1980 THE CARS & Grateful Dead concert ads...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 15-21, 1980



* Early THE CARS - American rock band - Ric Ocasek

* Madison Square Garden concert advertisement

* The Grateful Dead - Halloween night concert ad

* Jerry Garcia - Bob Weir - Ron "Pigpen" McKernan



Page 95 has a 6 x 4 1/2 inch ad for "The Cars" concert at Madison Square Garden.

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The Beatles & Maharishi in 1967...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Nov. 9, 1967



* Maharishi Mahesh Yogi - The Beatles guru

* Post "More popular than Jesus" remark

* John Lennon - Paul McCartney

* Transcendental Mediation Swami

* New religious movement



The front page has a heading: "What's New in America? Maharishi & Mediation" with related photo. (see images) Lengthy t... See More  

1966 Timothy Leary and LSD acid trips...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 15, 1966



* Timothy Leary - Allen Ginsberg - Ralph Metzer

* "Illumination Of The Buddha" w/ photos

* Psychedelic celebration at Village Theatre



Page 28 has two photos during the "Illumination Of The Buddha" with two scenes on stage at the Village Gate. (see images) Also a heading: "The Fragmented Man: Lo... See More  

1964 comic Lenny Bruce ad and conviction...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 26, 1964



* Lenny Bruce - stand-up comedian - satirist ad

* Conviction for obscenity comedy performance



The top of the front page has a heading: "Lenny's Censors on the Couch - p.5"

Page 5 has a heading: "The Bruce Conviction: A View from the Couch" Coverage continues on another page.

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1972 Andy Warhol movie World premiere...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 5, 1972



* World premiere advertisement for the movie "Heat"

* Andy Warhol & Paul Morrissey underground film -

* Joe Dallesandro as "The Hustler" and Sylvia Miles



Page 64 has a advertisement for the World premiere of "Heat", a Andy Warhol film staring Joe Dallesandro and directed by Paul Morriss... See More  

World premiere movie ad for 1979 "The Onion Field"...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Sept. 24, 1979



* "The Onion Field" World premiere advertisement

*  American neo-noir crime drama film  - movie

* Actors John Savage and James Woods - Ted Danson debut



The back page has a nice advertisement for "The Onion Field" for it's World premiere in Manhattan. This ad is for the very first showi... See More  

Early 1964 Newport Folk Festival ad... Bob Dylan...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, July 16, 1964



* Newport Folk Festival - music concert

* Year before Bob Dylan's electric controversy



Page 9 has a early advertisement for the "Newport Folk Festival" in Rhode Island. This ad measures 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. (see image) This was a 4 day event and has a list of all the performers including Bob Dylan and Joan... See More  

1979 premiere of "Cocaine Cowboys" advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Oct. 1, 1979



* "Cocaine Cowboys" film advertisement

* Grand opening day movie premieres

* Crime drama - Andy Warhol - Jack Palance



The back page has a full page advertisement for the opening day of the film "Cocaine Cowboys" (see images)

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1979 "The Cars" Central Park concert ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 27, 1979



* Early THE CARS - American rock band - Ric Ocasek

* Dr. Pepper Summer Music Festival - Central Park



The back page has a advertisement for a "THE CARS" performance at the Dr. Pepper Music Festival in Central Park. (see images)

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1982 beginning of new-school hip hop rap music...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 2, 1982



* Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

* Performance at the Ritz nightclub advertisement

* Beginning of new-school hip hop - rap music

* DJ Scratching - vinyl record turntable moving



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Early 1933 King Kong advertisement...

NEW YORK TIMES, February 26, 1933  



* Early newspaper advertisement

* King Kong, the movie for opening day



Page 4 of section 9 has an advertisement for the movie "KING KONG", appearing four days prior to  the movie making it's premiere at Radio City Music Hall. Could this be the very 1st ad for this classic in a newspaper ? A great addition for any movie memorab... See More  

1977 BLONDIE (Debbie Harry) concert advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, March 14, 1977



* BLONDIE - Debbie Harry - American singer

* Palladium Theatre concert & album advertisement



Page 82 has a 8 x 5 inch advertisement for "BLONDIE" debut album and performance at the Palladium Theatre. (see images) This was prior to her 4 songs that hit No. 1 on the U.S. charts between 1979 and 1981.

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Lost city of Trump in 1985....

