20/20: 20/20
Robot A. Hull, Creem, March 1980
HINDSIGHT IS ALWAYS 20/20. In '79-'80, a pop renaissance is supposedly under way, stirring itself from a long hibernation like a groggy Boo Boo Bear, thanks to the overnight sensation of the well-scrubbed Knickknacks.
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