Singles Reviews #2, 1982
For the longest time (until I came across an even older one), I assumed this was the first singles roundup I ever wrote – for my college paper, senior year at University of Missouri-Columbia. Callow and corny, but my once-new wave tastes are already stretching across the map — including to protest rap, months before “The Message.”
maneater, 1982




Transitioning from “Cleaning Windows” to “Bobbie Sue” somehow works, too.