Laurie Anderson: Home Of The Brave
Mark Dery, International Musician, 1985
A GARBAGE disposal with indigestion, glub-glubbing on a smooshed Jiffy Pop foil bubble or a gluish wad of Captain Crunch, is not a pretty sight. Nothing to do but forcefeed the bugger an electric snake, toss down a Draino chaser, and hope for the best.
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