7 MAIL
A few words from our fans and foes. Multiple examinations of moral difficulties.
The Eric Dolphy situation clarified. Joy for all.
13 OPENERS
All the news that's fun to know, and then some. A visit with Adolph Hitler;
brief encounters with Mel Brooks and Lame Deer! strange naked rituals in Spain;
militant strippers demand more cash; and Pasadena turns into the sin city of
the Western World. Tastes like a mint; works like an avocado.
30 THE AMERICANIZATION OF RICARDO CHAVEZ-ORTIZ by David Shaw
There are eight million reasons why men hijack airplanes; here are about 20.
33 INDIA: AN EROTIC REVERIE
New ways to go bump in the night.
42 BITCH by Richard Elman
Tired of reading about the greatest rock-and-roll band in the world? Read this,
and never bother yourself again.
45 PURPLE EYES AND GOLD SWEAT
The apotheosis of Mick Jagger.
46 PICKPOCKETS
How to avoid being overly- generous when abroad. Practical tips for the paranoid
voyager. Take that, Saracen pig!
49 BACKING INTO THE ESTABLISHMENT
Your mother wouldn't like the clothes you've been wearing to the office lately;
fortunately, your boss isn't your mother.
54 YOU GOTTA WALK IT LIKE YOU TALK IT OR YOU'LL LOSE THAT BEAT
The women rap it up. You read it here second.
58 YOU CAN LEAVE YOUR SHOES ON
Everyone on the staff likes this picture; don't mess with our first consensus.
62 STEPPES TO STARDOM by John Riley
It's a long way down from the top.
64 NICO
This one goes out for Sid, in North Philly. God love ya, Sid, stay healthy.
74 CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT HEINLEIN by Frank Robinson
If you really want to talk about the space program, ask a sci-fi writer.
78 DON'T LEGALIZE POT by Craig Karpel
Let's talk sense to the American people. Not that they'll listen or anything.
90 LUSTING AFTER COPENHAGEN
by Jacques B. Hess Pornocracy in Denmark. It's not as good as it used to be,
but the worst they ever had was wonderful.
93 HOTDOGGING
Amaze your friends and confuse your enemies by escalating your ski techniques.
98 GROWING UP HUNGARIAN by Garrick Feldman
Memories of a swell Jewish boyhood (excerpted from a forthcoming autobiography).
103 SYLVIE
A little girl grows up. A poet stirs in his grave. Sardinia trembles. All the
world loves a lover.
111 HOW TO GROW by Carol Troy
The true story of a little man from a big town and the clash of his ideals and
idealizations. There are areas of discrimination too subtle for legislation
and too pervasive for ready perception. We are fortunate that this situation
is not one of those.
