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Wednesday, July 09, 2014
Wednesday Essay Question (A Postcscript)
Holy Greil Marcus reviews The Stones' Some Girls in the Village Voice, summer of 1978.
You gotta respect Greil Marcus' efforts over the years. He's a brilliant man and a great author. I've read most of his stuff. But he has a high propensity to over think shit.
He's right, you can't turn rock and roll into sheet music. But you can't turn it into scholarly mental masturbation either.
You gotta respect Greil Marcus' efforts over the years. He's a brilliant man and a great author. I've read most of his stuff. But he has a high propensity to over think shit.
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Vickie Rock