"We’re Just Very Mean, Very Angry People. We’re the Real Thing." The Ramones get to Phil Sutcliffe
Phil Sutcliffe, Sounds, 31 December 1977
I walked through Carlisle in a mild drizzle musing on some crafted phrases about the castle, the airy market-town streets, the cool shower of country clarity and cleanliness washing away the city pollution, environmental and moral. There would have been some truth in it.
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