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...Stone, a magazine that was once the most prominent and articulate forum for rock culture, divests itself of much of its music coverage and aims for a more general readership. Record companies have cut back on corporate extravagances and are making a little money, mostly by kicking up prices. Punk is dead, New Wave is over, disco moved out when your older sister left home. The Clash can't swing a major hit single, so its albums don't get high on the charts; and does anyone know there's a great new record by a great...
...woman wonder-rabbi spreading paradox and fantasy. She tries too hard. Fantasy requires a softer touch and more control than are found in these stories. Some of Ozick's figurative language is spell-breaking. The phrase "suckled the Nazi boot" seems to have dropped from a punk rock lyric. A "transient mirage" that teases the "medulla oblongata" is not only overwrought but inappropriate for this part of the brain...
...occasional maniac. Nighttown always threatens to burst into a conflagration of libidos, and the only firemen in sight are the seen-it-all plainclothesmen of the vice squad. They know every hooker they bust will be out on bail, back on her back within an hour and any felonious punk can plea-bargain grand-theft-auto down to a citation for speeding. The vice squad is not expected to put out the fire, just to keep it down to a dark smolder...
...between Burma's two identities, and that may be part of the reason the band members let her hand around so much. The Saturday before the Jasper's show, Burma was at the Paradise--a far more prominent club on Commonwealth Ave.--and, of course, Somerville High's littlest punk was there, too. The show was a special all-aged performance; no alcohol was served. The ages that showed up were mostly pre-18, like wrecking machines...
Burma isn't seeking the true spirit of rock and roll along the lines of the 1976 British punk revolution. The sound is contemporary, but it isn't really different. Martin Swope is no Brian Eno, nor does he pretend to be. His goal at the moment is scraping together enough dough for a new sound system. Redefining the art isn't even on the agenda. Above all else, Burma is flexible, the way New Wave is flexible...