John Cooper Clarke

[James Kyllo]

Mark Smith asked

 whatever
>happened to John Cooper Clarke, the Manchester (I believe) punk
>poet/rapper?  I saw him in Edinburgh in 1978 or so, and was blown away.
>He did a song called "Cycle Sluts".  Remember? 

He's still doing the same stuff around the pub circuit.  he did a set at
the Redan in Bayswater (w london) last week.  Mostly the same poems
interspersed with stand up stuff.  A little sad - although poems and
delivery are good as ever there's no decent material  less than 15 yrs old.
 He's been a junkie for years, at least since living with Nico.

James