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Richard Vollin 24th Jan 2023		Magazine Kicks (2013)	Review Review pending ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Richard Vollin 24th Jan 2023		Magazine Kicks (1979)	Rated 10/10 Kicks magazine was a short-lived phenomena. Each issue was a stuffed-to-overflow Farmer's Almanac of informative articles and interviews, from a revolving door of regular contributors, and free lance writers. It's focus ran the gamut of all things American Rock 'n' Roll; Hillbilly, Rhythm & Blues, Rock-A-Billy, Doo-Wop, Surf and 60s Garage music. Sophomore issue #2 cemented it's place at the dawn of the 1980s by disseminating the apocrypha celebrating the sounds and gyrations of juvenile delinquency, teen-age pregnancy and high school drop-outs to twang, reverb, fuzz and distortion. 87 page tome of essential reading from cover to cover. Obtain immediately - at any cost! 1 person found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Richard Vollin 18th Jul 2017		Magazine Something Weird Video Catalog 1995-96 (1995)	Rated 10/10 [YouTube Video] *YOU WON'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES !* "Perhaps this is the ultimate exploitation/sexploitation reference guide ever!" - Mike Vraney Cover-to-cover & double-stuffed with all things Drive-In, Grindhouse, Peep-Show, Strip-Tease, Times Square, Roadshow, Coming Attractions, and even monster films thrown in for good measure. Each page is naturally wholesome, life affirming and spiritually up-lifting. Recommended reading for those with a heart condition as it contains crude sexual content, strong language, and excessive alcohol and drug use. Contents littered with useless info and sidebars on Herschell Gordon Lewis, Doris Wishman, Coffin Joe, Ed Wood, Dave Friedman - just to name a few, and profusely illustrated with original ad art. Bikers, nudists, hippies, asylum inmates, sideshow freaks - they're ALL HERE! And it's a fair bet; if you can't see it on television, it's in this catalog, and you need it. Guaranteed 100% Weird and please do not seek any medical attention whatsoever. 5 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Richard Vollin 17th Jul 2017		Magazine Decibel (2011)	The cover photo is one of my better known images of Bobby Liebling. Over the years it's turned up in a couple of places, and was published once in the New York Times. It was taken on 03 September 1982 in Knoxville, Tennessee. The feature article was entitled "Miracle Man - All hail the latest unlikely resurrection of Bobby Liebling and PENTAGRAM" by J. Bennett; a seven page spread with photographs by Gene Smirnov.
Richard Vollin 12th Jul 2017		Magazine People (1985)	I'll answer the question on the cover..."Not far enough." ROCK has never been, or should ever be Parent Approved. If you can't dig that - you best find another shovel.
Richard Vollin 12th Jul 2017		Magazine Creem (1973)	Page 38...T.Rex: "What They Tried To Do With David Bowie Was Create Another Marc Bolan." Ya gotta' admire Marc's smug self confidence, he wasn't afraid to piss in anyone's bowl of cornflakes. Too bad Marc Bolan didn't ignite the U.S. as did Elton.
Richard Vollin 10th Jul 2017		Magazine Record Collector (1992)	Hmm...Sonny Burgess.
Richard Vollin 9th Jul 2017		Magazine Famous Monsters Of Filmland (1970)	Page 46 featured FM fan, and future PENTAGRAM, BEDEMON guitarist, songwriter, and genre writer; Randy Palmer.
Richard Vollin 9th Jul 2017		Magazine Cinefantastique (1990)	Cover feature contains a sixteen page article "The Paul Blaisdell Story: Hollywood's Forgotten Monster-Maker" by the late freelance writer Randy Palmer (1953-2002). Randy was a personal friend of mine, and this article was the precursor to a larger body of work published by McFarland Press in 1997 under the title: Paul Blaisdell, Monster Maker.
Richard Vollin 9th Jul 2017		Magazine Kicks (1992)	Kicks magazine was a short-lived phenomena. This was the seventh, and last issue published. Not unlike the Old Testament; full of parables, allegories, metaphors, and articles from a revolving door of regular contributors, and free lance writers. It's focus ran the gamut of all things American Rock 'n' Roll; Hillbilly, Rhythm & Blues, Rock-A-Billy, Doo-Wop, Surf, 60s Garage...reading it was like having attended one morning of Sunday School Bible Study and leaving a full-fledged Ordained Minister!
Richard Vollin 9th Jul 2017		Magazine Kicks (1988)	Kicks magazine was a short-lived phenomena. Each issue was like being privy to information known only to Rosicrucians, Free Masons - the Holy of Holies!; articles from a revolving door of regular contributors, and free lance writers. It's focus ran the gamut of all things American Rock 'n' Roll; Hillbilly, Rhythm & Blues, Rock-A-Billy, Doo-Wop, Surf, 60s Garage...after reading it, you could forever deny the origins of how you came to be so enlightened and knowledgeable.
Richard Vollin 9th Jul 2017		Magazine Kicks (1987)	Kicks magazine was a short-lived phenomena. Each issue was a Sears Christmas Catalog of informative articles and interviews, from a revolving door of regular contributors, and free lance writers. It's focus ran the gamut of all things American Rock 'n' Roll; Hillbilly, Rhythm & Blues, Rock-A-Billy, Doo-Wop, Surf, 60s Garage...it was single-handedly responsible for keeping an entire generation of MTV viewers from becoming culturally bankrupt!
Richard Vollin 9th Jul 2017		Magazine Kicks (1985)	Kicks magazine was a short-lived phenomena. Each issue was a stuffed-to-overflow Farmer's Almanac of informative articles and interviews, from a revolving door of regular contributors, and free lance writers. It's focus ran the gamut of all things American Rock 'n' Roll; Hillbilly, Rhythm & Blues, Rock-A-Billy, Doo-Wop, Surf, 60s Garage...reading it was like eating a full Truck Stop breakfast at Waffle House and a 55 gallon drum of hot black coffee!
Richard Vollin 8th Jul 2017		Magazine Kicks (1984)	Kicks magazine was a short-lived phenomena. Each issue was a hefty, jam-packed-cover-to-cover Holy Grail of informative articles and interviews, from a revolving door of regular contributors, and free lance writers. It's focus ran the gamut of all things American Rock 'n' Roll; Hillbilly, Rhythm & Blues, Rock-A-Billy, Doo-Wop, Surf, 60s Garage...reading it was like graduating with a genuine two year Associates Degree in American pop culture with each issue!