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<font style="font-size: 16pt;" size="4"></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><br>Then comes this from Alex Ross' "The Rest Is Noise" site, </font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4">February 2005:</font><br><h3 class="EC_EC_entry-header">Record of the year</h3>
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<font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><b>"</b>When I saw on </font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><a href="http://www.zoilus.com/">Carl Wilson</a></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4">'s site
that </font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><a href="http://webhome.idirect.com/%7Ennnvjirs/index.html/index.html">Brian
Joseph Davis</a></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4"> had put out a limited-edition EP of quotations from
Theodor W. Adorno's </font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><em>Minima Moralia</em></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4">
performed in the style of agitprop punk, I had to put down my $20 to
get me some. It arrived today, and it made me glad. Greil Marcus wrote
in </font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><em>Lipstick Traces</em></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4"> that Adorno's assaults on mass culture are
punk-rock rants at heart; the </font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><em>Minima Moralia EP</em></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4">
brings that conceit to hilarious, dubious life. Davis plays squalling
guitars; Dawn Unwanted drawls the lyrics. The pick hit is "Every Work
of Art Is an Uncommitted Crime," one of my favorite lines from the
Meister's writings. The song consists of that one line, repeated over
and over, followed by screaming. I bow in the presence of genius.</font><b><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4">"</font></b><br><br><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4"> Brian Joseph Davis, another Torontonian for the Ages.</font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><br></font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4">Mary Jensen</font><font style="font-size: 16pt;" face="Times New Roman" size="4">.</font><br></div></div> <br /><hr />Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. Get Windows Live Hotmail Free. <a href='https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969' target='_new'>Sign up now.</a></body>
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