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This entry was posted on May 17, 2020, in GQ. Bookmark the permalink.

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Kevin EG Perry is a writer for The Independent.

His work has also appeared in NME, Vice, The Guardian, British GQ, Lonely Planet Traveller and numerous other publications.

He was shortlisted for The Guardian’s International Development Journalism Award in 2009.

He can be contacted at kevinegperry[at]gmail.com

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Can I tell you my Bill Murray story? A decade ago, I got a job working as a copywriter for a whisky company at the Cannes Film Festival. Our office was just off the lobby of the star-packed Hotel Martinez, and to celebrate opening night the hotel had given us a bottle of champagne. The very moment we popped the cork, as if summoned by the sound, Murray materialised in the room and asked: “Are we drinking?” Before we knew it, he was the one filling our glasses and regaling us with his plans to “cause mischief” at the festival. Our bosses at the whisky company were livid, of course. We’d somehow made Bill Murray appear in our office and all he’d drunk was champagne.
This photo of Jack Kerouac, David Amram and Allen Ginsberg was taken in 1959 during the "stoned-out, crazy party" that was the making of 'Pull My Daisy'. I spent a glorious couple of hours talking to Amram about what it was like being mates with Kerouac, who would have turned 100 this week. The best bits are in today's @the.independent
In 1973, Patrick Haggerty sat down to write a song about how pissed off he was with straight men. “Cryin’ These Cocksucking Tears” was released on his band’s eponymous debut 'Lavender Country', the first country album ever recorded by an openly gay artist. Haggerty thought the record had been completely forgotten about until that song resurfaced online. Now, almost 50 years on, he's releasing a second album. I was lucky enough to speak to him this week about his activism, his music and the wonderful advice he got from his dairy farmer dad, a "profound hick". In today's @the.independent
In November I went to New York to see my best mate Tom. After two years apart we celebrated by feasting: on @originalnathansfranks hot dogs on Coney Island, on proper New Yawk cheesecake at @kelloggsdiner, and most of all on the mammoth Porterhouse steak (for three! Ha!) at @keenssteakhouse. Cheers to @mandacanning for allowing me to immortalise our gluttony in the new issue of @goodplacemag, and special thanks to @mattdutile who was charged with the task of recreating our meals for the gorgeous pics. The pull quote on the second slide is what FDR said to the Queen Mum when she asked him how one should eat a hot dog: "Push it into your mouth and keep pushing it until it is all gone." Words to live by.

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