Kid Congo Powers
Ted Drozdowski, Boston Phoenix, 14 September 2006
THE LATE 1970s were a time of ignition. Punk rock set a fuse that burned through every aspect of the arts, and the lives of those who got close enough to see the sparks and smell the powder.
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