August 24, 2023:

Graceland had a predictably mixed purview.

Ray Phiri: brilliant. The grooves: popped-up, yet still real-deal.

The lyrics don't land. I don't give a rat's ass about the cinematographer, or his party. It's not an evocation which speaks to me in any sense. Not so much different worlds as different universes.

I played it all the time. On my first and brand-new CD player.

The monstrous gated snare hasn't aged well.