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Joan Jett: Selling Records Is The Best Revenge

Jim Green, Trouser Press, June 1982

"I LOVE ROCK'N'ROLL" has to be one of the corniest, old hat, lowest-common denominator clichés of all, right? The phrase conjures images of barechested, bluejeaned males (species beerbelli beerswiggerus) at open air concerts bellowing "Boogie!" in hopes of another 20-minute guitar solo.

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