Everybody's Dummy

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

Friday, October 31, 2014

Who 25: Hits 50

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The Who already had too many compilations clogging up shelves, but just like their brethren in the Rolling Stones, a 50th anniversary was a...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Smiths 3: Meat Is Murder

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The Smiths seemed to save their most refined pop for their singles, making their albums a platform for grand statements less likely to hit ...
Friday, October 24, 2014

Joy Division 4: Substance

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By the mid-‘80s, as New Order’s status in what used to be called college alternative grew, the legend of Joy Division grew with it. Their t...
Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Jimi Hendrix 26: People, Hell And Angels

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Out of nowhere came People, Hell And Angels , another Hendrix vault compilation. Something of a counterpart to Valleys Of Neptune , it serv...
Friday, October 17, 2014

Tori Amos 2: Under The Pink

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Riding high on the success of her real debut, playing songs to adoring young females as well as frat boy jocks who thought she was pretty h...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Genesis 5: Selling England By The Pound

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While working on their next opus, Genesis prepared a live LP to tide over fans. Live offered faithful, well-recorded renditions of five le...
Friday, October 10, 2014

Van Morrison 27: Too Long In Exile

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Those who thought the last, double album was too damn long will be only slightly relieved with this single disc, except that, at 77-plus mi...
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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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