The Meaning Of Mute
Johnny Black, Masterbag, September 1982
(1) Not emitting articulate sound:
NOT THAT YOU could blame him if his utterances were totally inarticulate, because Daniel Miller has been having a hard and exhausting time. The amiable, deliberately shambling Miller is the head of Mute Records and he's staring into the muzzle of a double-barrelled shotgun where both cartridges are inscribed with his name.
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