Swinging with The Ax: David Axelrod
Ben Thompson, Daily Telegraph, June 2001
"LET ME straighten something out first," rasps living Los Angeles legend David Axelrod; crooking a bony finger at the heavy sunglasses he wears even though there is no direct sunlight in his London hotel room. "I'm not a hipster: I only wear these because my right eye is really bad".
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