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You Don’t Mess Around With Jim

by Geoff Pevere
January 27, 2018February 17, 2026
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If you’ve seen Frederick Wiseman’s Titicut Follies, you’ve met Jim. And probably never forgotten him.

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Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions spotlights the career of the Rough Trade rocker.

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