Word: swaheto
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First he heard the name wrong, then he mispronounced it. And spelled it out cockeyed on the record label. But listen to David Johansen sing Swaheto Woman, and you know he has made no mistake...
There was time enough to change things to meet world-atlas standards, but Johansen decided to let it stand as Swaheto. "Makes it bigger that way, more universal," he will explain, if pressed. "I think I did it right...
...place where many of Johansen's obsessions - fashion, high romance, lowlife - all meet and rebound off one another until they form dead ends. Flamingo Road is the street where love is lost and where dreams die. It is probably off somewhere on the far side of Swaheto. You will never find it in Miami Beach. - Jay Cocks
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