Of Grammatology
Representing Maude
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A scratchy-voiced soul diva with a neon fright wig, she got a major media blitz devoted to her debut: a two-part feature in the New Yorker, a special clothing line designed by Donna Karan, appearances on Leno and Letterman on the same night, and full-length posters at the Body Shop and Burger King. Due to a management oversight, she neglected to record an album. Fortunately, her street team hit chain stores and one stops nationwide and pasted her photo onto every copy they could find of the last three Pat Benetar albums. Nobody noticed the difference.
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Rhino’s ultimate indulgence of its archival impulses: 11 CDs featuring rehearsals, false starts, trial arrangements, and unedited complete takes of Reed’s screeching-feedback classic, as well as studio chatter (mostly Reed talking to himself in a methamphetamine frenzy). An enhanced bonus CD includes footage of the tape machine that recorded the album, as well as the promo-only single edit of “The Amine Beta Ring.” Plans to follow this release with a 358-CD box of Merzbow’s complete recording sessions were canceled after the label’s in-house mastering engineer punctured both his eardrums with a sharp instrument.
Blow a Lode
Superhead
