Email Author Frank Smith

1997 Stories by Frank Smith

• Recordings

  published March 27, 1997

  Jill Sobule Happy Town (Lava/Atlantic) Singer-songwriters usually make my skin crawl--tell me one more time how great Jewel... More >>

• Back to the Future

  published February 27, 1997

  David Bowie Earthling (Virgin) One of several striking, almost iconic images that adorn the self-designed cover of David... More >>

• Straight Outta Brooklyn

  published February 6, 1997

  Up from the ceaselessly rumbling, garbage-truck-choked avenues of Brooklyn, New York; spawned in the midnight blackness of iron-latticed... More >>

• Recordings

  published January 9, 1997

  Wilco Being There (Reprise Records) The cynics who would dismiss rock 'n' roll--the formula kind, the guitar-vocals-bass-drum... More >>

• Dr. Cynic's Revenge

  published January 2, 1997

  1. Warrant, Belly to Belly (CMC/BMG) Duh. 2. Great White, Let It Rock (Imago) Long since abandoned by fans and glory, these bloated,... More >>