Aspen Magazine, December 1966

In December of 1966, Andy Warhol was the guest editor of the multimedia magazine "Aspen"--which contained a copy of Warhol's newspaper "Plastic Exploding Inevitable", a flip book of his movie "The Kiss", and a flex disc of The Velvet Underground backed by a love raga by the musical director for Timothy Leary’s “LSD Religious Celebrations”. You can see--and hear--highlights of this magazine here.

Guy Peellaert (1934-2008)

R.I.P.Guy Peellaert - Belgian rock artist and cartoonist, passed away Nov. 17 at the age of 74. In addition to his regular comics work, Peellaert designed a number of record sleeves, including David Bowie's Diamond Dogs cover. And a number of photo collage-based style strips to Hara Kiri magazine.

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comics gallery via World Of Kane / Hara Kiri gallery via PCL! / Guy Peelaert's official page

David Russell Talbott

The cast and crew of Howard Hughes' movie, "The Conqueror", are exposed to radiation while filming in the Utah desert. Twenty five years later, over half of them had contracted cancer.