62.6;/, 7(9;0A(5*9,>05*3<+05.=(3,90,*(::,<: while hanging out with grafitti god Chaz (+90(5630=0,9 1(4,:63((5+*/(+0 46 )9,(33@><;*(50:(@(5+6-*6<9:, for the past few months (p.56), cooking BEAT THE PRESS 4(4((5+7(7(),(9036=,@6< tips from Black Panther’s co-founder Bobby PLEASE SEND ALL CORRESPONDENCE, Seale (p.22)...oh, just flip the pages, you’ll SUBMISSIONS & QUERIES TO: 48 FAST FRIENDS by J. MASCOW >(=4HNHaPUL see. then tell your friends, and we’ll all be :)L]LYS`+Y 3VZ(UNLSLZ*( one big happy family! 50 SPIN THIS! OR EMAIL: SL[[LYZ'^H]THNJVT oh...and by the way, Willie Nelson’s pumping EMAIL FOR ADVERTISING: gas now (p.50). 54 HK]LY[PZL'^H]THNJVT Lost Angeles Times [OL]PL^ZHUKVWPUPVUZL_WYLZZLK^P[OPU [OLZLWHNLZKVUV[ULJLZZHYPS`YLMSLJ[ thanx again!!! you all rock! 55 FUN TIME! [OVZLVM>(=THNHUK]PJH]LYZH ;OPZPZZPTWS`HMVY\TMVYL_WYLZZPVU les dooo dis, HSSJSHPTZHUKZ[H[LTLU[ZOLYLPUHYLUV[OPUN 56 CHAZ I\[[OH[Z[H[LTLU[ZOLYLPU`V\JHUPU[LYWYL[ [OLTHZMHJ[Z`V\JHUPU[LYWYL[[OLTHZ MPJ[PVUHSS^LHZRPZ[OH[`V\PU[LYWYL[[OLT 60 TELEPOPMUSIK www.wavmag.com >(=4HNHaPUL 61 PRESS PASS: SATOSHI Q|U|I|C|K|B|I|T|E|S hinges on consensual approval from the G8 line-up. Confirmed artists so far: The Kills, Jurassic 5 DJ Cut Chemist has members, including the US, Britain, Japan, Diamanda Galas, Blonde Redhead, The finally entered the world of Canada, Russia, Germany, Italy, and France. Fucking Champs, Battles, 400 Blows, Acid original productions. In Mothers Temple, and Battles. 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