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Then again he may have been deliberately perverse, stripping dawn arrangements and opting for immediacy as opposed to the ''Armed Forces'' subtleties which failed in its shallow attempt to earmark the American market. Whatever, he's still compulsive watching with half-baked punk pretensions being preferable to numerous other fads, however coy they appear. | Then again he may have been deliberately perverse, stripping dawn arrangements and opting for immediacy as opposed to the ''Armed Forces'' subtleties which failed in its shallow attempt to earmark the American market. Whatever, he's still compulsive watching with half-baked punk pretensions being preferable to numerous other fads, however coy they appear. | ||
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Getting into Elvis Costello's dressing room was the hardest thing I have ever done. One of | Getting into Elvis Costello's dressing room was the hardest thing I have ever done. One of The Inmates was going to help but then suddenly decided that Elvis wouldn't write them the hit single he'd promised. | ||
About to independently cross the hallowed threshold, a weighty security guard tried to throw me down a steel stair-case. Effecting a deft side-step, it was the boiler-suited one who came a cropper, thereby appropriating the expression "The pen is mightier than the paunch." | About to independently cross the hallowed threshold, a weighty security guard tried to throw me down a steel stair-case. Effecting a deft side-step, it was the boiler-suited one who came a cropper, thereby appropriating the expression "The pen is mightier than the paunch." | ||
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I asked him what was wrong with Iran. | I asked him what was wrong with Iran. | ||
"That's just it," he cordially agreed, "nothing. Right, I wanna play Kabul." (Geographical note: Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan; maybe his manager should buy him an atlas.) "Yeah, if the | "That's just it," he cordially agreed, "nothing. Right, I wanna play Kabul." (Geographical note: Kabul is the capital of Afghanistan; maybe his manager should buy him an atlas.) "Yeah, if the fucking Police can play Bombay, I can do a gig for the hostages." | ||
By this point sundry promoters, record company people and would-be groupies looked ready to pass out. In for a Deutsch Mark, in for a pound, thought I and carried on regardless. Presumably, I suggested, you'll perform a cover of the Sly Stone classic "I Wanna Take You Higher (Tollah)." | By this point sundry promoters, record company people and would-be groupies looked ready to pass out. In for a Deutsch Mark, in for a pound, thought I and carried on regardless. Presumably, I suggested, you'll perform a cover of the Sly Stone classic "I Wanna Take You Higher (Tollah)." | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Mirror Wikipedia: Record Mirror] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Mirror Wikipedia: Record Mirror] | ||
*[https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/albums/72157717888563817 Flickr][https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/50834704006/ {{t}}][https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/50834732642/ {{t}}] [[Michael Kane]] | |||
*[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Record_Mirror.htm americanradiohistory.com{{t}}][http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-Mirror/80s/80/Record-Mirror-1980-05-10.pdf {{t}}] | *[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Record_Mirror.htm americanradiohistory.com{{t}}][http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-Mirror/80s/80/Record-Mirror-1980-05-10.pdf {{t}}] | ||
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