8/13/2019 In Zachary Lazar's 'Sway,' the Rolling Stones, Kenneth Anger and Charles Manson Come Together (OC Weekly)

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In Zachary Lazar's 'Sway,' the Rolling Stones, Kenneth

Anger and Charles Manson Come Together

By BILL KOHLHAASE Thursday, Apr 10 2008

Sympathy or the !e"ilsThe Stones, ilmma#er Kenneth Anger and Charles Manson come together in  Sway

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8/13/2019 In Zachary Lazar's 'Sway,' the Rolling Stones, Kenneth Anger and Charles Manson Come Together (OC Weekly)

http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/in-zachary-lazars-sway-the-rolling-stones-kenneth-anger-and 2/2

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