The East Village Eye examines the burgeoning arts scene in the East Village during the late 70’s and 80’s. The October 1982 issue confronts bureaucratic inaction regarding proposed artist-housing in the Lower East Side. An article on New York’s “favorite uncommissioned public artist”, Keith Haring, provides an insight into the artist’s rapid rise to fame. Graffiti artist Rammellzee discusses his treatise Assassin’s Knowledge of the Square 1-720, “Gothic futurism”, and turning language on its head. Gary Indiana and director Werner Schroeter discuss the rise of New German Cinema. Actress Cookie Mueller resumes her role as Dr. Mueller, doling out homeopathic advice. An article on Australian theatre collective Nightshift describes the their fresh approach to narrative theatre. An illustration from Tuli Kupferberg is featured in the Letters column. Rob Urie contributes the issue’s centerfold.