[lbo-talk] letter to the editor

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Nov 15 08:04:18 PST 2005


[from this week's Nation]

RATTLE & HUMPH

Medford, Mass.

U2 "bombastic"? Compared to who? Liszt? Gilbert and Sullivan? Marilyn Manson? Gilbert O'Sullivan? Doug Henwood ["Bono Meets Dr. Shock," Oct. 31] should push the button on his radio--from NPR to music--occasionally. That way he'd know that U2 is "expansive" or "grandiose." You need two guitars to be "bombastic," man. C'mon.

MICHAEL BARRY

HENWOOD REPLIES

New York City

Bombastic, yes. Pompous and bloatedly anthemic too. And I speak as someone who won the "Best Music on a Radio Show About Economics & Politics" from the Village Voice, in its Best of NYC 2005. By the way, I almost never listen to NPR. Too dull.

DOUG HENWOOD Producer, Behind the News WBAI, 99.5 FM



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