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Out Of His Life: Michael Jackson

Posted Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:41am PDT
25 years ago, in New Jersey, I watched Michael Jackson perform with his brothers on the overhyped Victory tour. Two weeks later I put down my thoughts about him--and the sheer unreality of his megafame--in a column for England's New Statesman.-- More »
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The Rock's Backpages Flashback: Iron Maiden Saves Heavy Metal from Itself!

Posted Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:28pm PDT
With the Brit-metal stalwarts sitting pretty – or should that be ugly? – at the top of the world's DVD charts courtesy of their Flight 666 tour movie, we revisit Maiden's Eighties heyday in this Creem interview with frontman Bruce Dickinson an More »
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Ever-So-Slightly Wacko: The Day I Interviewed Michael Jackson (Via Little Sister Janet)

Posted Mon Jun 22, 2009 11:53am PDT
Few are the writers who've actually sat at the feet of the King of Pop. One such was British writer John Pidgeon More »
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Soul Provider: Barry Beckett (1943-2009)

Posted Wed Jun 17, 2009 5:07pm PDT
This is a pretty straight transcript of what the late Barry Beckett told me in his Nashville office in September 1985 More »
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The Rock's Backpages Flashback: Dylan Goes Country On Nashville Skyline

Posted Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:48pm PDT
DYLAN HAS CHANGED again. His latest album, Nashville Skyline, the 14-month-later follow-up to John Wesley Harding, presents the folk-rock star in a completely new guise. More »
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The Rock's Backpages Flashback: That Was Spinal Tap!

Posted Mon Jun 8, 2009 5:16pm PDT
American actors who revenged themselves on the British Invasion by creating the perfect loser stage ensemble of all time. This is Spinal Tap More »
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"There's No Money in Rock Writing!"--At Home With Lester Bangs, World's Greatest Rock Critic

Posted Fri Jun 5, 2009 4:12pm PDT
Creem veteran Richard Riegel recalls a pilgrimage to Detroit to meet Lester Bangs, greatest of the '70s "Noise Boyz" who defined gonzo American rock criticism. More »
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Remembering Koko Taylor: A Blues Mama's Heyday on Chess Records

Posted Thu Jun 4, 2009 12:05pm PDT
Nearly three decades in the blues business--years punctuated by a satchel-full of Grammy nominations and W.C. Handy awards for her string of albums released on Alligator--have long since dispelled any doubts about Taylor's capabilities as a blues voc More »
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Journey Through the Past: Neil Young's Archive Arrive at Last

Posted Tue Jun 2, 2009 5:59pm PDT
25 years after he first hinted at the project, the vast first installment of Neil Young's multi-media scrapbook--covering the years up to 1972--is finally with us. And it's awesome. More »
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