Creem Magazine June, 1973 Volume 5, Number 1
MAIL 6
THE CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE alphabits by Robert Christgau 13
ROCK'N'ROLL NEWS 15
THE BEAT GOES ON 18
Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton Live in Berkeley; Brian Jones is Alive in Nicaragua; Marvel Comix Go Mad; Standells vs. The Tedium Medium. ROGER McGUINN: PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE BYRDS With a goose from David Crosby, everything's ducky in Byrdland. For the time being. postflyte pensees by Cameron Crowe 26
LETTER FROM BRITAIN David Cassidy, look out! Lou Reed's gonna get your fans! limey aid by Simon Frith 28
Slade DON'T DO NO ROCK OPERAS Old burnt-out popstars, get outa the way! These boys are the roar of the future! hullaballoons by Lester Bangs 30
ALICE COOPER'S ALCOHOL COOKBOOK Dopers, hide your heads and shiver! The drunks are taking over the world! molotov mixups by the boys in the band 35
Alice Cooper BLOWS HIS WAD On second thought, the drunks have already taken over the world: scenes from the script. machiavellian mung by Ben Edmonds 38
ALICE'S NEW SHOW: LUST, GREED & DENTAL HYGIENE And now they will rule with an-iron toothbrush. sober assessments by Robert Christgau 41
THE 1972 CREEM ROCK'N'ROLL READF POLL RESULTS ELEGANZA Hippies, surrender! The glitter crowd stole your thunder. fopshopping by Lisa Robinson 50
PLAY IT LOUD Getting a Grip on Guitar Gadgets; or how to warp your spew. whammo ammo by Guitar Arnie 52
REWIRE YOURSELF How to build a complete electronic arsenal on a pauper's purse. whizz biz by Richard Robinson 54
MOVIES. . . . . . . . . . . . . .......... . . .... . . . .. . . 56
LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL by Robbie Cruger; THE VAULT OF HORROR " . by Wayne Robins. CONFESSIONS OF A FILM FOX 58
BOOKS 60
AFTER THE BALL by Ian Whitcomb (reviewed by Dave Marsh); SADNESS by Donald Barthelme (reviewed by Ed Ward). RECORDS . . . . . 62
Led Zeppelin by Lester Bangs; DR. JOHN by Jaan Uhelszki; BREAD by Robot Hull; BYRDS by Nick Kent; Johnny Winter by Lester Bangs; DONOVAN by Brian Cullman & MORE! JUKE BOX JURY waxstax by Greg Shaw 70
Corer photograph by Bob Gruen

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