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THE KID AND I

Keeping up with Kid Creole is a hard task. Classic Pop eventually tracks him down to his London bolthole via Skype, where the Kid is relaxed in a Hawaiian shirt open to the navel. He also has homes in Sweden, Maui and his native New York, explaining: “I travel around, because it’s hard to catch a moving target.” In our first email conversation via his publicist to arrange an interview time, the Kid announces: “Gentle spirits – both of those potential dates are groovilicious.” Kid Creole is every bit as Kid Creole as you could possibly want him to be.

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