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the Ramones at CBGB's (Punk, 1976)

the Gang of Four (Melody Maker, 1979)

lost history of the Velvet Underground from Sterling Morrison (NME, 1981)

Eno (Q, 1990)

Snoop Doggy Dogg (Q, 1994)

the trial-by-tabloid of Lily Allen (Sunday Times, 2009)

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the Fall's Mark E. Smith (Rock's Backpages Audio, 1983)

FEATURES & INTERVIEWS:

Yardbird Keith Relf (NME, 1965)

Bob & Earl (Blues & Soul, 1972)

Robert Fripp (NME, 1973)

Hawkwind's Nik Turner (Zoo World, 1973)

Margie Joseph (Blues & Soul, 1976)

David Essex (Melody Maker, 1976)

reviews Pacific Ocean Blue and almost interviews Dennis Wilson (The Pig Paper, 1977)

Dave Gilmour (Guitar Player, 1979)

Bow Wow Wow (Sounds, 1980)

Gil Scott-Heron (Los Angeles Times, 1981)

Hot Chocolate's Errol Brown (NME, 1984)

Leonard Cohen, guitarist (Frets, 1988)

Steve Vai (BAM, 1990)

Warren Zevon (Happening, 1990)

Lyle Lovett (Daily Telegraph, 1992)

Kenny G (Q, 1993)

Kim Fowley (Goldmine, 1993)

Robert Wyatt and Annie Whitehead (The Independent, 2000)

The Notorious Byrd Brothers (Uncut, 2001)

Clarksdale, Mississippi (Random House, 2005)

ALBUM & LIVE REVIEWS:

Richie Havens at the Fillmore East (New York Times, 1968)

the J. Geils Band's Ladies Invited (Creem, 1974)

ABBA's Waterloo (Zoo World, 1974)

Emmylou Harris live at the Brighton Dome (Sounds, 1976)

Frank Zappa's Studio Tan (NME, 1978)

the Jim Carroll Band's Catholic Boy (Creem, 1981)

the Jam, live (NME, 1982)

George Clinton's You Shouldn't Nuf Bit Fish (NME, 1984)

Madonna's Bedtime Stories (Q, 1994)

founder members of Can get together, seperately, in Berlin (Mojo, 1999)

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