The East Village Eye explores the cultural explosion in New York’s East Village during the late 70’s and 80’s. The September 1982 issue examines corporatization in New York’s Chinatown district, leaving an influx of Chinese and Taiwanese immigrants nowhere to turn. Fayez Lababedi describes his harrowing firsthand account of escaping from Lebanon during the 1982 Siege of Beirut, noting “indiscriminate bombing” from Israeli troops “trying to frighten the Lebanese out of Lebanon”. Rapper Melle Mel responds to the assertion that “rap lyrics are ignored, downgraded, and treated condescendingly”, citing his initial aversion to “do something serious” prior to the release of his critically acclaimed album, The Message. An article details the release of a collection of Nazi works thirty-five years after their confiscation by American troops. An illustration from Tom Woodruff, a.k.a “Mr.Woodruff”, is featured as the issue’s centerfold. Ingrid Bergman and Henry Fonda are remembered in the issue’s Obituaries column.