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An interesting non- #vinyl find today.

This is a ROLLING STONE magazine from January 21st, 1982 (back when the magazine was actually cool and people still gave a shit).

About six weeks after this hit the stand, John was dead.

I always like going through ANY old magazine, particularly #music and #popculture ones.
The ads are always hilarious, and it’s always interesting to read reviews of records that were new at the time, that are now almost 45 years old.

Full page movie ads, cigarette ads… a four star review of a Dianna Ross album? CMON MAN.
That shit is gold.

Look at all the joy in John’s face, huh?
He looks happy.

Dude’s in trouble.

Ashley Tisdale’s Daughter Jupiter Is Now Obsessed with High School Musical: “Also, she screams out. She screams out in public, ‘I’m Sharpay’s baby!’ Like I can’t. I just feel so embarrassed when I’m walking into a store, and she’s like, ‘We’re all in this,’ And I’m like, ‘Oh, my God’ inbella.com/1048579/ashley-tis #Memes&Humor😈💀💀 #PopCulture #SeriousGossips

Patrick Dougher is now a fine artist, musician, poet and actor. But he was once a poor Black punk who wanted to work at the Strand bookstore in Union Square. Here's an extract from his book, "Concrete Dreamland," published in LitHub, where he talks about his experiences there.

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Literary Hub · On Being a Poor Black Punk and Working at the Strand BookstoreIn 1987, I got a job at the famous Strand bookstore in Union Square. My ska band, the Boilers, rehearsed down the block at a place called Giant Studios, and I stopped in the Strand one day with eve…
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There’s a new genre of TV shows, comics and board games in Taiwan. Inspired by what happened when Russia invaded Ukraine, producers, writers and artists are imagining a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Elaine Lin and Clara Preve wrote about this for @timkmak’s Counteroffensive.

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The Counteroffensive with Tim Mak · Taiwan imagines: What happens the day China invades?By Elaine Lin