Popeye #931
230 x 298 mm, 164 pages
Tokyo, Japan (Japanese-language)
Published monthly
First published 1976
‘Magazine for City Boys’
The November 2024 issue is dedicated to music—bands, specifically—with the Popeye Band Forum offering a comprehensive, multi-genre sampling of 138 bands from the hottest local ensembles in Tokyo to all-time favourites, anecdotes from bandmates, classic albums, and what the likes of The Beatles, Talking Heads, Oasis, Funkadelic et al were up to in their 20s.
Plus, a ‘62-Year History of the Bands We Love’, featuring magCulture staples The Velvet Underground, Khruangbin, The Smiths and more.
According to the editors:
‘Popeye magazine is the “Magazine for City Boys”. The founders printed this on the cover of the magazine when it debuted in 1976. What’s a “city boy”? The term doesn’t appear in the dictionary and no expert panel could define it. So we felt we should explore every aspect of what this “city boy” might be. After decades of debate, it still makes for a topic of lively discussion. It can be a style or a way of thinking. To get an idea of what makes a city boy, read Popeye magazine.'