"It was 82, or maybe 83, and I was in a band. Never got famous enough for
money, but famous enough for an international tour. That tour being New
York, Detroit, and Minneapolis...some other spots. Never got out of New
York, though. Wound up working until we could get the cash for tickets
home."
He talked on and on about the punk scene, about cocaine, about beautiful
men, beautiful women, queers and thugs and con men. Drug addicts, hookers,
the underside of the city people liked to ignore. But he spoke about all of
it with a fondness only nostalgia could offer.
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Date: 2021-10-09 02:22 am (UTC)"It was 82, or maybe 83, and I was in a band. Never got famous enough for money, but famous enough for an international tour. That tour being New York, Detroit, and Minneapolis...some other spots. Never got out of New York, though. Wound up working until we could get the cash for tickets home."
He talked on and on about the punk scene, about cocaine, about beautiful men, beautiful women, queers and thugs and con men. Drug addicts, hookers, the underside of the city people liked to ignore. But he spoke about all of it with a fondness only nostalgia could offer.