—Harry Eugene Baldwin
Los Angeles
RUSH TO JUDGMENT
Re: Bob Mack’s review of Rush [Live in L.A., October 4–10]. So your faithful reviewer got to the show late, left early, and all he could really say about it was that he liked a couple of the tunes, but then it bogged down. Hmm. Can I have a job as a music reviewer with your publication? Obviously it doesn’t require much effort or thought.
—Chris Kirshbaum
Los Angeles
THREE STRIKES
I’ve read Doug Harvey’s review of Lipstick Traces [“Rusty Pistols,” October 4–10] three times, and I still can’t figure out what he was looking for. His disappointment at the lack of “spitting” suggests that he was hoping to see lip-synched re-creations of John Lydon’s legendary performances — a sort of “Pistolmania,” I suppose. Instead, punk is presented (quite brilliantly) in the context of history. And that’s because punk music is history. If grunge died with Kurt Cobain, punk died with Joey Ramone. The only contemporary musician with any “punk” sensibility is Steve Earle — and he doesn’t look anything like Johnny Rotten.
—Jon Klein
Venice
SIZE MATTERS
In Sandra Ross’ review of A Noise Within’s production of Macbeth, she referred to the drama as “one of Shakespeare’s lengthier plays.” Macbeth is, in fact, one of Shakespeare’s shortest plays, and definitely his shortest tragedy.
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