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Miles's Favorite Child
M ILES. That's right, Miles Davis. This music--Tony William's, John McLaughlin's, Chick Corea's, Herbie Hancock's, Joe Zawinul's--is his music and
Quadrophenia: Townshend Redux
There are a finite number of "Great Moments in Rock Music." But they're an elusive lot--like lists of good movies,
Public Hero Number One
I 'M WATCHING television again. Now that I'm living alone in the city. I've had to tune in on patterns
Song of the South
L OOK AT the album cover. Hard core normalcy at its best. Kids and wives, dogs and roadies, one big
You May Just Have to Break Out...
I GREW UP in the house with singers. In fact, you can call me a prodigy, the point needs little
Simon Says: Diversify
I ASSUMED I wouldn't like Paul Simon. I didn't like Simon and Garfunkel. Arthur was as precious as anyone deliberately
Maybe You Had to Be There
S UCH A GORGEOUS Kid Like Me is a funny movie. Now, The 400 Blows was a zany movie. Shoot
More or Less A Memoir
Lately I've been falling in love with barmaids. If you spend the kind of time in bars that I spend
Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory
T HERE'S SOMETHING about calling a song "Sometimes I Feel So Uninspired." It's leading. Critics jump at the chance to
Top of the Pops
I "Everybody's in then biz and everybody's a star." I APPROACHED THE KINKS from ignorance. Not total ignorance but one