'Horn-rims from Hell' began life as 'The Man Who Would Be King', which ran in the NME, 27 August 1977. The coda is based around a summer 1991 encounter I wrote up for the French journal Libération.
The Dark Stuff - Selected Writings on Rock Music 1972 - 1993
A selection of Nick Kent's writing includes a chapter on Elvis Costello, titled "Horn-rims from Hell".