THE COW YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN
The grand release of E/A’s thick brown No Nukes LP—that company’s single most courageous act since they signed (and then quickly dropped) the Dictators—represents many different things. An attempt to pump some life back into the careers of several dishwasher-safe folkies? Certainly.
THE COW YOU SAVE MAY BE YOUR OWN
VARIOUS ARTISTS No Nukes (Asylum Records)
by Rick Johnson, Enemy of Earth
The grand release of E/A’s thick brown No Nukes LP—that company’s single most courageous act since they signed (and then quickly dropped) the Dictators—represents many different things. An attempt to pump some life back into the careers of several dishwasher-safe folkies? Certainly. A stunning setback to the art of programming longplaying records? Definitely. A frightful new low in popstar fashions? Absolutely. An irresistibly attractive tax write-off for WEA? Well, Joe Smith, come on down!
The way this First Strike fan sees it, if these sleepyheads really mean it about pulling the plug on the nukes, they should all be required to line up outside my door next winter and take turns blowing my hair dry. I mean,'when “We Almost Lost Detroit,” did anyone write in and complain? Hell no—they almost gave ame4al tp the guy at the plant who got the colored rubber bands mixed up. And if the public demonstrated any measurable concern over the accident at Chalk River that nearly reduced Canada to a superficial stain, it’s only because radiation sickness is so gauche.