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Pop Eye: The Rolling Stones

Richard Goldstein, The Village Voice, 7 July 1966

THE JET landed amid a churning blast of mechanical thunder. The portable staircase was fixed in place. The stewardess and health officials departed. Finally, the Godheads. Charlie first — in brown. Then Bill and Keith. Then Brian, who removes his purple glasses to survey the scene, and wipes them on his candy-cane blazer. Finally, Mick, smiling lamely, somehow supported by his brass-button epaulets on his shoulders. The young gods descend and pose.

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