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Kid Creole: He No Popi

Vivien Goldman, New Musical Express, 4 July 1981

And she no Olive Oyl – but Vivien Goldman still meets August Darnell in New York City to learn about the Coconuts' brand new cha cha. Also presenting the Original Crazy Mix-it-up Kid. Colour, culture, sex and music – the Kid threw 'em all together to create the Creole Creed, and proved that pure's a bore. On the street with a Kiddy wink, and in the pool hall with Kid, Stony Browder and moon-faced Coati Mundi (the real Pop I).

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