In the Huffington Post, former Chicago Reader rock critic/R. Kelly uber-fan Bill Wyman traces Rolling Stone‘s coverage of R.E.M.‘s recent releases only to discover that, according to hype-blinded critics, R.E.M. has consistently topped itself with “each successive release being so good as to make clear the flaws of the one before it.”
Yo Chuck, they must be on the pipe, right?
It might be hard for kids these days to believe, but R.E.M. used to be really exciting. And awesome. Lifes Rich Pageant is an absolutely solid rock and roll record.
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Former Chicago Reader pop critic Bill Wyman has collected three pages of R. Kelly SexFacts™! on his blog, Hitsville, documenting eleven separate allegations of sex with underage girls.
• More R. Kelly SexFacts™!
• R. Kelly SexFacts™, Part 3: The Godfather Who Shagged Me!
I’m like, so what? I’m drunk. It’s the freakin’ weekend baby, I’m about to have me some fun.
Via percolator.
[Updated with working links from the Web Archive since hitsville.org has been taken over by what appears to be a content spammer. Also, for what it’s worth, I regret being so flip about these serious allegations. -Jake, 11/21/2014.]
Rock and roll can change your life.
