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Title: Too Much Alterman
Review: Agreed - it does read like a term paper. Not sure if it was over-edited and any potentially interesting stuff was taking out, or if it wasn't touched and too much about the author was left in (who cares if his family didn't like him going to the No Nukes concerts on Yom Kippur?). Alterman is a professional, and this reads like a college paper. Quoting other journalists (especially Griel Marcus) is just lazy, and quoting from the songs is amateurish. Most unforgivable line: "changes made uptown and the big man joined the band" to cover Clarence Clemmons joining the E Street Band permanently. It made my skin crawl. Don't waste your time unless you don't know anything about Springsteen.
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