And In His Spare Time… Billy Childish
Paul Gorman, MOJO, June 1995
JAMES BROWN CAN stick his tag as "the hardest working man in showbiz". When it comes to the most productive performer in punk, painting and poetry, Mr Please Please Please is gonna have to good-foot it aside for Chatham's own Billy Childish.
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