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March 7, 1997 Books Feature
Jook Savages Redux
Lester Bangs' Austin gang gets revived
"...to be drunken buffoons, which makes them poetic.” - Lester Bangs, Almost Famous..."
June 22, 2009 Music Post by Margaret Moser
Almost Famous
This sweet, amiable, and knowing coming-of-age tale is Cameron Crowe's semi-autobiographical boyz-to-men story about how he grew into the role of a rock & roll journalist in 1973.
"...snags a writing assignment from fellow San Diegan, critic Lester Bangs (Hoffman) of Creem magazine. Although Bangs advises William..."
Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Let It Rock
Rock & Roll Books Spring 2000
"...Let It Blurt: The Life and Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic by Jim DeRogatis..."
March 17, 2000 Books Feature by Greg Beets
Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Reader
Sheet Music
"...Mainlines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste: A Lester Bangs Readerby Lester Bangs, edited by John Morthland..."
Aug. 8, 2003 Music Review by Melanie Haupt
Creem: America’s Only Rock & Roll Magazine
The true story of the underdog music rag that lived (and died) rock
"...igneous pop, early settlers named Marsh, Uhelszki, Kramer, and Bangs utilized movable metal type, ink, and paper to create..."
Aug. 7, 2020 Movie Review by Raoul Hernandez
Greil Marcus and the Mad Parade
In his book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century, Greil Marcus explained punk to the world and created a bible for that music's true believers. As Austin theatre company Rude Mechanicals opens its stage adaptation of Marcus' book, the author talks about the Stones, the Sex Pistols, and the "mad parade" of history.
"...but there you go. Greil Marcus, even more than Lester Bangs and Robert Christgau, galvanized me as a writer..."
Sept. 10, 1999 Arts Feature by Margaret Moser
A Fan's Notes
In Almost Famous, Cameron Crowe tells the story of his first assignment for Rolling Stone in 1973 and a day when the youth of America believed rock & roll could change the world.
"...-- Lester Bangs to 15-year-old William Miller..."
Sept. 1, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola
Ed Ward Unleashes His Second Volume on The History of Rock & Roll
First-generation rock critic visits Teen Pan Alley
"...record reviews daily. Ward ignored the advice and launched Lester Bangs. He also provided Dave Marsh a forum as..."
Nov. 22, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall
Margaret Moser Tribute: Alejandro Escovedo
“Her love for the Velvet Underground and John Cale was the same as I had”
"...& File first came to Austin. Margaret was there, Lester Bangs was there. That was when we first met...."
June 30, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall
Playback: Pachuco Hop
Hanging with Joe King Carrasco in Puerto Vallarta
"...he was once lauded by the quintessential music sage Lester Bangs as being "the most manically irresistible rocker to..."
Dec. 14, 2012 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Pirate Radio
This British import exudes about as much outlaw swagger as Tom DeLay in a dance competition.
"...performances are good. Hoffman more or less reprises his Lester Bangs schtick from Almost Famous: always good but nothing..."
Nov. 13, 2009 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Explosive Dynamic Super Smash Hits!
Remembering ultimate cheese label K-tel
"...Goons (as Xavier Tarpit) and a veteran of the Lester Bangs era at Creem (as Robot Hull). For Hull,..."
May 4, 2001 Music Feature by Greg Beets
Austin Punk Chronicles: The Shock of the New – The Violators and the Skunks Invade Raul's
14 days after the Sex Pistols break up and mainstream media declares punk dead, Austin's scene begins at a Tejano bar on the Drag in Chapter 5, Part 1 of the "Austin Punk Chronicles"
"...sake: Raul's, described by king of all rock critics Lester Bangs in a 1980 Musician magazine piece about Austin..."
Aug. 5, 2022 Music Feature by Tim Stegall
The Table Ed Ward Built
Pioneering music journalist (1948-2021) wrote rock & roll history
"...“Lester [Bangs] had already been there,” Ward recalled. “Jann warned..."
May 5, 2021 Music Post by Tim Stegall
Faster Than Sound: The First-Ever Lucktoberfest Lands Halloweekend at Willie Nelson’s Luck, Texas
Plus, the Red River Cultural District searches for a new director, and remembering Stewart Wise
"...book Let it Blurt: The Life & Times of Lester Bangs, America's Greatest Rock Critic. The Contempo Culture house,..."
July 29, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe
Lou Reed: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
Thirty years of final grouses from a New Yorker
"...grumpy again." The most dynamic of the bunch is Lester Bangs' 1975 entry for former music powerhouse Creem, which..."
May 29, 2015 Music Feature by Kahron Spearman
Psychotic Reaction
Golden Boys ringleader John Wesley Coleman indulges his compulsion
"...balance to his previous covers of Warren Zevon and Lester Bangs...."
Nov. 12, 2010 Music Feature by Audra Schroeder
Postmarks
Our readers talk back.
"...Perhaps you should consider re-reviewing Rooster Nudes. After all, Lester Bangs slammed the MC5's Kick Out the Jams in..."
May 23, 2003 Column
Take Me to the River
Rock & Roll Books
"...theft to begin with. It was like that essay Lester Bangs once wrote about punk, and who invented it...."
Dec. 29, 2000 Books Feature by Margaret Moser
Playback: Biggest Austin Music Stories of 2016
Looking back on the biggest Music news headlines of the year
"...Creem, and Texas Monthly, was also executor of buddy Lester Bangs' estate...."
Dec. 23, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
Playback: Chicken Shit Bingo Splits
Chicken Shit Bingo franchises, Obama music photo–ops, and Austin Music Industry Award winners, and RIP John Morthland
"...literary executor for the estate of his deceased friend Lester Bangs. He was 68. Music Industry Awards Get Results..."
March 11, 2016 Music Column by Kevin Curtin
SXSW Panel: Lou Reed: A Rock & Roll Heart
Velvet Undergrounder found a voice to speak with
"...few journalists Reed trusted after an infamous back-and-forth with Lester Bangs. From Fricke’s perspective, Reed’s reputation for causticity toward..."
March 13, 2014 Music Post by Greg Beets
Alejandro Escovedo, Vagabond & Wandering Spirit
Iconic rocker’s love affair with the USA, part one
"...decided to come to Austin to visit music writer Lester Bangs. I remember calling my girlfriend from a pay..."
Jan. 10, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham
The Lijadu Sisters
Wislawa Szymborska meets the Lijadu Sisters
"...weaving all that into a tapestry of critic-speak and Lester Bangs-like self-expression seemed counter to the Lijadus' (lee-jah-do?) alternately..."
Feb. 7, 2012 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
Dark Shadows
Billy Miller on the return of Cold Sun at Austin Psych Fest
"...Psych scholar Julian Cope championed it in typical Lester Bangs fashion as “an erotically Satanic sound something like..."
April 29, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell
Sell-Out Review
"...some balls and get behind something. Spin?! My god. Lester Bangs is rolling right now. What a fucking joke...."
Oct. 23, 2010 Postmarks
Bottom Line: We Love Music
"...reminded me of my favorite writer, the late, great Lester Bangs. Keep up the stellar work...."
July 20, 2010 Postmarks
Shake Appeal
James Williamson's Raw Power is all in the mix
"...heard the term "metal" I think it came from Lester Bangs in 1973 or 1974. Everybody was always looking..."
May 28, 2010 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez
Ballroom Dancing
SXSW panels
"...happened to esteemed male music journalists like Dave Marsh, Lester Bangs, or Jon Savage? Probably not, the female writers..."
