Evan Dando: The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get
Barney Hoskyns, MOJO, October 1996
DRIVING THROUGH the sheeting rain from the miniature airport that serves Marthas Vineyard, the guy at the wheel informs me that were heading towards the "way-coolest" part of the island. The part in question is the south-western tip of this squillionaires summer playground, and its called Gay Head. Big Gay Heart, Big Gay Head...
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