Yesterday was the 57th anniversary of the day that the first issue of Rolling Stone magazine was published. Rolling Stone was founded by editor Jann Wenner and was definitely a defining and unique publication back in the day.
To celebrate this anniversary I’ve got a half a dozen links to online articles about Rolling Stone and four other links to posts with interviews I’ve conducted with David Dalton, David Felton and Ben Fong Torres who were two writers for Rolling Stone back in the formative days and a TWM post featuring Paul Scanlon who was the managing editor of Rolling Stone from 1970 to 1980.
And then there’s the MBIP Coming Attractions for next week.
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Sunday Links
‘I never envisaged what lay ahead’: the first issue of Rolling Stone - The founding editor of Rolling Stone, Jann Wenner wrote about the beginnings and the very first issue of Rolling Stone for The Guardian.
How Rolling Stone Magazine Redefined Culture for Generations - This article touches on how editor Jann Weiner chose superior talent for Rolling Stone including photographer Annie Leibovitz and writers, Lester Bangs, Ben Fong-Torres, Hunter S. Thompson and a teenaged Cameron Crowe.
Jann Wenner’s ‘Sticky Fingers’: 10 Things We Learned About The ‘Rolling Stone’ Founder - Ten factoids pulled from the book, “Sticky Fingers” by Joe Hagan. The book is a biography of Jann Weiner by the one-time Rolling Stone writer. Jann Weiner wasn’t happy with this book, so it’s doubtful you’ll ever see his byline in Rolling Stone again.
How Rolling Stone Magazine Influenced the Sixties - This article notes how Rolling Stone started in 1967, the same year as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band came out along with the first album by The Doors and it was also the year that bands such as Creedence Clearwater Revival formed and Rolling Stone was reporting on all of it.
Roots of “Rolling Stone” Magazine - This article is about the start of Rolling Stone in San Francisco and it tells the tale up to 1977, when the Jann Wenner moved the magazine and the entire staff to New York City.
Bonus Rolling Stone Links From My Blog Archives
David Dalton Interview - In 1997 I interviewed six writers from the early days of Rolling Stone for an oral history of the magazine in my magazine, fishwrap. This interview is with David Dalton who co-wrote the infamous Charles Manson cover story in 1970.
David Felton Interview - David Felton is the other co-writer on that Manson piece and he also has the distinction of working on and writing for Beavis and Butthead for MTV.
Ben Fong-Torres Interview - I interviewed Ben Fong-Torres in San Francisco for the oral history of Rolling Stone. He had a ton of great stories including how Ike Turner once threatened to break his legs!
The Bar Exam With Paul Scanlon - Paul Scanlon was the managing editor of Rolling Stone from 1970 to 1980. I interviewed him at Mumbles bar in New York City for my blog, Tripping With Marty.
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MBIP Coming Attractions
Monday: I went out last night to Po-Boys with my friends Amber and Joe and we all had cheeseburgers for yet another Saturday night cheeseburger adventure. Tune in tomorrow to check out that post and photos.
Tuesday: I’m starting the MBIP doughnut tour on Tuesday and I don’t have an official name for it yet. I need to work on that and for the first stop, we went to the oldest seller of doughnuts in Peoria. If you can’t guess where that is, tune in on Tuesday to find out!
Wednesday: There’s a cool new store that opened up in the Northwoods Mall called The Hit List. I stopped by and took a look around and you can see this Shop Hop post this Wednesday.
Thursday: I’ll have an update about my book, Confessions of a Spiteful Writer and links to the weekly YouTube Videos this coming Thursday.
Friday/Saturday: I’ll be taking these two days off to work on that aforementioned book.
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Sunday Comic
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Related Posts: Sunday Links: It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash and Johnny Carson.