Lollipop Magazine

The Doctor Has Left The Market – The Death of William S. Burroughs – Column

October 1, 1997

Not only is Burroughs’ passing the end of a bizarre and tragic life, it’s the end of a strange, horrible and wonderful era – last call for the Beat Generation.

Donnie Brasco – Review

October 1, 1997

It plays like the American Playhouse version of Scorsese – insightful, dramatic, but stripped of oomph.

Totem of the Depraved – Review

September 1, 1997

His sexual exploits are explicit and often perverse, but carry with them what Richard Hell nails as “a kind of resigned, Christ-like vulnerability to love.”

The Duplex Planet – Review

September 1, 1997

What makes a magazine consisting of the wit, wisdom, and misheard sentences of the residents of nursing homes one of the best publications in the country?

Chronicles of Disorder – Review

September 1, 1997

It looks much like any other hastily-assembled chapbook, full of haphazardly-layed-out text, dark Xeroxed photos, and such, but there’s love in these pages.

Garbage Pail – Misheard Lyrics (Part One) – Column

September 1, 1997

What They Said: “In-a-gadda-da-vida, baby.” What We Thought They Said: “In a gouda fajita, baby.”

The Culture Bunker – Two Thumbs Up some very uncomfortable places – Fiction

September 1, 1997

“I’ve been carrying this vital piece of classified intel for days and I’ve got to get it to Ominous-Looking Government Headquarters in Qualico-Over-Quantico!”

Lou Reed – At the Photographic Resource Center – Interview

September 1, 1997

An interview with Lou Reed

Tom the Dancing Bug – Ruben Bolling – Interview

September 1, 1997

An interview with creator Ruben Bolling

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery – Review

July 1, 1997

By rights, it should have been disastrous: it’s got a way-overused fish-out-of-water plot, rampant juvenile innuendo, urination and defecation jokes, a leading man with an affinity for look-at-me-aren’t-I-cute mannerisms when the gags aren’t there, and a cameo appearance by Tom Arnold.