Yesterday was the 52nd 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.
Rolling Stone at 50: Making the First Issue - The beginnings of Rolling Stone magazine published 50 years later in…Rolling Stone magazine!
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.
The Rise and Fall of Rolling Stone - Rich Cohen, a former Rolling Stone writer penned this article which is one part review of the Joe Hagan book, “Sticky Fingers” and one part history of Rolling Stone magazine.
Cover Browser for Rolling Stone - Every single cover from 1967 to 1999 can be seen here.
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.
Monday: Last night I went and saw the band Southern Cross perform with their original drummer, Kevin Murray at Fergie’s Pub in Manito and it was a monumental show! I’ll have photos of the band and the people in attendance tomorrow!
Tuesday: We continue the MBIP 13 month chicken tour with a Greek chicken dish this week! Tune in to see where this happens at!
Wednesday: We return to Farmer Ted’s Inner Garage for a sequel to our Star Wars Peoria post from September, 2018.
Thursday: For this week’s Marty Meal, I think I’m going to try my own version of chicken nuggets, I need to think of a side dish and dessert too, so tune in to see what I come up with.
Friday: We’ll continue eating the menu at McDonald’s, this week it’ll be a trio of the breakfast biscuits.
Saturday: Another locally made sandwich will be featured on the weekly, Sandwiches of Peoria post.
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48 Words - 48 Poems - 48 Weeks: Week Number One
My friend Joe Freedman from Sarabande Press created a genius piece of limited edition art that makes anyone a poet. It’s a wooden tablet with the Emily Dickinson poem, “Hope” is the thing with feathers on it.
This is the tablet and the words can be taken off and moved around to create your own poem, using some or all of the 48 words that Emily Dickinson used for her poem.
The extra words you don’t use can be put in this box behind the stand. I love this! I’m going to create 48 poems in the next 48 weeks using this fabulous piece of art created by Joe!
Here’s number one!
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Hope Never Stops by Marty Wombacher (with help from Emily Dickinson and Joe Freedman)
“Hope”
That never stops at all—
—the words
—the little perches—
—I’ve heard it,
In the soul of me.
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