Rhys Chatham: 9:30 Club, Washington DC
Paul Yamada, Washington DC City Paper, 2 October 1981
TWO SETS in one night is sometimes too much for a band, and sometimes it's not enough. For Rhys Chatham and R.E.M. it was just enough, even if the results were not fully satisfying.
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