Word: landau
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Henry Kissinger this summer Apparently the White House decided that Kissinger is more frightening unseen than seen, for after three camerashy years, first the plump form and then the Germanic accent appeared in the American living room. If the Administration had extended its logic it might have welcomed David Landau's book. Kissinger The Uses of Power, but of course, the government wants not to illuminate Kissinger but merely to spotlight his more attractive points...
...instead of heralding the first Kissinger book, the Administration defused it by announcing Landau's major disclosure four months before publication. Through his interviews Landau last years managing editor of the Crimson) found that in 1967." Kissinger acted as the American conduit for peace feelers from the North Vietnamese Two Frenchmen who visited Hanoi returned to Kissinger with the message that negotiations could begin if the bombing of North Vietnam ceased. The Harvard professor brought that offer back to Washington but President Johnson rejected it only after the bloody Tet offensive of 1965 did the United states out back...
...member of the old staff, columnist George Kimbell, has seen fit to move his writing to The Boston Phoenix. Robert Rotner, former circulation director of The Phoenix and now publisher of The Real Paper, said he "would prefer not to speculate on why Kimbell did that." Rumors that Jon Landau, Phoenix music columnist, had deserted proved unfounded when his byline appeared once again in The Real Paper last week--discussing none other than those rumors...
...think that Stewart's solo work, while always brilliant, doesn't match the band for sheer excitement, which makes me a minority of one, because I don't know anybody who likes the band as well as Stewart, solo. What I can't understand is how people like Jon Landau can put down the band for being uninteresting, musically as well as lyrically, and then turn around and praise Stewart's version of "Losin' You," to the skies, considering that the song is done by Faces, not only in concert but on the album. Further, what of the fact that...
...most important index to music in Boston is in the weekly papers. Pick up a copy of the Phoenix or Boston After Dark and look at their listings. They're also responsible for some fine rock criticism. Landau's work in the Phoenix is always literate, and nearly always insightful, though he tends to take himself a bit seriously at times. For my quarter, the best rock writing in town is from Ben Gerson in Boston After Dark. He's literate and insightful, with the added advantage of being readable. There'll be regular rock reviews and criticism in this...