http://jetlagmag.net/blog Wed, 09 Apr 2008 02:25:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey, y'all, Just letting you know I'm still alive, and i still intend to scan in more old Jet Lags. Real life has a way of getting in between the best laid plans of bloggers and archivists. But, one of these cold days, the scanner will heat up, and we'll catch ... http://jetlagmag.net/blog/?p=16 English Beat fans undoubtedly recognize the inner sleeve of their debut album “I Just Can’t Stop It,” adapted for our cover purposes with this last issue of 1980. We figured it was okay, since they told us we could do it when we interviewed them the preceding month. Neither John nor ... http://jetlagmag.net/blog/?p=14 The cover of our ninth issue was a simple but effective one. The “rock rock rock” thing was taken from flyers advertising gigs by the Strikers (formerly the News). I like the contrast between that thick block lettering and John the Mailman’s thin handwriting letting us know what will be ... http://jetlagmag.net/blog/?p=13 First, an apology for taking so long to get this next batch of issues up online. Suffice it to say that Roy Kasten, who does yeoman work on this website, and I both have actual lives apart from this labor of love. We will be getting more up sooner than ... http://jetlagmag.net/blog/?p=12 The time has come to talk about Beatle Bob. It’s funny. I refused to speak on camera to the people who have been working on a Beatle Bob documentary, yet here I am throwing out comments on a blog. But, there’s no way to discuss issue no. 7 without discussing ... http://jetlagmag.net/blog/?p=11 I’m willing to bet no other American publication ran a longer interview with the Pop Group during their year or two of existence. But, because John the Mailman happened to be in New York at the same time this English band was playing Max’s Kansas City, and because John was ... http://jetlagmag.net/blog/?p=10 This issue continued my New York adventure and Steve’s dig at my writing style. He always hated it, as did Mr. Lizard. Featured was the interview I did with the Pop Group the night of their US debut gig. All-in-all, as I read the interviews they don’t seem bad ... http://jetlagmag.net/blog/?p=9 Chuck DeClue had a way of turning his head, laughing, and talking with great excitement. “Let me draw a cover for your magazine,” he said, and his enthusiasm, coupled with the fact that John and I never knew what would go on the cover in those days, won me over. ... http://jetlagmag.net/blog/?p=8 Do you remember when you used to say things you thought were brilliant, but which turned out years later to be really stupid? Aren’t you glad that nobody else really remembers these things? Say, do I really want to bring some of these articles back to the light of day? Embarrasments? ... http://jetlagmag.net/blog/?p=7 “Some people call this a rock and roll magazine.” How long did we keep that slogan? I don’t remember discussing it, in fact, I couldn’t have told you when it first appeared until I noticed it on the scan of this issue’s cover. John the Mailman came up with that ... http://jetlagmag.net/blog/?p=6