January 1973
CREEM
CREEM
The Christgau Consumer Guide
THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
Robert Christgau
Eric Anderson, Crazy Horse, The Doobie Brothers, more
Dear CREEM: That review of Sparks really SUCKED!
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Miles Davis broke both of his legs in an auto accident when he rammed his car into a pillar on the West Side Highway, in New York.
THE BEAT GOES ON
Nick Tosches
A Lesbian dwarf named Charley. A roller-skating chimpanzee named Jiggs. A Central American boa constrictor named Lola. An oversized aluminum garbage can filled with ice, cans of pre-mixed drinks and fifths of wine. A seven-finger switchblade knife.
Seems Like A Freeze-Out
Dave Marsh
It seems to be December, and here we are with a full issue about the Rolling Stones, talking about such seemingly dated minutae as their summer tour and Exile on Main Street.
Features
“Can’t Get No Satisfaction”
Robert Christgau
In the years after Altamont, however, l almost stopped listening to the Stones, and whenever I did listen the contradictions welled up in me.
Letter From Britain
Elected: A Letter for the Pig
Simon Frith
It’s poll time and Melody Maker readers have been appreciating Emerson, Lake and Palmer.
DUST MY PUMICE
R. Meltzer
Noted Rock Crit Ties the Knot
Features
I ONLY GET MY ROCKS OFF WHEN I’M DREAMING
Lester Bangs
So you say you missed the Stones, too? Cheer-up we’re a majority!
AROUND AND AROUND WITH THE STONES AND AMANDA JONES
JAG-ARR OF THE JUNGLE!!!
Patti Smith
Look back, it was 1965. Pa was shouting from the tv room, “jesus christ! jesus christ!” I flew up those stairs pumping in 3-D. Bad black widows . . . water mocassins . . . red snake long as a fire hose, see our house was built on a long swamp, on easter a boy died, he sank in the quick mud and the next morning he floated up like ivory soap, mama made me go to the wake, the afternoon was hell hot.
Creemedia
MOVIES
Heat, Hammersmith Is Out
SHORT TAKES
FLASHES
Mick Jagger will play Billy the Kid in the movie of the porno play, The Beard.
Creemedia
BOOKS
Woody Woodpecker Shoots The Works, The Pit, Honor Thy Father, more
Records
Low Yo-Yo Stuff: Getting Closer to the Captain
Lester Bangs
Even though his music has always been solidly rooted in the blues, Beefheart has remained a sort of cult figure: to his followers, a supreme genius, to many others inaccessible both musically and verbally.
Juke Box Jury
Greg Shaw
I keep waiting for it to end, but the rock renaissance just keeps on growing and growing.
ROCK-A-RAMA
Rewire Yourself
Media Energies: The Japanese
Richard Robinson
If anybody won the second world war it was the Japanese.
SPECIAL ROLLING STONES COLOR SECTION
Rolling Stones Discography
Sex Lives of the Rolling Stones: A Competition
There ain’t any particular rules, except that entries will be graded on neatness, accuracy and what kind of pencil you use.