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OCTOBER 24, 1978 – JOURNAL ENTRY – EAST VILLAGE

October 24, 2023 – 8:31 pm

The phone rang this morning and Alice answered, then groaned, “It’s Mark.” It was 10. She handed the phone and I asked gruffly, “What do you want?” “Can you come into work?” “Why? You need someone to blame when you lose money?” Mark was always plundering the petty cash for ALBEE DIRECTS ALBEE. “Edward came […]

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Johnny Rotten Lives

March 20, 2017 – 2:50 am

In the winter of 1977 GOD SAVE THE QUEEN hit the jukebox of CBGB’s. Punk had gone international. The song was #1 on the UK charts without getting airplay and the Sex Pistols further immortalized the hit by playing the nihilistic anthem on a Thames River cruise. The band never performed in New York, but the words to ANARCHY […]

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Sex Pistols In the Lone Star State

October 2, 2013 – 12:11 am

NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS by the Sex Pistols was released in late-October 1977 The LP was buoyed by the hit singles GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, PRETTY VACANT, and the hot HOLIDAY IN THE SUN and while rejected by the BBC and various UK record stores, the Sex Pistols’ album reached the # 1 spot without […]

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