Ira Robbins co-founded Trouser Press magazine in 1974. (Think of it as a pre-Internet music blog). He was later pop music editor at Newsday and has written for countless other publications great and small. He played in the bands Knickers and Utensil. His first novel is Kick It Till It Breaks. He is (regrettably) no relation to Ira Kaplan.
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