Magazine of the Week #39

The September 29, 1977 issue of CIRCUS ("The Leading Rock & Roll Bi-Weekly") featured an exclusive interview with KEITH RICHARD (no "s") by PAUL NELSON.








Keith talks about, among other things, the new ROLLING STONES LP "Love You Live", and playing at El Macombo.


















Here's a snippet where Keith talks a bit about the positive aspects of sleep deprivation:

"Sometimes," he concedes, "I tend to stay up and work two or three nights in a row and then" - he claps his hands together - "nosedive! But there are a lot of people who, if they find themselves up through one night and into the next day, convince themselves that they're feeling weird and bad when, in actual fact, they could stretch themselves out. Because, after the second night, you've been through a lot, you've got some memories: an unbroken string. I've done a lot of the most interesting things I've ever done after being up a few days. You find that, far from starting to get confused about things, you start to get really down to the point - you can get things done real quick. A lot of people sleep too much, I think."

"And dawn. How many dawns do most people see? They really miss out. After a nice long night, it's the most beautiful part of the day."

Also in this issue is "Stars Get Kicks Out Of Kicks", where we learn that "while THE WHO's KEITH MOON and Rolling Stone RON WOOD both dabble in a combination program encompassing boxing, karate, meditation, and physical fitness routines, ELP's CARL PALMER and ex-WINGS drummer GEOFF BRITTEN (now with ROUGH DIAMOND) are strictly into karate."












We also get articles on "the Rockabilly Resurgence" and the "British Punk Invasion".

Also featured are CLIMAX BLUES BAND, THIN LIZZY, MARK FARNER, BARBRA STREISAND (including a pin-up!), TED NUGENT, TALKING HEADS, and more.

In "Longplayers", KEN TUCKER reviews JONATHAN RICHMAN AND THE MODERN LOVERS, and LESTER BANGS reviews THE CAPTAIN AND TENILLE.

And there's "Potsie Gets His Solo", two pages on ANSON WILLIAMS and his new TV special and LP.

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