They Simper At Times: New York Dolls, Wayne County: The Mercer Arts Center, New York City
Miles, New York Dolls/Glam Rock, 1972
"Its a fact that LA soft rock has been stomped on by glittering lurid day-glo platform shoes worn by a female impersonating, posturing hard-rock singer... faggot rock, the music of total drop out."
Total word count of piece: 1961
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