The Streets: Quality Streets
Toby Manning, Jockey Slut, March 2002
GEEZERS NEED EXCITEMENT. WHICH IS WHERE THE STREETS, AKA MIKE SKINNER, COMES IN. THE PEOPLE'S POET IN TWO-STEP'S GARMS, HE IS THE WIMP MADE GOOD, HIS COCKY TALES OF BEER'N'PILLS BLING BLING'S ANTITHESIS. TOBY MANNING SPENDS A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A GEEZER...
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