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R-E-S-P-E-C-T
The celebrated scribe of New Journalism has a book landing this month, and a memoir on the way chronicling his long partnership with Nan Talese.
VINYL
When clothing designer Betsey Johnson married the Velvet Underground’s John Cale, it spelled the end for the band.
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Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down
“When she left the table to go to the ladies’ room, John-John Kennedy handed her a piece of paper and pencil and asked for her phone number.”
Unspoiled
The former Sex Pistol’s memoir ‘Anger Is an Energy’ proves that he still knows how to howl and rant, but who knew he was such a beguiling storyteller?
Velvet Revolution
Punk old-timer Legs McNeil on how, despite his best efforts at acting like a grump, Lou Reed died a beloved legend.
Richard Hell
Legs McNeil, co-founder of Punk magazine, on the time rocker Richard Hell shot up heroin right in front of him and why Hell is the best—and laziest—writer in rock and roll.