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Suicide: Hot Footing Through Edge City

Toby Goldstein, Creem, April 1981

THE ATMOSPHERE at most performances of Suicide is not unlike that which I imagine permeates a power plant in the midst of a nuclear accident. White knuckled and feathery-brained, people think quickly about finding the nearest exit door and heading someplace nonpolluted to detoxify.

Total word count of piece: 1640

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