Mark Sullivan wrote:
> Didn't Miles Davis also do some pimping (and
heroin)? Does he write
> much about it in his autobiography?
>
MIles' autobiog is a very tough read, and makes no attempt to
portray the author as remotely likable. There's certainly
plenty of heroin use. I don't recall out and out pimping,
though it's a tough call as to whether Miles was more a
misogynist or simply a misanthropist. One interesting
linguistic sidelight is that Miles makes abundantly clear
that the word 'motherfucker'
(possibly the most used word in the book) is at root a
synonym for 'white man' which kind of explains it's enduring
power.
John
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