If Music Be The Food Of Love Play On: Domestic Bliss with Debbie and Chris, or: “Not Tonight Dear I Have a Headache”
Roy Trakin, Hit Parader, June 1981
ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE, 'Rapture' will occur when Jesus Christ returns to retrieve a third of the Earth's population for the Kingdom of Heaven, leaving the rest to rot with their sins. A few weeks ago, a caller phoned T.V. Party, the anarchic cable show cohosted by Blondie guitarist Chris Stein and resident bon vivant Glenn O'Brien, announcing that the 'Rapture' had already taken place.
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