The Face Magazine No 66 Oct 1985 The Cure Robert Smith Ken Russell Carl Lewis Barry Humphries
The Face No 66 Oct 1985
Intro
6 Bulletin! Intros indispensable bluffers guide
13 Record selections/Mastermixers/Free Gift! .
15 Beatles fans/Barbie club/Hector Hot Pants Lavoe
16 Warhol meets Basquiat/Japanese Kid Creole
19 Eric Bogosian/The Sound of Detroit
23 Jay Strongmans Dancefloor report/Queen Kelly
24 Trivia/Introducing the dissident Gilbert & George
Features
28 Wrestling USA James Truman grapples with the Sarge
43 Robert Smith A suitable case for treatment
50 Carl Lewis A rare audience with the King of Sprint
72 Barry Humphries Teatime at the Ritz
78 The Name Game A kind of pseuds Whos Who
80 Daryl Hall Meet the King of Blue-Eyed Soul
88 Ecstasy From America, a Yuppie Way of Knowledge
94 Girls On Top Strippers Lib at Soho peep show
102 Ken Russell Grandaddy of controversy in Face Interview
Sections
36 Fashion Hard Lines and the fun of the fair
58 Letters Vitriol, appreciation, sarcasm, wit
62 Fashion The cowboy, the indian, and other stories
96 Fashion The English Classics are back...
112 EXPO Young textile students; work in progress
128 Disinformation for the month of October
Monitor
130 Back Issues and Subscriptions information
115 Print first of new books column by Gordon burn
118 Films Mad Max, Prizzi's Honour, the new Eastwood etc
121 Savage on Celebrity music by David Toop
124 Nightlife New York music report by Carol Cooper
126 Royalty the case for Charles and Di
The Face was a very popular British music, fashion and culture magazine that was launched in May 1980 by Nick Logan who had also previously created the teenage pop magazine Smash Hits, and had been an editor at the New Musical Express (NME) in the 1970s. Some people associated with The Face over the years were designer and typographer Neville Brody (Art Director, 198186), creative director Lee Swillingham (Art Director 1993-1999), Craig Tilford (Art Directior 1999-2002), Graham Rounthwaite (Art Director 2002-2003), Julie Burchill, Tony Parsons, photographers Juergen Teller, David Sims and writers including Jon Savage, Fiona Russell Powell and James Truman and others.