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A Little Drive Down To Morocco, Practice For The Big Trip
In 1968, Volkswagen had an amazing deal. A fully equipped VW van, which normally sold for $3,500, was offered to American students for...

Howie Klein
Feb 8, 20233 min read
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Pope Says Homosexuality Is A Sin, Not A Crime… Gee, Thanks?
Maybe ChatGPT Has A Different Perspective? That's a very old picture. Yesterday, Pope Francis was interviewed by Nicole Winfield from the...

Howie Klein
Jan 25, 20237 min read
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Artificial Intelligence For Lauren Boebert (And George Santos, Or Whatever His Name Is)
Not every member of Congress is as stupid as your average Republican— let alone Lauren Boebert. Ted Lieu, for example, simultaneously...

Howie Klein
Jan 25, 20239 min read
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What is PR?
When I moved back to the U.S. from Amsterdam, I stopped for a few months in first New York and then Las Vegas before eventually washing...

Howie Klein
Jan 7, 20233 min read
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Why Republicans Are Comparing McCarthy To Netanyahu-- This Post Is NOT For Children
This is a graphic—kind of pornographic— story for the memoir I'm writing. You'll see in a moment-- of you decide to keep reading-- why...

Howie Klein
Jan 4, 20236 min read
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I Worked At Reprise Records
I’m still looking for that astrology workbook of mine. I ventured into a room I never go to and saw shelves and shelves of books, tapes,...

Howie Klein
Jan 2, 202311 min read
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The Taliban Is Now Denying Education To Women (Again)
I got to Afghanistan for the first time in 1969 and I just fell in love with the country. Driving there was more like traveling back in...

Howie Klein
Dec 20, 20225 min read
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Reflections On Mortality, December 18, 2022
I finished watching the Netflix series based on Warhol’s diaries. I liked it a lot, even the last episode, which was all about death and...

Howie Klein
Dec 18, 20223 min read
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Some Very Tragic Deaths Of Very Young People
I was kind of melancholy last night, having watched the last episode in the Andy Warhol Diaries series on Netflix. It was about death--...

Howie Klein
Dec 13, 20226 min read
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An Artist I Was Lucky Enough To Meet: Chaka Khan
The first time I met Chaka Khan was just before Christmas, 1978. She was 25 and I was 5 years older. She was just starting a new solo...

Howie Klein
Dec 11, 20226 min read
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Drug Dealer
I’m Waiting For The Man— No, I Mean I AM The Man… I Was 1969— sitting in my van on the Pakistan-India border in the sweltering heat,...

Howie Klein
Dec 3, 20229 min read
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Dancing In The Dark
I hitchhiked to Miami— or tried to— when I was in high school, 14-15 years old. I was apprehended by the state highway police on the New...

Howie Klein
Nov 26, 20224 min read
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The Clash Interviews: Paul Simonon, Part II— Paul Goes To Moscow
The first half of this 1977 interview with former Clash bass player Paul Simonon— who will be 67 next month— ran Wednesday evening. At...

Howie Klein
Nov 17, 20225 min read
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The Clash Interviews: Paul Simonon, Part I
The Clash were never on any label I worked for. But they were my favorite band for a long time. I expect to write a lot about them in the...

Howie Klein
Nov 16, 20229 min read
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Fear Of Falling
Lately I’ve heard about people I’ve known or relatives of people I know falling down and dying. Last night week I got into my car and...

Howie Klein
Nov 12, 20225 min read
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Amsterdam-- As Good A Place As Any To Come Out, Right?
I’m writing my coming out story for my memoir and it’s practically turning into a book on it’s own… and I’m just getting started. Trying...

Howie Klein
Nov 11, 20223 min read
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I Forgot That The First Time AC/DC Went On Tour— In Australia— It Was Opening For Lou Reed
A few months ago, I was talking with a Senate candidate about AC/DC, his favorite band. It kind of blows my mind to imagine someone in...

Howie Klein
Nov 6, 20224 min read
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Me And Madonna... Not Much Me There
After I couldn’t stand one more moment watching CBS Records butcher the bands on my label, 415 Records, I took a job as general manager...

Howie Klein
Nov 4, 20224 min read
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When It Comes To Politics, All That Seems To Matter Is What Team You've Chosen To Identify With
I’m not a sports fan, never have been. As president of Reprise, I had great seats for basketball and baseball and I would use them either...

Howie Klein
Nov 2, 202210 min read
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Halloween In Amsterdam
You Are What You Eat… What About What You Wear? I was around 21 or 22 years old, wandering around Afghanistan, when I stopped in this...

Howie Klein
Oct 31, 20222 min read
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