A Cultural History of the 1970s, from the Pages of CRAWDADDY Contents

Introduction 13

Parti: '60s into '70s

Sly Stoned by Peter Knobler 23 Lennon Imagines by 30 Hanoi Jane by Peter Knobler 33 Lennon's Last Gig by Patrick Snyder 40 Muhammad Ali: A White Lackey, a Concrete Mexican, and The People's Champ by Michael Jay Kaufman 43 Catch-22 and Disorder in the Courts by 51 The "Say Hey Kid" Says Goodbye by Peter Knobler 57 I Call on Kurt Vonnegut Jr. by Kilgore Trout (GregMitchell) 61 Bom to Ronette by Richard Price 75

Part II: Rock 'n'Roll

At Home with Michael Jackson by Garry George 87 The Album Jacket as Art Form by P.J. ORourke 93 First Ra\tt by David Rensin 98 Who Is and Why Are We Saying All These Wonderful Things about Him? by Peter Knobler, with 102 Disco Dreams by Markjacobson 113 Led Zeppelin Meets Naked Lunch by William Burroughs 120 Elvis Has Left the Building by Robert Ward 130 Elvis Costello Pumps It Up by James Willwerth 134 Blondie: Punk Harlow by Denis Boyles 138 10 CONTENTS

Part III: Politics

Nixon's the One by Peter Knobler 145 Why They Were in Vietnam by Peter Knobler 148 Watergate Down by 150 Nixon's Last Press Conference by Paul Slansky 153 Cinque Very Much by Jeff Shero Nightbyrd 158 The Last Song of Victor Jara by Stew Albert 168 Chappaquiddick: A Bridge Too Far by David Black 174 Time of the Assassins by William Burroughs 185 FBI VS. Indians by Stew Albert and Judith Clavir 191 Plains Speaking by 200 Going After Missile Silos by Tim O'Brien 205

Part TV: Film and TV

Jack Nicholson, Down to the Last Detail by Patrick Snyder 219 Blazes the West by Peter Knobler 226 George Lucas, Skywalker by David Rensin 233 Goes Bananas by 237 The Brains Behind the President by Lloyd Grove 249 Live! From Adolescence! "I Always Hated Saturday Night" by 253 Clint Eastwood: No More Mister Bad Guy by Robert Ward 256 Like a Frat Outta Hell by Jon Carroll 267

Part V: Wild and Crazy Culture

Marilyn Chambers: High School Confidential by Derek Pell 273 Stop Those Evel Ways by Michael Jay Kaufman 278 I Flunked Masturbation Class by JaneDeLynn 281 Star Trek: Oh Captain! My Captain! by Ed Naha 288 CONTENTS 11

Shoot-out at the I'm OK/You're OK Corral by John Mankiewicz 295 Doctor J & Mr. Erving by Tony Kornheiser 302 Club Fed by Eddie Ginetti 311 Tom Robbins and His Sweethearts of the Rodeo by Greg Mitchell 316 New Wave Music by P. JO 'Rourke 323 I, Claudine by Susan Braudy 326 The Cuchi-Cuchi Girl by Harry Shearer 334

Part VI: '70s into '80s

Stand Up and Be Comic by Markjacobson 339 A One-Way Ticket from Palookaville by Peter Knobler 349 : The Fears of a Clown by Al Kooper 354 The Teen Aging of Jodie Foster by Louise Farr 360 Susan Sarandon: Barefoot in Babylon by Peter Knobler 367 Meryl's Choice by Tony Scherman . 372