That Time I Interviewed Carl Barat: When A 10-Minute Phoner Turns Into An Hour of Gold, You Fall Through A Window While Talking to Roadies, Other Band Members, The Manager, and On More Than One Occasion Barat…Then Your Editor Fires You For Handing In �

I interviewed Carl Barat at the time of the debut album by his band Dirty Pretty Things. We talked Libertines and junk and he passed me around to other band members and roadies. I submitted this article to Real Groove. They printed some version of it – no this one – and then fired me for handing in ‘poor work’. Or something.

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