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(And please, I’m not trying to say my cock is as big as his or anything like that. That was a little trickier because, let’s be realistic, what was there for Jagger and me to talk about? The only thing we had in common was the weather and our sexual organs, both extremely boring subjects. Now, how many times have I lit the cigarettes of total strangers, a panhandler on the street, say, after giving him the cigarette even – just basic good manners, right? But for Jagger? What, and risk his thinking for one minute that I was the least bit impressed by his super-stardom? Hah!Īnother problem was conversation. Natural here hands him a pack of matches and makes him light it himself. Likewise, when Jagger later pulled out a cigarette and asked for a light, Mr. Sure, he’s the fucking king of rock & roll those guys sprinkle it on their breakfast cereal, don’t they?) (Then it occurred to me – oh God, this is so embarrassing! – that probably what he really wanted was cocaine. But for Jagger? Wait on him hand and foot like some mincing, pussy-whipped little toady? Never. So I directed him to the refrigerator and made him fetch his own! I mean, how uncouth can you get? If it had been anyone else, any other “friend of a friend,” I would’ve fetched it myself, used a glass and ice and everything, without even thinking about it. Like, the first thing that happened, I offered Jagger a beer and he said no thanks but did I have any Coke. Of course! That’s the crux of the problem right there! That’s what I meant by overdoing it. Now that I think about it, trying to act natural and relaxed in front of someone like Mick Jagger is probably the most unnatural thing you could do.
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(The funny thing is, Jagger looked like he’d been thrown together in five minutes, but, see, he can get away with that it probably adds to his sex appeal or something.) anyway, all I’m saying is, if I’d had two hours’ warning I could have straightened up the flat and myself and then greeted Jagger in a much more, well, natural manner. Well, actually, it takes me half an hour just to get my hair really right, but if she had phoned an hour before, or let’s say two hours, because, of course, shaving takes a good half-hour for a perfect job, by perfect I mean trimming the sideburns and mustache and following your downstrokes with upstrokes, particularly under the chin, and covering the nicks with this special flesh-colored medicinal application (which may look like makeup but I assure you is for healing purposes only), so that your face ends up totally smooth to the touch (not that I would expect Jagger to touch my face – what are you accusing me of?). See, I had just come back from the laundry with practically everything I own, and if Annie had phoned even half an hour before arriving, I know I could have picked out something to wear that Jagger would have liked. Naturally the place was a mess, my hair was a mess, my clothes were ridiculous – some dumb T-shirt and a pair of denims spotted with dishwater. My friend Annie just brought him by and rang the doorbell.
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particularly in front of a famous male sex symbol like Mick Jagger. The trouble is, it’s not easy these days to know how a man should act. Yet here he was, his face nearly hidden by dullish stringy hair, his body actually quite shorter than one might expect, coming up the stairs, putting one foot in front of the other as I myself have often done and here I was, unbelievably maintaining my cool, no groupie shrieks, no fanatic genuflections, shaking his hand with just the right manly firmness to avoid disastrous misinterpretations (“What’s this? A zealot’s clutch? A fairy’s kiss? Some dopey rock industry power shake?”), welcoming him with a sincere but casual “How ya doin’?” as if we were simply two more hippie brothers under the sun. That his presence would ever grace my humble San Francisco flat was an idea beyond my wildest – well, there are some fantasies that just aren’t safe to fool around with. Mick Jagger, of course, is no ordinary guy he’s probably the most famous male sex symbol in the whole world (not to mention a very effective singer and dancer with a real sharp band that plays terrific music). I’d never met him before and my first thought was, “Wow, what a cool and unassuming person, how warm and friendly and natural – just an ordinary guy!” Couple of weeks ago I was spending a quiet evening at home, preparing to do some dishes and tidy up the place, when Mick Jagger suddenly dropped by.