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 24, 1985



* Donald Trump long before his presidency

* Taking control of his dad's real estate empire era

* "Television City" proposal fail - Riverside South



Page 112 has a heading: "Dump the Trump" with related photo. (see images) This was when Trump was taking control of his father's real estate ... See More  

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is inaugurated...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 14, 1986



* Martin Luther King Jr. Day inauguration

* Radio City Music Hall dedication

* First observance of this federal holiday

* Whitney Houston, Bill Cosby and more



Page 68 has a terrific advertisement for the upcoming gala celebration for the first observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It was at this event that offici... See More  

1985 Motorhead w/ Lemmy concert advertisement..

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Dec. 31, 1985



* Motorhead - English heavy metal band

* Bassist front man Lemmy Kimister

* Ritz nightclub concert advertisement

* w/ Wendy O. Williams & Stormtroopers of Death



Page 96 has a 7 x 5 inch advertisement for upcoming "Motorhead w/ Wendy O. Williams & more" concert at the Ritz nightclub in Manhattan. ... See More  

Review & premiere of "Beetlejuice", in a Los Angeles newspaper...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 30, 1988



* Best "Beetlejuice" film advertisement

* Grand Opening Day premiere review

* Comedy-fantasy movie - Tim Burton



A terrific issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Beetlejuice" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywood area's prime... See More  

Death of film director Stanley Kubrick...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, March 8, 1999 



* Stanley Kubrick death (1st report)

* Movie film director - screenwriter

* "The Shining" " A Clockwork Orange"

* Best title to be had ?



The top of the ftpg. has a boxed section with 3 photos & text headed: "Stanley Kubrick, 1928 -1999" with a one column head: "Film Director Stanley Kubrick Dies at 70". He ... See More  

1988 Monsters of Rock music festival advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, May 17, 1988



* Monsters of Rock music festival

* Hard Rock and Heavy Metal bands

* Metallica, Van Halen, Scorpions & more

* Giants Stadium in East Rutherford NJ



Page 83 has a nice full page advertisement for a upcoming "MONSTER OF ROCK" music festival at Giants Stadium. Performers include: "Vasn Halen",... See More  

1982 DEVO concert advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 19, 1982



* DEVO - American new wave punk rock band

* Palladium Theatre concert advertisement

* "Whip It" - synth-pop song fame



Page 71 has a nice advertisement for a upcoming "DEVO" performance at the Palladium Theatre. (see images)

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Early days of the AIDS virus in 1988...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Feb. 23, 1988



* AIDS - Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

* HIV - Human immunodeficiency virus - pathogen

* Doctor Robert Redfield - American virologist

* Study to determine if it spreads w/ heterosexual sex



The front page has a heading: "STRAIGHT SEX And AIDS" The top of page 21 has a related heading with subheads. S... See More  

1980 "STYX" progressive rock band concert ad...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Jan. 14, 1980



* STYX - American progressive rock band

* Dennis DeYoung - "Come Sail Away" song fame

* Madison Square Garden concert advertisement



Page 68 has a 7 x 4 1/2 inch advertisement for a upcoming "STYX" concert at Madison Square Garden. (see images)

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Early 1981 Duran Duran performance advertisement...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 12-18, 1981



* English pop rock band Duran Duran (very early)

* Part of the second British invasion

* Simon Le Bon - Roger Taylor & more

* "Hungry Like the Wolf" song fame

* First NYC performance - Ritz nightclub



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London terrorrist bombings... Disney's feud...

Death reports of Edward Smith and Al Loving - noteworthy Black Americans...

LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 9, 2005



* Edward "Eddie" Smith - co-founder of the Black Stuntmen's Association

* Al Loving - African American abstract expressionist painter

* Day-2 reports - London Bombings by Islamic terrorists

* Disney feud settled



The "Obituaries" have the death reports of two prominent Black Americans. Pg. B12 has: "Edward Smith; 81; Fought for ... See More  

1982 premiere of "Creepshow" & Pat Benatar concert ads...

THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Nov. 16, 1982



* "Creepshow" film advertisement

* Grand opening day movie premiere

* Horror comedy - Stephen King

* Pat Benatar - American singer & songwriter ad

* Woman hard rocker - Madison Square Garden

* "Heartbreaker" "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" fame



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Inside the disco boom... JAWS ad with brief review...

THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, July 21, 1975  Among the articles is: "Inside the Disco Boom" which takes nearly 4 pages with 10 photos. Also within is a review of the movie "Jaws", with an additional photo and a brief (1-paragraph) review.

Another page has a volume by Arthur Bell, "Bell Tells", in which he focuses on Barry White with the theme o... See More