Such A Badly Edited Piece of Journalism...

 

Rochester Democratic and Chronicle (11.09.1985)

Here's a story about Randy Turley and the Dead On that appeared in November of '85.  Of particular note in the badly edited reporting is the fact that Turley had, "no home outside the bus, only a post office box in Berkeley, Calif."



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