BOC: SEE a waste?

Joseph M. Lofft jmlofft at BUFFNET.NET
Thu Mar 13 09:02:29 EST 1997


>> I've seen this line in the FAQ.  What sins of commission and
>>  omission?  Seemed like a good album to me.  Sorry, don't me to start a
>>  discussion but that line about commission and omission has always bugged
>>  me.
>
>It always bugged me too, although I knew it mainly from the liner notes of
>Arthur Levy, who gives every indication that he'll be recycling his favorite
>phrases into the next century.  (Personally my favorite is .."It has been
>argued that the release of...Secret Treaties marked one of those moments in
>rock when a band's public image nearly overpowered its existential reality".
> I don't know which amuses me most here:  the "It has been argued" , the
>"nearly", or the final burst of gibberish.)

        I can't remember when I purchased my vinyl of SEE, but I know there
        are no liner notes in it.  The album was "protected" by a plain
        white paper sleeve....



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