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Nick Kent "Apathy For The Devil 70s" memoir mentions Morrissey

posted by davidt on Thursday November 11 2010, @11:00AM
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Nick Kent - Apathy For The Devil 70s memoir mentions Morrissey

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Currently reading Nick Kent's 70s memoir Apathy For The Devil and Moz gets couple of mentions.... in 1973/4, according to the author, he was a regular correspondent to Nick Kent, "who wrote letters to me practically every week during that year." There then follows the subject of Morrissey's missives, namely the NY Dolls and how Moz's dream was to escape "dreary Manchester and reinvent himself as one of the Dolls' glitzy entourage in downtown Manhattan."
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  • I just purchased this a few days ago. Waiting for shipment. How's the read? Most of the review I read we're favorable.
    Glory Hole -- Thursday November 11 2010, @12:46PM (#358897)
    (User #9257 Info)
    "I tried living in the real world, instead of a shell, but before I began, I was bored before I even began!"
  • "Moz's dream was to...reinvent himself as one of the Dolls' glitzy entourage in downtown Manhattan."

    Nothing gay there, then.
    Anonymous -- Friday November 12 2010, @06:28AM (#358921)
    • Re:Wasted youth by Country Mile (Score:1) Friday November 19 2010, @03:36PM

  • Old Nick (Score:2, Informative)

    The book has been out since early this year. I bought it then, read it and was very disappointed. It is full of cliches, and considering Kent is supposed to be "the" rock writer, very badly written.

    It is also very vain. Later in the book, Kent foolishly boasts that Reader Meet Author (which he refers to as coming from the "1996" album Southpaw Grammar - sic!) is written about him, which is complete bullshit. He also says the song itself is awful. I had high regard for Kent before I read the book but now that I have it really has put me off him.
    Anonymous -- Friday November 12 2010, @06:37AM (#358922)
    • Re:Old Nick by Anonymous (Score:0) Friday November 12 2010, @09:27AM
  • Bit of an oxymoron there, considering the entire island is NYC's "downtown" core.
    Anonymous -- Friday November 12 2010, @07:39AM (#358924)

  • On the shopfloor (Score:1, Redundant)

    Nick's stories about Morrissey

    as obvious as snow
    as if we didn't know

    [yeah redundant,Of-Topic...nah make it Troll]
    Celibate Cry <[email protected]> -- Friday November 12 2010, @09:33AM (#358927)
    (User #220 Info)
    and the hills are alive with celibate cries
  • I saw a videotaped interview of Nick Kent where it was totally apparent he was on the whiff.
    Bulging eyes, chain smoking, and constantly pausing to search for that drip in the back of his throat... It's good to see he's still breathing.
    God Bless England's number one sycophantic groupie.
    Anonymous -- Sunday November 14 2010, @07:45PM (#358972)
    • Re:Nick Kent by Celibate Cry (Score:1) Thursday November 18 2010, @09:45AM

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