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Thank you, Know-it-all. I take this opportunity to ask a small question to Sanjuro. I've just read that you wrote the review for yourself. What was the purpose of publishing it on Deb, then? If you had it published, it was for all of us to read... And since there's room for discussion, discussions can get lively too. Sorry, but a little modesty wouldn't hurt you... Regards.

I'm not getting into the controversy because I don't know the artists in question, but John Cage is not the one who composed a piece titled "5:13" (or was it 5:23? I can't remember)? At the beginning, you hear a guy lifting the piano keyboard lid, and after five minutes and thirteen (or was it thirty-three? I can't remember...) the same guy closing the lid. In between, silence. I reiterate that I don't know the rest of his work, so I won't judge it. That piece, though – assuming it is his – seems to me the pinnacle of minimalism...

Your advice is always welcome, Odra. I'll try to get "Songs to remember." The nostalgia corner is very nice...

I only remember one song of theirs called, if I’m not mistaken, "the word girl". It was nice but it must have been written during the "nervous breakdown - concert panic" period. A moderately successful hit single, if I’m correct. Then nothing more. I will look into it.

Yes, I won't argue, you are right...

Great news from Babel. I especially like "Letters Home." If you want to review them, feel free. I'll be happy to read your writing. :-)

O.K. Bardamù, I still find "Legend" and "Unrest" more challenging (but no less enjoyable) than "In Praise of Learning," if only for the bizarre harmonic solutions adopted and for the lack of a recognizable form to relate to the compositions. The latter, however, is something I can find in "In Praise..." in "War," "Beautiful..." and in the various "sections" of "Living...". Anyway, in such free and anarchic music, I believe everyone can form their own opinions and preferences. One clarification on the Casablanca-Acnalbasac issue: the version with Faust was recorded before the one with Cow, but Polidor rejected it. Moving to Virgin, the Slapp were forced to re-record everything. They did so with Cow. The publication of the original recording is from 1980. I discuss it in the review of "Casablanca Moon - Desperate Straight." Bye.

Not Bad!

I arrive late, but I arrive... Like Charlie Parker (yes, I know, I'm a show-off :-)

Damn, Poletti doesn't even have time to get a new nickname before the counter-nickname shows up... Come on guys, why can't we just leave him alone for a bit, huh... :-)