The Titanic Sails at Dawn
Mick Farren, NME, 19 June 1976
AS YOU CAN all quite well-imagine, the letters that get themselves printed in Gasbag (or Dogbag or Ratbag or Scumbag or whatever jiveass name we've dredged out of our collective misery that particular week) are only the tip of an iceberg.
Total word count of piece: 2116
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