Chuck Eddy riffs on the alternate line-up. Pareles was there: of course. But he doesn’t let on how old he was. Or how much the Manson stuff hung in the air, which is weird since Squeaky’s getting paroled. Too much mist around this subject in general: How did Gail Collins manage to review those two books without even mentioning the Vietnam war, even after that (ugh) David Crosby quote?
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