Kid Creole: He No Popi
Vivien Goldman, NME, 4 July 1981
And she no Olive Oyl but Vivien Goldman still meets August Darnell in New York City to learn about the Coconuts' brand new cha cha. Also presenting the Original Crazy Mix-it-up Kid. Colour, culture, sex and music the Kid threw 'em all together to create the Creole Creed, and proved that pure's a bore. On the street with a Kiddy wink, and in the pool hall with Kid, Stony Browder and moon-faced Coati Mundi (the real Pop I).
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