Jobriath: Jobriath (Elektra)
Ian MacDonald, NME, 26 January 1974
YOU WILL soon be told that this cat is going to be the big breeze in 1974. Receive this piece of information with sceptical, though polite, curiosity, weigh it carefully, and then watch it crumble and trickle through your fingers.
Total word count of piece: 293
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