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MUSIC ARCHIVES

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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MUSIC ARCHIVES

Elton John: A Bitch Is Born

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

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TV ARCHIVES

Wolcott Went to War on Oscar War Movies

‘I was ready to attach a bayonet to a broomhandle and patrol the war-torn streets of Greenwich Village’

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From The Archives

Black History Month: Malcolm X vs. the “Radical Middle”

‘It did my heart a world of good to sit back and listen to Mr. X list the sins of the white man’

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MUSIC ARCHIVES

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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MUSIC ARCHIVES

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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FILM ARCHIVES

Jonas Mekas: Crack the Establishment!

“I am for the Establishment of man’s spirit: man’s spirit is always in avant garde”

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FILM ARCHIVES

Jonas Mekas vs. the Beatles

“Neither good acting nor good photography can make a good movie”

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FILM ARCHIVES

Jonas Mekas and Saint Marilyn Monroe

In the February 9, 1961, issue of the Voice, Jonas Mekas mused on a major studio production and the ultimate Hollywood star

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JOCKBEAT ARCHIVES

The Greatest Hits One More Time

A Muhammad Ali birthday present to Voice readers: Ishmael Reed’s 1978 opus on the Ali-Spinks rematch

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