Chic January 1977

5 CURRENT FANTASIES It always rains on the uninformed; living in the San Andreas Fault; Lester Bangs moves to New York ... 16A PHOENIX STORY by Terry McDonell. The desert isn't painted, it's whitewashed. 20 DOUBLE DOUBLE EXPOSURE Photographed by Bob Veze. A Chic photographer and his favorite model go too far. 33 NOTES FROM DEEP DOWN IN THE JUNGLE by Gregory Hayes. Pray for de upwardly mobile whore. 36 TRENCH WEAR-FARE Photographed by James Baes. Wetback chic. 40 THE ATTACK OF THE VAN PEOPLE by Gene Sculatti. They came, they saw, they customized. 44 LOVE POLLUTION NUMBER NINE A consumer's guide to social disease. 48 LAURA Photographed by James Baes. Four reasons why you should leave your wife immediately. 60 DEATH AND THE SURGEON by Richard Selzer. Blood, sweat and tears. 64 BLOOD ON ICE by Ira Gitler. The roots of Rollerball. 67 SONJA. Photographed by James Baes. All play and no work makes her very happy. 76 CRUISING by Bob Fratelli. Even midnight cowboys get the blues. 81 BAD NAMES by Clark Whelton. Henry Kissinger, a New York cop, has been having a very tough year. 85 GUZZLING GORKI STREET by Alexei Vorodny. Real Russian vodka is ver different from yours or mine. 87 APRIL Photographed by Bob Veze What can I say, dear, after I say I'm horny? 9 7 KEEPING UP WITH THE MANSONS by X. Now it can be is Charlie was all right Bugliosi was the bug 108 RABBLE People babble. 112 GOSSIP by Jones Jones & Max A. More trash, filth, lies and calumnies. 114 MEDIA by Robert Wieder. Why Johnny can't watch television.