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...Harvard Square, intellectuals lurk in unexpected places and in all sorts of guises. Even the flakiest nose-ringed punk or that guy huddled in the corner at Au Bon Pain could probably discuss the latest nonfiction best-seller or the works of Virginia Woolf...
...Check Your Head they lay down equal parts of spunk, punk and funk to retake some of their old turf while displaying a newfound respect for their musical elders. For the listener, the result is like looking at 30 years of pop music through the bottom of an empty beer bottle. Live at P.J.'s at times evokes a schmaltzy hotel lounge act. Elsewhere, Santana-like Latin percussion and '60s soul grooves join a pastiche of electronically altered vocals and jabbering wah-wah guitars. Songs like Finger Lickin' Good mix live instruments with electronically sampled sounds and fluid tempos -- "switching...
...good news is that at least some of this music is innovative, not just a kowtow to the blues progressions of 70s rock nor an insipid imitation of punk. If we are confronted with a smorgasbord of styles, it may be because Rock peaked in the seventies and frayed in the eighties in the face of gum-snapping pop mall music from hell. Rock is resurfacing in the 90s like a groundhog scared of its own shadow, and many musicians claim they'd rather be dead (or unsigned) than be imitators of their predecessors or of each other...
...suggesting that you fail to report such attacks nor expecting your reporting to exonerate such ridiculous attacks as professional who lapse into calling rivals "punk faggots." Rather I would encourage your staff to explore the motives behind such garbage charges, the context for these vicious personalized campaigns...
...companies are rediscovering the appeal of black rock 'n' roll. Virgin Records has signed up neohippie Lenny Kravitz, whose latest record, Mama Said, has sold about 2 million copies worldwide. Sony Music produces Fishbone, seven musical renegades who have attracted a cult following with their energetic mix of rock, punk and funk. Elektra Records is pushing Eric Gales, 17, a wunderkind who leads a musically adventurous three-man band. Epic recently released a debut album by Eye & I, a genre-busting quintet propelled by the lusty vocals of female singer DK Dyson. And pop music maestro Quincy Jones has given...