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Of all the records to get stuck in my
brain, why does it have to be "All Over" by Lisa Maffia?
This is a seriously irritating record.
The backing track is one bloody note, repeated jerkily for
five sodding minutes. Over the top, Lisa sings two
notes, one of which is the same as the one on the backing
track. And it just goes on and on and on and on with
minimal variation until every so often somebody says "And who
got the in flow keeping it tight", and it changes chord for
one second to go LIIIISSSSAAA (Maffia) before going back to
the same frigging riff again. It's the sort of record
that makes you want to drive it from your skull via
trepanning.
I am seriously impressed that my
spellchecker includes the word "trepanning."
Well, that took up plenty of space that I
would otherwise have had to spend on reviewing Wolverine:
X-Isle for a third consecutive week, thank god.
Wolverine's still on the island, and the
island is still weird. There's a barmaid who's the only
person Wolverine can relate to and who seems to be a stand-in
for Amiko. There's a big hairy monster which is
obviously a metaphor for Wolverine himself, because every time
he slashes at it with his claws, he gets hurt.
It remains a determinedly oblique puzzle
story, and there is nothing much to be said about it that I
haven't already said. Get back to me in a couple of
weeks time when all is revealed and I'll let you know whether
this is a decent series or not.
Rating: B-
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