#creem profiles

[sweetpaintedladie]

Mick Jagger on the cover of Creem Magazine, 1971-84

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"ALWAYS SAY, "BOY HOWDY!" -- 1980 SPECIALS EDITION.

PIC INFO: Spotlight on a "CREEM" magazine "Boy Howdy!" profile of English ska band THE SPECIALS, from the band's "More Specials" era, c. July 1980 issue.

HOME: "Wherever they hang their pork pie hats."

PROFESSION: "Sensual simian shoe shufflers."

LAST BOOK READ: "History of the 2-Tonic Invasion" by Adolf Costello.

LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: "Paid for their barber’s Jamaican vacation."

QUOTE: "Sleep all day... it's the only way."

Source: https://flashbak.com/creem-profiles-one-page-spotlights-1970s-80s-musicians-395074.

[therecordchanger62279]

This is long overdue, and since the magazine won't give me my own, I'll do it myself.

CREEM PROFILES

NAME: The Recordchanger

AGE: Skin wrinkled; hair deceased

FROM: A state South of Ted Nugent

OCCUPATION: Out to pasture

HOBBIES: Popping M&M's; screwing the caps off Pepsi bottles; operating a microwave with one hand.

LAST BOOK READ: The Bell Jar

LAST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Got out of bed this morning and showered without a nurse's help.

QUOTE: "Now where did I leave my glasses?"

PROFILE: Aging vinyl collector, and talking phonolog, who aimed low in life, and hit the bullseye. A 20th century man who's lived well past his sell-by date. Worth millions today thanks to his priceless collection of back issues of the Schwann Catalog.

BEER: Boy Howdy

"There are zillions of ways to get your name in the papers, but only one way to stake your thirst for Creem. The quality standards we set down in the dawn of the seventies have been on a wild mouse ride through the highlands, the lowlands, and the barstools. Every drop's a hoot. Always say, "Boy Howdy!"

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