Named after a lascivious Jagger torch song dedicated to a policeman ("Well, he fucked me with his truncheon / And his helmet was way too tight"), it's a grimy cavalcade of groupie sex and drug abuse that's garnered a genuine cult reputation – a character in Don DeLillo's epic novel Underworld speaks of loving "the washed blue light of the film … corruptive and ruinous, a beautiful tunnel blue".
Once I got an email from a really angry professional rock balancer, saying "How dare you!" as if I was ruining the reputation of genuine rock balancers.
"Selling illegal, fake toys is a crime and ruins the reputation of genuine traders, harms legitimate businesses, costs the economy millions in lost tax revenue and often funds organised criminal gangs," said Blackburn.
Ideally, a clever bit of stunt casting will draw audiences to a show, and the right material will allow a star -- a refugee from film, television or pop music -- to establish a reputation for genuine, non-camera-enhanced acting talent.
Nationalist voters still seem inclined to give Gerry Adams, Sinn Fein's leader, the benefit of the considerable doubt that now clouds his reputation as genuine peace-maker in London, Dublin and Washington.To outsiders, that must seem the strangest aspect of Northern Ireland's election, but in the province, it makes perfect sense.
A view of receding mountains by the Ming painter and theoretican Dong Qichang is in the analytical pre-Cubist mode of Cézanne, while several landscapes by the Qing artist Shitao, a genuine original with a reputation as a nut, is in the simulated hand of van Gogh.
This adventuresome spirit helped to spark a reputation for genuine boldness among Belgian collectors.
At stake is their reputation as a genuine force in European football.
In recent years, Amsterdam has earned a reputation as a genuine smart city.
The way he sheds tears at the disaster sites and embraces those who are HIV-positive has earned him a reputation as a genuine man of the people.
