Dave Purcell wrote:
> No wonder I cancelled my subscription to SPIN. Here's the first
> paragraph of their Wilco review, forwarded to me by a pal (and
> intended to piss me off, though it didn't because SPIN is such a
> joke).
>
> ***
> Jeff Tweedy is a big daddy in the alternative country movement, half
> the heart of original No Depressives Uncle Tupelo. While he's
> forged ahead with Wilco, his children have made mostly silly
> records, PBS country for people embarrassed by The Nashville
> Network. Wilco, meanwhile, managed to make the only
> masterpiece the genre's produced so far: Being There, which took
> Peter Laughner for a ride, picked up the Rolling Stones near
> Appalachia, and headed for a rendezvous with Neil Young in the
> Hotel Arizona.
> ***
>
Oh Dave..... See, they are so cool at Spin that they can write
self-referential satire like this, knowing it will sail right over the
heads of non-hipsters like yourself.
It is satire, right? No one really writes this old disc jockey patter
seriously, do they?
Stuart
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