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 23, 2021

Journey 15: Eclipse

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On something of a three-year plan, Journey took a mild detour not unlike what they’d tried with Red 13 . Eclipse concentrated on heavier t...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Kinks 22: Sleepwalker

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With the promise of financial reward dangled in front of him, Ray Davies took the mandate of a new contract with Arista Records to heart an...
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Friday, July 16, 2021

Prince 17: The Black Album

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One of the most legendary unreleased albums of any era, The Black Album was withdrawn by Prince himself after what he called a spiritual c...
Tuesday, July 13, 2021

Yes 2: Time And A Word

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For their second album, Yes took the bold step of incorporating an orchestra into their recorded arrangements. This did not sit well with P...
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Friday, July 9, 2021

Frank Zappa 44: You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 1

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Ever since the original Mothers of Invention lineup disbanded, Frank Zappa would occasionally refer to a large-scale anthology he was plann...
Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Lou Reed 30: Berlin Live

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In hindsight, it didn’t take very long for Lou Reed’s Berlin album to shed its status as a grand failure to emerge as a tortured masterpie...
Friday, July 2, 2021

Jack Grace 4: What A Way To Spend A Night

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The COVID-19 pandemic affected musicians of all income brackets, with the independent, self-managed troubadours the hardest hit. So it was ...
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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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