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I See London

Betsy Sherman, Boston Rock, 30 March 1983

IF YOU'RE keen to witness a major cultural capital in hibernation, try being in London the week between Christmas and New Years. Just about everything shuts down tight, and there's little or no public transportation. When January finally arrived, I still found myself in a bit of a slump; musically speaking, I had arrived after the big Christmas tours and before the mid-winter ones. But bands or no bands, I was starting out 1983 in London, so who's complaining?

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