Debbie Harry with Chris Stein on Beatniks, the Stillettoes, & Style

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Debbie Harry with Chris Stein on Beatniks, the Stillettoes, & Style

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Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie came to NYPL’s Library for the Performing Arts in 2013 for a talk with Rolling Stone senior critic Will Hermes. In this rousing conversation, Harry and Stein discuss punk, photography, and the New York City music scene in the 1970s.

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