A dirge for River Phoenix. R.E.M. is here: the skew, the melody, the jangle. But it’s a different band, almost; it’s Wagnerian, unlike (and better than) anything else they did. And as Patti Smith wails, the song becomes a pane on Nico’s music: the Phantom Zone née the Frozen Borderline.
Joe Keaton
Weird tales for the late crowd. And riffs on pop culture.
