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“We're all gonna die, let's act accordingly.”

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Frank Costello, born on January 26, 1891, in Naples, Italy, and died on February 18, 1973, in New York, USA, was a significant figure in the American underworld during the 20th century. He was a key member of the New York crime families and is known for his leadership role in the Mafia. more

“I'll probably never produce a masterpiece, but so what? I feel I have a Sound aborning, which is my own, and that Sound if erratic is still my greatest pride, because I would rather write like a dancer shaking my ass to boogaloo inside my head, and perhaps reach only readers who like to use books to shake their asses, than to be or write for the man cloistered in a closet somewhere reading Aeschylus while this stupefying world careens crazily past his waxy windows toward its last raving sooty feedback pirouette.”

Ifs Men World Feels Writing Stills Book Use Lasts Past Reading Sound My Own Produce He Man Pride Reader Window Ass Dancer Shakes Closets Masterpiece Feedback Shaking Erratic Pirouettes

Author:Lester Bangs

“A hero is a goddam stupid thing to have in the first place and a general block to anything you might wanta accomplish on your own.”

Firsts Might Stupid Hero Accomplish Block Stupid Things

Book:Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll

Source: Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung: The Work of a Legendary Critic: Rock'N'Roll as Literature and Literature as Rock 'N'Roll

“All humans are the same sex, except albinos.”

Humans Sex

Author:Lester Bangs

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