Volume 2, Number 5
Talk Talk Volume 2, #5
Front and back cover featuring artwork by Marty Olson.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #5
Inside front cover featuring Table of Contents and page 3 with photos of Iggy Pop from the March 26, 1980 show at the Lawrence Opera House.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #5
Pages 4 and 5 featuring Iggy Pop concert review and photos and on page 5, album reviews of Cockney Rejects, Stiff Little Fingers, and The Cure.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #5
Pages 6 and 7 featuring photos and start of the concert review of 999 and The Dickies on March 29, 1980 at The Lawrence Opera House.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #5
Pages 8 and 9 featuring reggae reviews of Barrington Levy, Trinity, and Dennis Brown. Page 9 begins singles reviews of The Beat, Madness, Dexy's Midnight Runners, The Bodysnatchers, and Holly and the Italians.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #5
Pages 10 and 11 featuring an interview with Lawrence, KS band The Clean. Page 11 has singles reviews of Earcom 3 from the Fast Product label, XTC, and The Bodies.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #5
Pages 12 and 13 featuring a concert review and photos of English band 999 at The Lawrence Opera House
Talk Talk Volume 2, #5
Pages 14 and 15, featuring single reviews of The Jam, Magazine, UK Subs, The Slits, and Teardrop Explodes. Page 15 has the conclusion of the interview with Lawrence, KS band The Clean.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #5
Pages 16 and 17, featuring single reviews of Deutsch-Amerikanisch Freundschaft (DAF), and photos of The Dickies in concert.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #5
Pages 18 and 19, featuring reggae single reviews of Linton Kwesi Johnson, X•O•DUS, Trinity, Toots and the Maytals, Burning Spear, and Tappa Zukie. Page 19 is the conclusion of the 999 concert review and photos of the band.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #5
Pages 20 and 21, featuring single reviews of John Foxx, The Mekons, and Bauhaus. Page 21 features phots of Iggy Pop and the conclusion of the concert recap.
Talk Talk Volume 2, #5
Pages 22 and 23, featuring single reviews of Fad Gadget and a Factory Records sampler of Joy Division and Durutti Column. Page 23 includes News and Views, including the death of Jacob "Killer" Miller, a short review of Kansas City art band DuChamp, info on local clubs, both positive and negative.
Excerpts
“Iggy (aka James Osterberg) may be the "Grandfather of Punk" but his recent Lawrence appearance gave new meaning to the phrase "not getting older, getting better.”
Iggy Pop concert review, page 3
“Nick Cash's snarling vocals came across much better live than on vinyl. His singing live came from deeper down—closer to the heart—so together with the music hitting the crowd like a sledgehammer. This was the post"punk"-"New Wave" promise of powerful, intelligent Rock n Roll being fulfilled.”
999 concert review, page 7
“It is benefit time in Lawrence, with the Opera House staging fund-raising shows to obtain capital to remain in business. It seems the banks do not want to renew/extend notes because the whole area might be leveled so a shopping mall can be developed. Off the Wall Hall, which is a couple of blocks away, faces a similar threatening future.”
News & Views, page 23