Analysis The ghost is surreal and strange. It flickers like a candle and seems to reflect the fact that Scrooge's past behaviour can be redeemed. Gentle How is the Ghost like this? The ghost is ...

Johansen plays the Ghost of Christmas Past as a deranged cab driver who takes Murray to his childhood home back in 1968 so he can understand the roots of his misery and loneliness as an adult.

For the first 20 years of David Johansen’s career — despite his immense role in kickstarting the punk movement as the frontman of New York Dolls and all of his great solo work that followed ...