February 1979
CREEM
Could you send me the address for the Starsky and Hutch T.V. series in Hollywood, California, or David Soul's fan club? And just one other thing to mention: your magazine definitely isn't bad. I buy a copy every couple of months and at bedtime I read it from cover to cover, each time noticing something else.
CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
Robert Christgau
"ANY OLD TIME STRING BAND" (Arhoolie):: The somewhat creaky musicianship of this all-woman quintet doesn't bother me, but if you have trouble putting your voice on a note and keeping it there, it's a mistake to let on that you care. Song finds: "Home in Pasadena" and (from old-timey hero Bing Crosby) "C-U-B-A." (Available from Disconnection, Box 563, NYC 10013.)
Creem Profiles
THE CARS
(Pronounced “Boy Howdy!”)
ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
Surely you've noticed by now that Tanya Tucker has made a move towards capturing a harder rockin' audience with her latest LP, TNT. Not one to avoid the inevitable, Tanya took her new sound back to her old stomping grounds, Nashville, for a surprise performance at the Grand Ole Opry.
THE BEAT GOES ON
Rick Johnson
PARIS—When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre a few years back, officials left the wall empty where the famous painting had been displayed. During the two years the picture was missing, more people went to see the blank space on the wall than had come to view the painting itself in the previous twelve years.
The SECRET LIFE of Amanda Lear
Jeffrey Morgan
She's been called everything from the Renee Richards of Rock to Miss Before and After Science of 1984. And although she's sold millions of albums in Europe and is that country's reigning white disco queen, North Americans probably know Amanda Lear best as the cover girl on Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure album or as the is-she-or-isn't-she host (ess) of David Bowie's 1973 Nineteen-Eighty Floor Show television special.
DAVE EDMUNDS & ROCKPILE: TROUBLE BOYS DESTROY U.S.
Rob Patterson
In the beginning, there was guitar, bass, and drums. The Lord plugged them in and behold! . . . The heavens were filled with the thunder of percussion and the howling snap of strings. It was a joyful noise that shook the world by its heels. The Lord heard the noise, and He knew it was good.
Sticking To The Limits
Simon Frith
My favourite single at the moment is "Heads Down No Nonsense Mindless Boogie" by Albertos Y Lost Trios Paranoias. The Albertos are an intellectual comedy group, showmen who build their theatricals round rock parodies. They're generally dumber than their victims but they've got funnier since punk gave them an easy target and simple music.
LED ZEPPELIN: A PSYCHOBIOGRAPH
Susan Whitall
Why?
Rewire Yourself
Receivers: A Modern Dilemma
Bill Kanner
Both in public and private, I am often asked to recommend audio gear.
STEVIE NICKS
ELTON JOHN: Glitter Queen Grows Up. Glitter King Breaks Vow Of Silence
Roy Carr
Just after the release of Tumbleweed Connection, Elton John was approached in the Speakeasy Club one evening by Jeff Beck, who asked to join Elton's band. For the next week, they rehearsed solidly. Enter Beck's manager, who suggested that the guitarist should receive 90 per cent of the take and Elton the remaining ten.
FUNK MONGER FINGERS IT OUT
Ed Ward
George Clinton's eyes are blazing, and he stabs the air with his finger to emphasize each word. He's mad.
Features
DEAD BOYS TELL NO TALES (Under An Hour, That Is)
Richard Riegel
Five minutes into my first-ever meeting with the Dead Boys, and already I have an angle.
CREEMEDIA
Rick Johnson
For right or wrong, for better or worse, for richer and richer and richer, Kiss are determined to add an entire second dimension to their personalities, proving once and for all that they're more than just four cruds in crayon-face who exchanged tubes with their televisions one night and achieved instant-on stardom.
DRIVE-IN SATURDAY
Edouard Dauphin
Last Halloween was disappointing for me. I hadn't even begun preparing my trick or treat items when the first band of kids arrived begging on my doorstep. I had to give them apples without razor blades. Oh well, I'll get the little bastards next time. John Carpenter's film, Halloween, is no disappointment.
Stars Cars
DEVO
Confessions of a Filmfox
Last night's party got you feeling like this morning's leftovers—stale and a bit green around the edges? Hey, don't sweat it. If you can swallow this news you can certainly swallow the Alka Seltzer: Toni Tennille (the living half of Captain & Tennille) has concluded arrangements to star in a daily talk show to begin airing in September.
Records
Lou Reed Live (What, Again?): The Audience As Hostage
j.m. bridge water
The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.
Records
Ride, Mush You Rushkies
Joe Nick Patoski
The trouble with kids these days is, there's damn few good wars left for them to fight.
STEVE MARTIN
ROCK • A • RAMA
Joe Fernbacher
KING CRIMSON—Earthbound (Polydor/ Import)::This steamy bit of juvenilia from the "original" 20th Century Schizoid Men was recorded on a small cassette player and set adrift into the Sargasso Seas of "who cares anyway?" Well, I do, goober brains.
Backstage
BACKSTAGE
Where the Stars Tank Up & Let Their Images Down