Tag: rock criticism
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Joe Meek: Vintage Vinyl and Vice
The fascinating saga of record producer Joe Meek is described by Jan Reetze on her Joe Meek Page, as, “a short life somewhere on the fine line between vision and lunacy . . . oversped, funny, sad, euphoric, depressed; a rollercoaster trip with a dramatic showdown.” The True Vine Record Shop quotes Kate Hodges of Bizarre Magazine: Joe […]
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Berlin: Lou Reed’s Dark Poetry
Via Literary Kicks, Michael Norris writes: In 1973, as a follow up to his highly successful “Transformer” album, Lou Reed released the album “Berlin”. The ten-song concept album tells of the disintegration of a couple living in Germany. The couple, Caroline and Jim, follows a dark path that starts with drug addiction and descends into […]