Wonka Vision
Matt Conner
Kevin Diers
Jason Garder
Emma Hernandez
Jeff Ott
Milkman
JerseyJef
Dustin Festenmacher
Colin Frangicetto
Beowulf Sheehan
Gene Smirnov
Kelly Turso
Jon Weiner
Nick Wilson
Joseph Game
Julie Laquer
Rachel Wescott
Wonka Vision was an American music magazine.
History
While Justin Luczejko was attending high school, he started Wonka Vision with two friends, Elysa Stein and Andrew Wertz in 1998; a twenty-page zine that they copied at an OfficeMax store.[1][2] Philadelphia City Paper describes Wonka Vision as an "ambitious music and pop culture zine started as a creative outlet for a kid stranded in suburbia."[3] The name comes from the 1971 film, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. In 2001 Wonka Vision also became a record label.[1] Wonka Vision ceased publication in 2010.
Content
Wonka Vision contains interviews, reviews, poetry, indie-punk and zine reviews, and "pointed leftist rants and bits of kitschy minutiae." The cover is printed in full color.[3] Guitarist Colin Frangicetto did photography for the magazine. In a 2008 interview with South Philly Review, Luczejko explains that Wonka Vision "do[es] art, politics, anything that's sort of underground, on that edge [...] it's not just rock, we do hip-hop-always have-I grew up listening to rap, indie rock, hardcore, we've done what we love."[2] The bimonthly magazine featured interviews, album reviews, and pop culture articles.[2][1]
References
- Citations
- ^ a b c Associated Press 2003.
- ^ a b c Meals 2008.
- ^ a b Rapa 2003.
- Bibliography
- "Music Magazines Go On The Record To Boost Appeal", Reading Eagle, Associated Press, 12 August 2003, retrieved 19 February 2014
- Meals, Caitlin (3 July 2008), "Musical notes: Just off its 10-year anniversary, Justin Luczejko is celebrating the successes of Wonka Vision Magazine", South Philly Review, retrieved 2 December 2016
- Rapa, Patrick (16 July 2003), "Fit to Print", Philadelphia City Paper, retrieved 15 February 2019
External links
- Official website