{"id":19541,"date":"2023-04-30T22:24:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T05:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/?p=19541"},"modified":"2023-06-11T00:06:45","modified_gmt":"2023-06-11T07:06:45","slug":"lester-bangs-gone-41-years-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2023\/04\/30\/lester-bangs-gone-41-years-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Lester Bangs gone 41 years now"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Leslie Conway “Lester” Bangs<\/h1>\n

(December 14, 1948 \u2013 April 30, 1982)<\/h3>\n

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\nThe 41st anniversary of the death of rock’s greatest critic passed today, one born in Escondido and raised in El Cajon.<\/p>\n

On this day in 1982 San Diego native Lester Bangs died of overdose, leaving a huge literary legacy as a rock-and-roll journalist, critic, author, in Rolling Stone and later Creem Magazine.<\/p>\n

R.I.P to you, Lester Bangs, and thanks for the reviews, asshole. <3\n\n


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Lester Bangs and Bruce Springsteen<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Leslie Conway “Lester” Bangs (December 14, 1948 \u2013 April 30, 1982) The 41st anniversary of the death of rock’s greatest critic passed today, one born in Escondido and raised in El Cajon. On this day in 1982 San Diego native Lester Bangs died of overdose, leaving a huge literary legacy as a rock-and-roll journalist, critic, author, in Rolling Stone and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"featured_media":19543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[852,1018,1942,613],"tags":[1938,1940,1941,1937,1939,1112],"class_list":["post-19541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-history-stuff","category-new-york","category-rock-and-roll","category-san-diego","tag-creem-magazine","tag-el-cajon","tag-escondido","tag-lester-bangs","tag-rolling-stone","tag-san-diego"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/lester-bangs.jpg?fit=500%2C282&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":256,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2007\/03\/02\/jason-bangs-comedy-showcase-ad\/","url_meta":{"origin":19541,"position":0},"title":"Jason Bangs Comedy Showcase ad","author":"admin","date":"March 2, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Stand-up comedy San Diego Comedians Midget porn David Hassellhoff Live comedy Hulk Hogan Jesus Christ Barely Legal","rel":"","context":"In "archive"","block_context":{"text":"archive","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/archive\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3252,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2010\/11\/14\/new-voyageur-press-book-beatles-vs-stones\/","url_meta":{"origin":19541,"position":1},"title":"book review: The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones: Sound Opinions on the Great Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Rivalry","author":"Kent","date":"November 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"[Book Review]The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones: Sound Opinions on the Great Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Rivalry Text by Jim deRogatis and Greg Kot 2010, Voyageur Press, Minneapolis, MN Reviewed by Kent Manthie Well Voyageur Press has done it again\u2026This time the Minneapolis-based publishers of such memorable \u201ccoffee-table\u201d books, such as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "books"","block_context":{"text":"books","link":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/category\/books\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/reviewermag.com\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/beatles.stones.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":451,"url":"http:\/\/reviewermag.com\/press\/2008\/02\/25\/beauty-bar-on-el-cajon-blvd-city-heights-san-diego\/","url_meta":{"origin":19541,"position":2},"title":"Beauty Bar on El Cajon Blvd., City Heights, San Diego","author":"admin","date":"February 25, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Beauty Bar SDSan Diego band bar, Beauty Bar, part of a nationwide chain, has DJs and touring acts. 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