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Peter Frampton by David Rensin.
Here he is, the act you've known for all these months, straight from the Sgt. Pepper movie. The quintessential Superstar of the Boring Seventies: talented, beautiful, nice to his mother. And safe as milk. Features
"The Porsche Mystique" by David Barry.
Just as you always suspected, Porsche owners have a reason to be snobs. "1968: The Whole World is Watching -- How Much Do You Remember About the Chicago Riots?" by Robert S. Wieder.
"1978: Part of the World, Namely the CIA, is Still Watching" by Abbie Hoffman.
"Bang the Gong Slowly -- In Which It is Explaned Why "The Gong Show" Owes Its Success to Paper Bags, Pock Marks, Tits 'N' Ass and a Can of Alpo" by Richard Warren Lewis.
"Hanging with the Jocks -- Confessions of a Female Sportswriter" by Samantha Stevenson.
"Locker Room Protocol -- A Semi-Anthropological View" by William F. Fry, Jr., M.D.
"How Much is That Body in the Window?" by Burr Snider.
A peek inside the see-through, push-up, low-fashion world of Frederick's of Hollywood. "Have It Your Way" by Theodore Fischer.
Owning a franchise used to mean laying out 100 grand in order to spend 16 hours a day in grease up to your elbows dunkin' doughnuts, chicken or french fries. No more. "Moonlight on the Tropicana" by Billy Mernit.
Photos by Eric Muller, Arny Freytag, Gary Heery and Francis Giacobetti.