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<<That was one of J.D. Considine's "Short Takes" mini-reviews, actually the shortest one he ever wrote. Years later he apologized, saying it wasn't quite that bad, but that the opportunity was too good to pass up. No such claim was made for his review of the Yes album "Talk" [reprinted here in its entirety]: "Shut up.">> Well, of course, he'd say that. He's a tin eared record critic. It's seems almost a pre-requisite for being a record critic that you not actually know anything about music. I think Mr Considine is the one who needs to shut up! <<My all-time favorite review was from the late, lamented Musician magazine, for the band GTR (Steve Hackett and Steve Howes pretty atrocious post-yes/Genesis band): SHT>> I've forgotten where I saw the review, maybe it's the one you're thinking of, but the review went on for like a paragraph, and then finally concluded with "TTL SHT". There was a good review of a Man Without Hats album in Musician that went thusly: "You can dance if you want to, but you probably won't". But I think the best review I've ever seen, and again, another example of how short sighted most music critics are, was for the first Uriah Heep album, I believe, published in Rolling Stone. It was actually a conventional review that went on for several paragraphs, most of which I've never had a chance to read, but the opening sentence is an oft-quoted item when refering to how hard rock and metal in general (and Heep in particular) been raked over the coals by the critics: "If this band makes it, I'm going to have to kill myself". Thanks for being completely clueless, man! How's that janitorial job working out for ya? ===== May you never thirst! The Scuba Diver Presently Known As Chris "What do you get when you give a yo-yo to a flock of flamingos?"-James Earl Jones __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/