Mick Farren on The Deviants, Fantasy Fiction and Blowing Things Up
Erik Himmelsbach, L.A. Weekly, 23 November 2001
PUBLISHING MOGUL Felix Dennis was staring at the Caribbean Sea a few months ago, sucking down cocktails with fellow gazillionaires at Basil's Bar on the beach in Mustique. He mentioned his old friend Mick Farren, and a voice in the crowd raised an eyebrow. "That mad old cunt?" queried Mick Jagger. "He's still around?"
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