Everybody's Dummy

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

Friday, May 31, 2013

Frank Zappa 17: Over-Nite Sensation

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The recent fusion experiments inspired him to apply that updated sound to some actual songs his technically proficient combo could play. Ov...
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Donald Fagen 1: The Nightfly

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We may as well consider The Nightfly to be the last Steely Dan album, since it has all the hallmarks of such, save a single contribution f...
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Monday, May 27, 2013

Cars 5: Heartbeat City

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As a sign of things to come, there was a sizable gap between The Cars’ fourth and fifth albums. Part of that time was spent for Ric Ocasek ...
Friday, May 24, 2013

Rolling Stones 47: Light The Fuse

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While gearing up for various celebrations of their 50th anniversary, the Stones quietly made some more official bootlegs available. Two wer...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Beach Boys 18: Surf’s Up

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This is one odd little album, nearly sunk by some embarrassingly earnest tracks, and saved by some truly great ones. Surf’s Up gets its ti...
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Billy Joel 7: 52nd Street

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So now he was a star, and he did the smart thing: he didn’t screw with the formula. Same band, same producer, same New Yawk summertime radi...
Friday, May 17, 2013

Jimi Hendrix 16: Blues

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The Rykodisc albums and Reprise box sets proved that there was still gold in the Hendrix hills. With an eye on streamlining (and reissuing)...
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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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