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The Curious Case of a Crowleyean Curse

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Christopher Knowles
May 14, 2025
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Our story starts with this anecdote from an old interview with the late Joe Strummer:

There was a group called Eddie and the Hot Rods, right? And on their album, for some reason they chose to put a picture of Aleister Crowley wearing a Mickey Mouse hat...

Well, this EP had this picture of Crowley with this Mickey Mouse hat on. I couldn't think of why. Jim…

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