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Chicago Psvengali of Psych , Steve Krakow , returns with his biggest issue , yet. It's $21.98 , all right? , but you get a CD (STEVE HAS BEEN DOING SOME AMAZING CD COMPS OF HIS OWN , WITH EXTREMELY RARE PSYCH AND EARLY HARD ROCK RECORDINGS.) , SEVERAL SHEETS OF HIS INFAMOUS "DAMAGED GUITAR GODS" TRADING CARDS , AS WELL AS FOLK GODDESS CARDS....SPEAKING OF GODDESSES , STEVE MEETS UP WITH SUSAN JACKS OF THE LEGENDARY POPPY FAMILY , AND , WHILE SHE MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME TRAFFIC - STOPPIC FIGURE , SHE STILL LOOKS LIKE A GODDAMN GODDESS! OTHER HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE INDEPTH INTERVIEWS WITH ARTHUR BROWN , RODRIGUEZ (AM I THE ONLY PERSON ON THE PLANET THAT STILL HAS'NT HEARD HIM? YEAH , MOST LIKELY. HE'S DEFIED AGE , REMARKABLY , TOO , BTW.) AND A COOL , ILLUSTRATED OVERVIEWOF INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS RECORD , THE LOLLIPOP SHOPPE , THE DAILY FLASH , KAK , BOB SEGER'S "NOAH" (IF YOU SEE A BOOTLEG, BUY IT. IT'S GREAT , BUT SEGER SEEMS TO DISAGREE HEARTILY.)AND MORE , MORE , MORE , LIKE A STATUS QUO (LIKE SOCCER , HUGE EVERYWHERE BUT AMERICA.) COMIC , DRAWN BY AVI SPIVAK , WHO DID THE NORTON RECORDS COMIC BOOK. THE 110 PAGER RAGER ALSO FEATURES PLENTY OF PSYCHEDELIC COMIC BOOK OVERVIEWS (WE'RE TALKING LARGELY MAINSTREAM FREAKOUTS , DC , MARVEL , ARCHIE...), AND NEW CONTRIBUTORS LIKE THE ALWAYS QUOTABLE BYRON COLEY.