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Wednesday
August 10, 2005
Sense of Life
A Sense of Life
by Derek McGovern
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Linz remains an enigmatic figure to many. So what's he really like? Let me try to untangle the myths from the man. (Read more...)
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Wednesday
October 6, 2004
Sense of Life
Reprise: 'Headbanging Caterwaulers'
by Derek McGovern
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[Editor's note - I am reprising this article because it is relevant to the current discussion on this week's poll topic. I am proud to have inspired it. - Linz]

It was one of Lindsay’s editorials on the Politically Incorrect Show that set me off. The subject was quintessential Perigo: the mindlessness of contemporary popular music. Dismissing many of today’s musical fads as "unmitigated garbage," he went on to question how supposedly rational people could embrace such "caterwauling." (Read more...)

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Thursday
January 9, 2003
Arts
Serenade - An Underrated Treasure
by Derek McGovern
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Serenade is far and away Mario Lanza's most interesting movie, and has a great deal more going for it than Time Magazine and other habitual Lanza-knockers would care to admit. (Read more...)
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Sunday
April 21, 2002
ArtsThe Free Radical
Headbanging Caterwaulers
by Derek McGovern
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It was one of Lindsay’s editorials on the Politically Incorrect Show that set me off. The subject was quintessential Perigo: the mindlessness of contemporary popular music. Dismissing many of today’s musical fads as "unmitigated garbage," he went on to question how supposedly rational people could embrace such "caterwauling." (Read more...)
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Sunday
April 21, 2002
ArtsThe Free Radical
Fire In The Groin
by Derek McGovern
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Now be honest! How many of you looked at the cover of the last Free Radical and thought to yourselves: Oh no, not Mario Lanza again! What is it with Perigo and that guy? Why does he have to keep ramming him down our throats? I mean, it’s not like Lanza was a libertarian! (Read more...)
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Sunday
April 21, 2002
ArtsThe Free Radical
Voice in the night
by Derek McGovern
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Overhead the moon is beaming
White as blossoms on the bough
Nothing is heard but the song of a bird
Filling all the air with dreaming... (Read more...)

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