zphage
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CREEM Magazine
Feb 06, 2008, 19:43
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http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=12383
Great two part article on CREEM. Did not know Lester Bangs came to Creem after RStone, thought it was the other way around.
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Shelby Mustang
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Re: CREEM Magazine
Feb 06, 2008, 20:37
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he probably came to creem after a dozen bottles of cough syrup
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zphage
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Re: CREEM Magazine
Feb 06, 2008, 21:51
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Sadly enough Lester had his demons, article states how he died in poverty in NYC.
I have been reading his early RStone reviews and he is harsh to the point they print retractions in the next issue.
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red peony
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Re: CREEM Magazine
Feb 07, 2008, 02:57
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I loved CREEM magazine and especially Lester Bangs' sarcastic wit.
At the age of 12 I was hypnotized by the photos and articles of the likes of Iggy Pop (who I delightfully thought was straight from hell), Blondie, The Ramones, and introduced me to David Bowie, The Who, and Zeppelin, to name a few. I'd seen Rolling Stone, which was still a newsprint paper, but it didn't speak to me. It didn't have that dangerous edge that Creem did. I probably didn't understand ALL the innuendo it offered, but I knew I had to hide the mag from my mother or else she'd go apoplectic with the centerfold sight of Alice Cooper's low-slung leather trousers revealing his happy trail.
;-) x
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Lawrence
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Re: CREEM Magazine
Feb 07, 2008, 03:11
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I remember reading Creem in the eighties and even then it was an entertaining read. Then it got bigger and less interesting. Is it still around and is it as good?
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zphage
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Re: CREEM Magazine
Feb 07, 2008, 10:38
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http://creemmagazine.com/index1.php?pg=home%20page#
Actually that is what the article is about, the site use to be alot better now it is just weird and focused on the book.
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