Letters to the Editor

Something True, This Life, Adelaide and Sure Shot could never aptly be described as are alienated grunge throwbacks. They are heavily influenced by the guitar-rock heyday in which these kids grew up, but that predates the heyday of grunge. It seems to me that John is yet another in the sea of critics with the grunge chip on their collective shoulder, seeking out and attempting to destroy all that harks even in the smallest way back to what they seem to consider the "pure" days of that genre -- so much so that he has launched this meritless assault on a record that doesn't even begin to pretend to be grunge. It's about rock and roll. Pick another target or, better yet, listen next time with the chip on the table and your filters off.

Terry Granillo
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More Music to Our EarsThank fucking god for Westword. There is no other real information about nightclubs in Denver on the Web. There are reviews, but they're obviously written by pseudo-yuppie turds.

Cerrise Snyder
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I've always heard that the word "backbeat" is somehow related to spirituality (I believe Mickey Hart said this). Do you know anything about this? What's the origination of the term "backbeat," and what does it mean in a musical sense?

James Moran
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