Sopors and 'Ludes: Creem 1972

My first Creem cover story from the October 1972 issue

As you may have heard, Creem magazine is back, as a brand name, anyway. It's an online zine, plans to debut a print magazine in the fall. Personally, I wish they had let sleeping dogs lie, you know, not poked the bear. The archives are online, though I certainly have claimed and maintained ownership of copyright to all of the well over 100 reviews and features you can find there. The archives are shown in the form of photocopies of the original pages, an arduous task, I would imagine. I wish them well.

Though I was often published elsewhere, Creem was my coming of age as a young writer. I began contributing in 1971 while still an undergrad at the University of Colorado in Boulder. I was added to the masthead in 1972, and had the official/unofficial title of New York editor for the next few years until I became Creem’s editor in 1975.

Where I really fit in starting in 1972 was overseeing the short articles- section at the beginning of the magazine under the heading I named "Creemedia." M…