“Monk Bought Lunch” is about aloneness. About singularity. About the numbers 1 and 11.
Words by John Burgess. Samples by James “Son of” Nugent.
James Nugent
1977: Mix Tape (Track 04)
I was 19 in 1977. “When You Spit On Me” expresses the accumulation of the boredom-apathy-indifference continuum of my teenhood.
Words by John Burgess. Samples by James “I’m So Bored” Nugent.
1977: Mix Tape (Track 03)
Wrote “Epicene” as an elegy for Lou Reed, who died in 2013. Issue Number 1 of Punk magazine called him “the original street punk turned fine artist.” Two reasons he still matters: Velvet Underground and Street Hassle.
Word by John Burgess. Samples by James “Velvet” Nugent.
1977: Mix Tape (Track 2)
“If I had more time I’d like to get to know you” is part of a suite, of sorts, for Sid Vicious; one thread that runs through my next book 1977.
Words by John Burgess. Samples by James “Screamer” Nugent.
1977: Mix Tape (Track 1)
Re-entry is an opening salvo to recall the feeling of the times as a starting point for writing a punk history of upstate NY and 1977.
Words by John Burgess. Samples by James “Starter” Nugent.
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