A Legend In His Own Minefield

A Legend In His Own Minefield

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The Most Beautiful Music in the World

The Most Beautiful Music in the World

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John Mendelssohn
Jan 15, 2015
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The first time I heard the Cocteau Twins’ rapturous, exultant "Heaven or Las Vegas," cruel circumstances had compelled me (yet again!) to take a word processing job. Thank God for my Walkman, I would think as the hours crawled past, never to be retrieved. On the afternoon in question, I was tuned to a local radio station. I was hooked from the first fou…

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