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THURSDAY: Kordosh has been roused from his afternoon nap by Sherry Ring, publicist for Mercury Records. Ring is calling from New York to firm up connections for next week’s Rush interviews.

JOE STRUMMER and I are sitting in a bar, talking about his band. I ask him about “I Fought the Law” and its relatively unexpected success on American radio.

The first thing Johnny Rotten did when he arrived in the United States was test out an airport men’s room.

One More For The Road

David Bowie pulls a Lazarus.

  WELL, IT WASN’T exactly my idea of the perfect fantasy, but I was curious about life on the other side of the footlights. Armed with an abundance of determination...

You may think it's more kicks than pricks being a hotshot jivescamming rock magazinero, but contrary to conventional wisdom it ain't all glitz and gravy.

A Perfect Day With Lou Reed

For David Johansen, every finger is his "pinky."

The little dynamo spouts off on the competition and (natch) his own genius.

Thank god the age of drug sickies is over. Those bread ‘n’ butter boys, Alice Cooper, have provided exemplary leadership into the genial ass-kicking renaissance of alkiedom.

“And I’m glad that no one can say hype to us ’cause we’ve fucking worked our balls off for two and-a-half years. We didn’t make it over night.”

... But if you try sometimes you get what you need.

A Program Of Mass Liberation In The Form Of A Stooges Review, Or, Who's The Fool?