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Gentleman Jim
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— 19 Jul 2000 Tom Comment

Gentleman Jim: “Here were songs of love, loss and yearning by cult artists such as the Church, the Go Betweens and Ed Kuepper, songs that had entered the national psyche, sung by an old-style crooner enjoying a Terry Callier-like renaissance. &[…]

Ironminds: The Savior Is Coming
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— 19 Jul 2000 Tom Comment

Ironminds: The Savior Is Coming Ironminds is by far the worst rockzine online. Every piece has about a paragraph of opinion puffed into four pages of tiresome off-the-shelf ‘attitude’. They have by and large wretchedly conservative tastes[…]

MEN WHO SING HIGH
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— 19 Jul 2000 Tanya Headon 1 comment

MEN WHO SING HIGH
If Bono does it, it’s a bad idea. Few of the laws of pop are so immutable, and U2’s lead git is the master criminal of music, responsible for outrages of every stripe (and indeed Stipe), but few as heinous as his habit o[…]

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