Pop Scene Service

Yippies Head for Chicago

Report and Interview by Mike Jahn, Pop Scene Service, 23 March 1968

"OURS IS THE politics of ecstasy," said Abbie Hoffman, the New York Digger leader, for whom ecstasy is as much a public as a private ...

The Doors: Jim Morrison is Sex Symbol

Profile by Mike Jahn, Pop Scene Service, 6 April 1968

MORRISON STOOD at the microphone, left foot firmly planted on its base, both hands holding it to his lips like a 7-year-old gnawing a Baby ...

Richie Havens' Big Step

Profile by Mike Jahn, Pop Scene Service, 25 April 1968

A PERFORMER can be fairly sure he is successful when record companies start releasing records he would rather forget. ...

Jefferson Airplane: Problem Of Egos Makes Jefferson Airplane Dive

Report and Interview by Mike Jahn, Pop Scene Service, 24 May 1968

Show Lack Of Leadership ...

The Fugs: Dirty Words Are Hurled At Public

Comment by Mike Jahn, Pop Scene Service, 14 June 1968

DESPITE THE fact that it is almost impossible to shock people anymore, the bad-word business flourishes. ...

The McCoys: The Infinite McCoys

Review by Mike Jahn, Pop Scene Service, 10 August 1968

McCoys turn up again with great album ...

Big Brother & The Holding Company, Janis Joplin: Janis Joplin Has Superstar Status

Profile by Mike Jahn, Pop Scene Service, 14 September 1968

NEW YORK — It has finally happened. Janis Joplin, the ghost of a hundred female blues singers, has become a superstar. ...

Blue Cheer: Outsideinside (Philips)

Review by Mike Jahn, Pop Scene Service, 1 November 1968

Group Does the Impossible Critic Raps Recording Of Favorite Song ...

MC5 Brings Back Body Rock To Overthrow The Country

Report by Mike Jahn, Pop Scene Service, 24 March 1969

NEW YORK (PSS) – MC5, the Detroit rock band, has released its first album, Kick Out the Jams. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, near Detroit, MC5 ...

The Band: The Band (Capitol)

Review by Mike Jahn, Pop Scene Service, 11 October 1969

The Band Does It Again ...