Give Up The Day Job!: Scribes turned Stars, Poachers Turned Gamekeepers!
Barney Hoskyns, Rock's Backpages, 12 April 2002
This week, a propos of nothing in particular – the new Pet Shop Boys album, perhaps? – we consider the careers of the many brave boys and girls who've forsaken the grind of rock journalism for something better.
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