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Big Star with Rob Sheffield

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Alex Chilton: A Legend of Power Pop

Alex Chilton is in New Orleans washing dishes, basically like in the witness protection program. Nobody he comes to contact with is any idea. He never liked fans, I don't think,. There's this sort of a cult of power pop in a way that there wasn't during Big Star's existence. They're now seen as prototypical for the genre, but Alex Chilton has already moved beyond.

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