CREEM

plus where were the record reviews? i guess they figure that they wouldn't be timely enough in a quarterly? what's creem without record reviews?

I've seen reviews on the website. Most of them are capsule length and get updated weekly.

ok yeah i should take a look there. the bowie supplement they sent along with the first issue is interesting. it prints their legacy reviews of the successive bowie lps. the first one to get a fullthroated thumbs up is "pin ups," from lester bangs. i haven't read the "trixie a. balm" ones yet (aka lauren agnelli of nervous rex / washington squares fame). plus the casual denigration of groupies and that fellow with the hispanic accent in cameron crowe's piece! the rules for hipster discourse have sure changed.

I've been totally geeking out on the archive. They did a great job digitizing (though the interface is a little bit painful).

The archive is fantastic. I’ve been reading 1972 month by month, along with the old PDFs I have of Rolling Stone for the same period, and it’s fun to see the contrast.

I watched the documentary yesterday as well. An enjoyable overview, but… gah. The older I get, the less tolerance I have for the “charm” of assholes, especially when the success of a project it attributed to their toxic behavior, under the guise of how "rebellious” or whatever they are—like CREEM wouldn’t have worked if it had a respectful workplace. It’s similar to how trashing hotels was once badass rock star behavior, but now I just think of the poorly paid maids who had to clean it all up. Or all those countercultural ’70s films where we’re meant to read the protagonist's shitty behavior as righteous, but when I watch now, they just seem like massive pricks.

Anyone besides the last two posters above have access to the archives? I'm looking for one specific review, but don't really want to take out a subscription. Please send me board e-mail if you can help. (Already tried broom air/blatherskite, no response.)

Big thanks to Thus Sang Freud.

My apologies! My messages go to an email that I no longer have access to.

No problem--probably a lot of e-mail addresses here are outdated.