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Run-D.M.C.: It’s Like This

“Run-D.M.C.’s myth was like Rocky to everyone else’s Apollo Creed. It had to be a myth; no one could possibly be that square.”

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Politically Incorrect: Guns N’ Roses and Public Enemy Sound Off

“Forty-eight hours in the feeding cycle of New York City. There were Uzis, Public Enemy re­grouping, and a clique of blond babes orbiting Axl Rose at the Cat Club. All of this connects. How was your week?”

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Run-D.M.C.: They’re Gonna Smash Their Brains In

"Always dug Run-D.M.C. because they dressed like they weren't ashamed to be identified with the stone B-boys"

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Lou Reed and John Cale — Together Again Back in the Day

An early review of “Songs for Drella” — a great album that pissed off more than a few Village Voice readers

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Good Evening, Mr. Reed

Thirty years ago, Lou Reed released “New York,” an iconic tribute to his hometown

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Elton John: A Bitch Is Born

When Robert Christgau, Edward Sorel, and Lester Bangs took on the rock icon

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When Worlds Collided — Peter Tork at CBGB, Lester Bangs at the Typewriter

In 1977 the multi-instrumentalist came to conquer — not to pander to Monkees nostalgia

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CULTURE

Black History Month: Post-Soul Culture Circa 1992

In 1992, the Voice gave readers a powerful, insightful essay and seventeen pages of kick-ass graphics

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Pazz & Jop: A Promise Realized

The most remarkable thing about this year’s Pazz & Jop poll results is how unremarkable they are

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Pazz & Jop: What’s in a Number?

Is this the 45th or 46th Poll? Lester Bangs speaks from beyond the grave.

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