Look at the Boy!
Cynthia Rose, Creem, June 1985
Were they rebels? Were they artists? Were they outcasts from society? They were all of these. They were the Bohemians. These bohemians, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Williams and their seven children Biff, Tina, Sparky, Louise, Tuffy, Mickey, and Biff Number Two, lived in a notorious artists' colony and planned community....
(Steve Martin, Cruel Shoes)
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