William Ham – Page 14 – Lollipop Magazine

Idle Chatter – Column

August 1, 1996

Exclusive cover story in this fortnight’s Rolling Stone: The Secret Life of Jerry Garcia. The secret: Jerry took drugs.

King Ink – Review

August 1, 1996

King Ink, a compendium of lyrics, prose and playlets, is a testament to Cave’s progression from crazed Dionysian splatter-poet to classicist Bard of the Bleak.

The Culture Bunker – Beer and Loafing on the Campaign Trail ’96 Part Three: Eerht Trap – Fiction

August 1, 1996

The crowd erupted in cheers and applause. Adulation filled the room as adulation will if you don’t leave the seal on the jar it’s contained in.

The Culture Bunker – Beer and Loafing on the Campaign Trail ’96 Part Two: To Be Announced – Fiction

June 1, 1996

The world-renowned Dance Around the Issues. Very simple: Just a bold half-step forward followed by a sheepish retreat and a denial you ever made the first step.

100 Years of Lollitude (Give or take 97) – Fiction

June 1, 1996

In June, 1896, Charles Foster Hefflon, an employee of America’s first convenience store, Shoppe 24, accidentally ingested an opium-laced sarsaparilla and had a vision.

Cine-Trash – Myra Breckinridge – Column

June 1, 1996

Loosely based on Gore Vidal’s novel, it’s often cited as one of the worst movies ever made. Rex Reed as a milquetoast becomes Raquel Welch after a sex-change.

Talk Radio – Review

June 1, 1996

This unrelentingly black tragicomedy may just be the peak of both Stone’s and Bogosian’s careers. A little-heralded masterpiece.

Seconds – #35 – Review

June 1, 1996

Seconds bills itself as “The Only All-Interview Rock Culture Magazine,” but what pulls these eyes along is the astounding range of subjects they bring together.

The Culture Bunker – Beer and Loafing on the Campaign Trail 1996 – Fiction

May 1, 1996

The directive arrived by Priority Male (a service made up of gay strippers): Pernod announced candidacy. Cover party. Bring back story and non-dairy creamer.

Idle Chatter – Column

May 1, 1996

That doesn’t mean hhaving two musical guests instead of one; it means sharpening your approach, messing with the format, presenting new viewpoints.