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March 31, 2006

Chuck Klosterman Reviews Chinese Democracy

April Fool's Day comes a day early at spin.com. "If you purchased a kitten on the day that Use Your Illusion I & II arrived in stores, it's probably dead by now."

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Aw, Scott, what the fuck? You gave away the joke too soon. What the fuck, Scott? Fuck.

Posted by: fido at 03/31/06 9:51 AM  | Reply
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You can tell when they quote: "Your singer has cocaine eyes and a skeletonized trance / We'll see if RCA recoups their advance." Axl's never written a lyric that awesome in his life.

Posted by: Jonathan at 03/31/06 9:54 AM  | Reply
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I think the "April 1, 2006" under the byline gave it away.

Posted by: scott at 03/31/06 9:55 AM  | Reply
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That's total bullshit. My cat's still alive and rockin' out to "You Could Be Mine".

Posted by: Rob at 03/31/06 10:15 AM  | Reply
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Is it just me, or is that article too Chuck-like to be written by Chuck? (If that made any sense...)

Posted by: Kim at 03/31/06 10:50 AM  | Reply
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I thought the April Fool's joke was that Spin and Spin.com are still around.

Posted by: David at 03/31/06 10:55 AM  | Reply
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Love reading anything Klosterman. Anyone see that he's titling his books like Chicago albums now (amazon has his August 2006 release listed as "Chuck Klosterman IV")?

Posted by: jim at 03/31/06 12:06 PM  | Reply
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This review has been up for several days, which is why it originally confused the shit out of me. I mean, those first few paragraphs sound like Klosterman started out doing a real review then said "fuck it" and started to make shit up. Which is his M.O. anyway.

Posted by: G3K at 03/31/06 12:29 PM  | Reply
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I seriously get duped every single year. Seriously. How lame of me...

Posted by: Justin at 03/31/06 2:04 PM  | Reply
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Hearing the buzz build, I actually listened to these tracks of their Boston show first, before buying the record, which I shortly thereafter did. They sound great - wish I could have made a show n NYC.

http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/2006/01/mp3s-editors-in-boston.htm

Posted by: merp at 03/31/06 2:05 PM  | Reply
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