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My First Time: You're Doing It Wrong! (part one)

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In the last few days, when I've told people that I've never really listened to The Cure, I've been met with a mix of "blasphemy" and "you're not missing much." Aside from the few singles here and there or covers of Cure songs by other bands, my knowledge is pretty sparse. I've been googling the band, listening to music clips and watching the occasional YouTube video trying to figure out how to dive into this music pool. Then I decided, that I would start at the end.

Apparently I am doing it wrong. Any time someone has introduced me to a band, it's pretty much ritual that you start at the beginning of their music catalogue or somewhere near it and work your way to the latest release. I've just done that so many times, I feel like shaking it up a bit. Rebellious, I know! Read more

Artists Condensed: The Cure (part three)

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If there's one thing doing Artists Condensed has taught me, it's that an individual's love for the work of a particular band is, to borrow a phrase from previous Condensee Rufus Wainwright, an imaginary love. By tearing through an entire artist's catalog, I've come to discover time and again that I just don't like a number of artists as much as I thought I did. I try to imagine what kind of person actually enjoys even 75% of what a given artist produces, let alone the full 100%, and the only kind I can think of is the raging super-fan who literally doesn't listen to anyone but Band X or Artist Y. Sure, I can say that I like The Cure, just not nearly as much as I thought I did at the outset. Read more

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