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#416 - A Sloppy Summer Pod, Recovered

The Fifth Column

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The Importance of Deserving

O'Connor had been thrashing against the dumb, stultifying demands of capitalism and pop stardom even before she was famous. O'Connor remained adamant that her performance on SNL did not quote derail her career as many critics claimed. She continued making the exact sort of music that she wanted to make. And if it did not reach the same commercial heights, so what? The next sentence is really interesting because this is what happens when writers project their own neuroses and stupid politics onto the recently departed.

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