October 1978
CONTENTS
THE MINNOW WOULD BE LOST After careful study and investigation, I have come to the conclusion THAT, Mrs. Howell (a.k.a. "Lovey" from fave T.V. show Gilligan's Island) is in real life...Blondie's mother (a.k.a. Debbie Harry)!!!! While drinking a six-pack and watching T.V. the other day, "Lovey" was singing "You Need Us" with Ginger and Mary Ann as back-ups.
CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
Robert Christgau
THE ALPHA BAND: "The Statue Makers Of Hollywood" (Arista):: I'm told that my man J. H. Burnett is a born-again Christian, which must be why he feels so strongly about money changers and temples. Nonbelievers consider him shrill, but I find something sweet and reflective right beneath his cool, caustic self-righteousness.
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Backstage at the London theatre where E vita is playing: Ingrid Bergman, who popped in to see her fave David Essen, (Dave's appearing as Che Guevara). Also ligging it in the dressing room: Dylan. Still another "rock" flick to watch for: The Illustrated George Carlin, which will feature taped concert footage, animated segments and brief vignettes filmed in the studio.
THE BEAT GOES ON
DALLAS, TX—July One in the Cotton Bowl. Hotter'n the devil's bowels after a fire-storm meal of 4-alarm chili spiked with jalapeno peppers. In excess (appropriately) of 75,000 gathered at the Texxas World Music Festival for 15 hours of predominantly metal-tinged acts: Van Halen, Walter Egan, Eddie Money, Head East, Journey, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Heart, Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, and Mahogany Rush.
Creem Profiles
JOURNEY
(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)
STARSHIP DISASTER!
Andy McConnell
The Starship arrived in Germany, by train, on Friday, June 16. Behind them stood a successful five-week U.S. tour and a chart-riding album. Their first European tour in eight years had opened positively with a well-received show in Amsterdam.
Features
TODD RUNDGREN MEETS CAPTAIN VIDEO
Kevin Doyle
It's been a good summer for Todd Rundgren.
STONES GET MOSSED!
Rick Johnson
Letter From Britain
Diary Of A Nobody
Simon Frith
Well I certainly was wrong about this one.
Features
LAWDAMERCY, SPRINGSTEEN SAVES!
Robert Duncan
You can’t save everybody but you gotta try.
Rewire Yourself
Basement Basic: The Home Studio
Bill Kanner
Within the last few years a new classification has been born in the audio field—semi-pro.
THE KINKS LIVE FROM SURVIVAL CENTRAL
Michael Davis
Well, they've survived another one. Another tour. How many does that make? I dunno—forgot to ask 'em that. Enough. Forget the late 60's when they couldn't cross the Atlantic for various obscure reasons. In the 70's, they've criss-crossed these 50 states enough times to get their points across.
TRAMPING THE CELT BELT WITH THIN LIZZY
Richard Riegel
So I've journeyed 4000 miles across the sea, made my pilgrimage to the cradle of the modern rock 'n' roll era, just to come home to . . . America?
Extension Chords
The NAMM Report
Allen Hester
Each summer, amid the heat and clamor of Chicago's convention center, McCormick Place, the National Association of Music Merchants [NAMM] holds its annual showing of wares.
Eleganza
Let My People Dance
Susan Whitall
The week started badly when Mitch Ryder, visiting to distract us from deadline, opined over his beer that James Brown had created disco years ago.
Stars Cars
GEORGE CLINTON
Creemedia
The Genes You Save May Be Your Own
Dave Newberger
The following is a verbatim transcript of our patient Meadow Girl's reaction to the movie Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
DRIVE-IN SATURDAY
Edouard Dauphin
In The Swarm, zillions of killer bees try to wipe out the entire state of Texas—a worthy project if I ever heard one. The bees specialize in stinging people to a horrible death and they hail from Africa. That Idi Amin—what a kidder. The Swarm comes to us from the people who brought us The Towering Inferno and then apparently forgot how to make a movie.
Confession of a FILM FOX
While we Northerners are busy raking up the leaves, Robert Stigwood continues to rake in the dough from Grease and his latest talent showcase (and we use the word with great caution) Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Generous Mr. S. spared no expense to fly in the press corps for a gawdy ('scuse us—gala) premier weekend, which included parties, press conferences, parties, special screenings and parties.
BROTHER ZIM’S TRAVELING SALVATION SHOW
j. m. bridgewater
Some several years ago, during a period after New Morning and before Nixon's second election, a Mexican-Irish tattoo artist and fragile backroad belle who was difficult to define and harder to look at became lovers of a strange and severe degree.
THE CARTERS SHALL RISE AGAIN
MAD PECK
ROCK • A • RAMA
Billy Altman
LORI LIEBERMAN—Letting Go (Millenium):: The big number here is "Jingle," which chronicles Lori's failed audition to become the voice that sings the Burger King anthem. She doesn't get the job because she can't imitate any famous singers, and it's pretty ironic that she found this strange.
Backstage
BACKSTAGE
Where the Stars Tank Up & Let Their Imaqes Down