A Legend In His Own Minefield

A Legend In His Own Minefield

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Misdemeanors for the Revolution

Misdemeanors for the Revolution

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John Mendelssohn
Aug 09, 2010
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It’s well known that in my final year of college, I became the most celebrated music critic of my generation. I think of this sometimes when I see the commercial in which an old black hipster speaks of pretending to like Peter Cetera because “the ladies” do. Pete (I call him Pete) was of course one of the lead singers for Chicago, one of the first group…

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