Letters

Thanks for the music articles!

Jeff Moline

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On the go: I just wanted Kyle Wagner to know that I love Tasteez takeout ("You Go, Girl," May 4). I have gone there for the bread and for everything else. It's much better than the Red Lobster that was there. Also, I read Kyle's column first out of all of Westword. It's the most informative on all things dining. Keep up the good work.Luigi Buscemi

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Vocal local: Westword is unfortunately the only "paper" in town that provides a wide variety of local music reviews. Why is it that the local press always makes weird comments about local bands? I never include a Westwordreview in my press kit. For one thing, whenever I release a new CD, Westwordfinally reviews the one I released the year before -- it's happened twice! And in Westword, I have been compared to artists I sound nothing like.My CDs are played and sold around the world: To everyone else, I am just a musician, not branded a "local" musician. For one thing, I've only lived here for three years, but my songs have been on the radio for fifteen years. If some chart-topper like Springsteen or some other popular musician moved here, would they be treated as "a local"?

Name withheld on request

Sophomore slump: To Laura Bond and the other reviewers: Why is an artist never allowed to record or release a second album? It's always a "sophomore" album. Since the late '60s, at least, record reviewers have been using this term to sound sophisticated. Well, it's hackneyed. Let some bands put out a second album for a change. They seldom refer to a first album as a "freshman" album and never refer to a third of fourth album as "junior" or "senior." And why does everyone say "The Westword"? On the front of the paper, it just says Westword. "The" Westwordbugs me. It's just Westword.

Dave TK

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