{"id":472,"date":"2004-10-29T10:06:19","date_gmt":"2004-10-29T14:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp\/2004\/10\/cult_of_personality\/"},"modified":"2004-10-29T10:06:19","modified_gmt":"2004-10-29T14:06:19","slug":"cult_of_personality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/2004\/10\/cult_of_personality\/","title":{"rendered":"CULT OF PERSONALITY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russ Baker<\/A> makes the wires with this interview<\/A>. Why do these folks wait until that last minute? It’s enough to give you hope<\/A>.


\nI still think Kerry never used a gnarly moral stick: admonishing Bush publicly for not attending a single soldier’s funeral and disallowing coffin photos (and the press for complying).


\nBIG SHOUT<\/B>

\nTo Kate Sullivan<\/A>‘s Pop Vultures radio program, carried by Minnesota Public Radio, availalable for streaming here<\/A>.


\nRAVES<\/B>

\nWattstax HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE SOUNDTRACK (Stax)

\nOld school highlights: Staple Singers “Respect Yourself,” Bar-Kays “Son of Shaft\/Feel It,” Albert King “I’ll Play the Blues for You,” waiting on the DVD.

\nTeenage Fan Club A SHORT CUT TO TEENAGE FANCLUB (Jetset)

\nBest Blurbs: “The best band in the world.” — Kurt Cobain (his heart’s in the right place, as always)

\n“…er, the second-best band in the world.” — Liam Gallagher (where are they now?)


\nLEMONS:<\/B>

\nChristine McVie IN THE MEANTIME (Koch)

\nLiving Colour LIVE FROM CBGB’s 12\/19\/89 (Epic\/Legacy)

\nWeird sound, and no “Memories Can’t Wait”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Russ Baker makes the wires with this interview. Why do these folks wait until that last minute? It’s enough to give you hope. I still think Kerry never used a gnarly moral stick: admonishing Bush publicly for not attending a single soldier’s funeral and disallowing coffin photos (and the press for complying). BIG SHOUT To […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/riley\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}