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Paul Simon and Alice Cooper, So Differently the Same
(New York News, 1973-06-10)

Carnegie Hall, it was just a boy and his guitar, more or less. At Madison Square Garden, it was a boy and his rhinestone G-string and his executioner, not to mention his dentist, his snake and his almost run-proof mascara. I doubt if there's a wider gap in music than the one between Paul Simon and Alice Cooper. The very thought of Alice coming out in a well cut tan suit and doing an acoustic act or Paul Simon zipping out on stage in torn tights and a diabolic expression to scream out that school's out is beyond even my wildest imaginings....

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Alice Cooper In Brazil - It's a Rio Thing
(New York News, 1974-04-28)

Brazil is only 10 hours away by plane, but it's 10 years away in time. Although the lovely white beaches of Rio de Janeiro are lined with magnificent modern apartment buildings and the gross national product of the country has quintupled in a few years, Brazil is still in the rock-and-roll stone age....

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Two Insiders View the Wild World or Rock
(New York News, 1974-12-08)

A ROCK-AND-ROLL tour is an event that's unlike any other kind of rock show. When 40 or 50 young people assemble to zig-zag across America with a million-dollar caravan of equipment...

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