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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 John Lennon 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 Joseph Heller 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 Bruce Springsteen and Why Are We Saying All These Wonderful Things about Him? by Peter Knobler, with Greg Mitchell 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 Paul Krassner 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 Abbie Hoffman 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 Mel Brooks Blazes the West by Peter Knobler 226 George Lucas, Skywalker by David Rensin 233 Woody Allen Goes Bananas by Martin Mull 237 The Brains Behind the President by Lloyd Grove 249 Live! From Adolescence! "I Always Hated Saturday Night" by Gilda Radner 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 Steve Martin: 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.