Well, that was quick: The Fatty ‘Cue crew writes in to inform us that the restaurant, very recently shuttered by the DOH, will reopen tonight. Breathe easy, piglets.
“She’s a tough independent lady with a genius for design, a brilliant sense of marketing and business, a lust for control, and her very specific idea of what women need in 1984.”
His story has been a series of fuck-ups, small and tragic. At 29, living at home under close supervision, he acknowledges what he has done: “I never wanted to hurt anybody.”
“ ‘Cocksucker Blues’ was never shown because the Stones don’t want it shown. The rumors why have been simple: Frank, it has been said, shot the Stones fucking groupies and shooting heroin.’
“What seems to be about to happen is what LeRoi Jones called Unity Music in 1966. It will include the entire range of black music, maybe in one long performance, but pivoting on the drums.”
Chandler has taken advantage of disco’s democratic playlist — which has given everyone from Cher to Cab Calloway another shot at the charts — but his second taste of success is tinged with bitterness.
Through his gospel classics like “Peace Be Still,” Cleveland retells a biblical love story for the plain purpose of reconciling people to God and one another.