Everybody's Dummy

"I'm nobody's dummy. I'm everybody's dummy. I believe everything I read, see, and hear." -- Lester Bangs

Friday, July 17, 2026

Prince 27: Xpectation and N.E.W.S.

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Without a major label trying to tell him what to do, Prince continued to follow his muse—or whatever it was—to the neighborhood of jazz for...
Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Van Morrison 54: Accentuate The Positive

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For his third release of 2023, Van fans were able to exhale in relief yet again. Not only was Accentuate The Positive another collection o...
Friday, July 10, 2026

Warren Zevon 4: Bad Luck Streak In Dancing School

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Most of the best songs he’d written were spread across his first two albums for the Asylum label, so when it came time for his next, Warran...
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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

Beach Boys 5: Shut Down Volume 2

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If you’ve been paying attention to the narrative, you might remember that the Beach Boys’ label—the ever resourceful Capitol Records—had pu...
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Friday, July 3, 2026

Frank Zappa 58: Läther

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As we’ve learned from the various reissues and forensic work done by scholars, Frank Zappa loved to edit and re-edit. One prime legendary e...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026

Steve Winwood 3: Talking Back To The Night

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It worked the last time, so here was Steve Winwood back after a short (for him) break with another one-man band album driven by synthesizer...
Friday, June 26, 2026

Paul McCartney 40: The Boys Of Dungeon Lane

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History has shown that the time Paul McCartney spends making an album is no indication of the subsequent quality. His pace has slowed since...
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I am a writer, and I am a musician. While anyone can learn how to be either, I believe both have always been in my DNA. Therefore, I write about music. That’s what you’re going to see here.
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