"Why ya gonna write this for CREEM?," rasps David Johansen in that gravelly Noo Yawk slang his alter ego Buster Poindexter has put to such good use with his Marlboro-and-martini-soaked between-song patter. "Those kids could care less..."

If you think the one-time lead singer for pioneering punk band the New York Dolls is having a bit of a "personality crisis" with the lounge lizard, toastmeister character he's created, guess again.The 38-year-old Staten Island native shrugs off the irony of going from the grungy, high-heeled sleazoid glam-rock of the Dolls to the champagne cocktail-sipping, tux-clad party host Poindexter.