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THE BEAT GOES ON

Everybody thinks its all peaches and CREEM being a rock critic. You wake up in the morning, crawl gingerly over the sleeping superstar (s) in your bed to the bathroom, where you ingest at least six different Exotic Drugs. Then you hop into your Mercedes, drive out to the Post Office to pick up all the free records, t-shirts, diamond-studded Supertramp belt buckles, etc., and zip back home, casually tossing Kiki Dee 45s to bewildered youngsters along the way.

October 1, 1977
Rick Johnson

THE BEAT GOES ON

How To Be A Rock Critic (In one E-Z lesson)

Everybody thinks its all peaches and CREEM being a rock critic. You wake up in the morning, crawl gingerly over the sleeping superstar (s) in your bed to the bathroom, where you ingest at least six different Exotic Drugs. Then you hop into your Mercedes, drive out to the Post Office to pick up all the free records, t-shirts, diamond-studded Supertramp belt buckles, etc., and zip back home, casually tossing Kiki Dee 45s to bewildered youngsters along the way.

Upon arriving back at the mansion, you drag one LP you particularly detest to the turntable, play one song, take some more Exotic Drugs and hack out a “Scathing review" dismissing theperfor-

It s All Done' With Mirrors

Sparkling Chrysalis recording artists. Blonde on Blonde, are putting on the ritz in a spanking new way, hoping to reflect the appreciation of overly narcissistic fans via mirrored pants and mirrored hairdos. Can't you see yourself in their pants?

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