Willie Nile: What Would You Do If You Got Rich?
Sandy Robertson, Sounds, 28 June 1980
NEW YORK. The Bowery is a Hell's Angel being shot in the ass by an off-duty cop he's just tried to strangle. The Bowery is CBGB, punk-watering hole. The Bowery is being mugged on your way home from work and having your ballet shoes stolen.
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