May 1970
Features
The Incredible Story Of Iggy & The Stooges
Dave Marsh
This is a story about the Stooges. I’ve taken some time to check it out and it seems that there’s really only one way to start it:
Dear Creem: I enjoyed Joshua Schreir’s review in the April Creem of that notable album, War Between the Fats and Thins, really enjoyed it.
Gathering Of The Tribe
8000 Celebrate Dylan’s Birthday
Dave Marsh and Barry Kramer
Muddy’s Back
Deday LaRene
ROCK AND ROLL NEWS
CINCINNATI — Crosley Field will be the site of one of the first of the inevitable barrage of summer pop festivals in the midwest.
Airplane's Balin Busted
Mike Barich
Chicago Cots It On At Last
Dave Marsh
Looney Toons
Looney Toons
Dave Marsh
I don’t know exactly what’s going to fit in here this time. Maybe, since I’ve been reading Goldstein’s Greatest Hits, I can use him to explain why the Beatles broke up — or at least why it doesn’t matter:
Gombeen Man
Gombeen Man
Deday LaRene
Sitting in the back yard feeding leftover noodles and goat’s milk cheese to my dog (consider feta and watermelon, my currently favorite gorge; make sure you get both in your mouth at the same time), eyeing the hammock, thinking about putting new strings on my guitar, trying to write something.
Nico: Desolation Angel
Robert Lightfoot
The truths sought by an artist like Nico are elusive, personal, equivocal.
The Pimps of Pop In The Land of The Rising Sun
Norma Whittaker
At a press conference in Los Angeles recently, a group of businessmen announced plans for Fujiyama Odyssey, the worlds largest pop festival, scheduled to be held at the base of Mt. Fuji in August of this year simultaneously with Japan’s Expo ’70.
Features
The Love Affair
(NOTE: Arthur Lee and Love are apparently even more a legend in Great Britain than they are here; apparently, over there they’ve managed to transcend their American obscurity (even as has Capt. Beefheart). Anyhow, they did a tour there, around the first of the year, which is something they don’t do here, and this came out of it.)
I Wouldn’t Call It Dada Rock Exactly. What It Is, Is...
Ben Edmonds
Although they appear to be fading somewhat, the rock and roll audience lines of demarcation are still very much in evidence.
HOMECOMING SH-BOOM: THE LEATHERNECKS
Dewey McCulloch
At a 1956 Christmas party my 45 year old aunt, devout fan of Perry Como, got smashed, did the chicken, broke into sobs and admitted to no one in particular she wanted to get in Presley’s pants.
Records
RECORDS
Paul McCartney has released a solo album — a fact that is both musically and artistically exciting. However, he’s also managed to shroud this achievement in an aura of petty bitterness and childish behavior.
Film
FILM
Dave Marsh
WOODSTOCK — Directed by Michael Wadleigh; Warner Bros. ZABRISKIE POINT — Directed by "Michelangelo Antonioni; MGM
Jimmy Miller
Deday LaRene
Jimmy Miller is probably the best and most famous record producer in the world. He did Traffic and Spooky Tooth, and he now produces the Rolling Stones. His work is characterized by an unmistakable crispness, a clean, precise, hard-edged quality.