Farewell Mick Farren, doorman, editor, journalist, rock star, rabble rouser, critic and commentator, charlatan, jester, impresario, gunslinging cross-dresser, icon, author, songwriter, poet
and as a journalist, whether he merited lots of attention, he's certainly got it
a long lived, hard-partying rock'n'roller-coaster
he fought to engage with the common rock-concert goer...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jul/29/mick-farren