Glyph Jockey posted a complete (and very large) scan of the November/December, 1981 issue of Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing & Beyond Beyond, an essential document for those who want a snapshot of the early L.A. New/No Wave art and music scene. Great advertisements, and the dueling interviews with John Lydon of PiL and David Lee Roth of Van Halen are priceless. Oddly enough, they both come off as smart, rational people...makes you wonder why they feel compelled to act like complete asshats in public. Some NSFW images, but nobody's working today anyway, right? [Link]

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With the current Tiki Revival's emphasis on the mid-20th century, it's sometimes easy to forget that there was a much earlier age of Polynesian Pop. In a fascinating bit of musical detective work, Ukulelia reveals how a play that ripped off Madame Butterfly and "the worst song ever written" may have sparked America's first love affair with Hawaiian music. [Link]

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