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Category: Perfect

Perfect Menace: Randy Newman’s “Pretty Boy”

Posted on August 29, 2016November 8, 2016 by nzaino
It was thirty-seven years ago this August that Randy Newman released his sixth studio album, Born Again. It’s an underrated album, as are...... Read More

Perfect Poor Decision: “Reviewing the Situation” from Oliver!

Posted on May 12, 2016November 9, 2016 by nzaino
It was somewhere around third grade when I fell in love with Oliver!, the musical made from the Dickens classic Oliver Twist. I’m...... Read More

Perfect Musical Nonsense: Pink Floyd’s “Several Species of Small Furry Animals…”

Posted on May 5, 2016November 9, 2016 by nzaino
One of the first Pink Floyd albums I ever owned was the Works compilation. It was a good primer for the early history...... Read More

Perfect Horror Classic: The Original Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Posted on April 28, 2016August 27, 2017 by nzaino
“Classic” is a temperamental designation. Often a work benefits from distance. A movie can seem like a classic because it belongs to a...... Read More

Perfect Inspiration: Levon Helm

Posted on April 21, 2016November 9, 2016 by nzaino
By the time Levon Helm’s music really struck me, he had already lived several lifetimes. He’d had his wild days on the road...... Read More

Perfect Zombie Author: Max Brooks

Posted on March 31, 2016November 9, 2016 by nzaino
When I first cracked Max Brooks’s Zombie Survival Guide, I didn’t expect to like it. I was reading, watching, and playing every zombie-related...... Read More

PERFECT ALBUMS: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Damn the Torpedoes

Posted on March 18, 2016November 9, 2016 by nzaino
If Tom Petty never recorded another note, never wrote another song, never picked up a guitar or sang again after he released Damn...... Read More

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