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DUETS FROM HELL!
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R.E.M.
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The Beat Goes On
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Rock 'n' Roll News
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Christgau Consumer Guide
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This has been a fascinating—if dislocating—four weeks. Hie myself off to America for two weeks of MTV and a long day hearing other critics (American and British) publicly debate U.S.-U.K. relations in pop, rock and reality; then a further weekplus in the deep South, stunned by 24-hour religious TV but fascinated by what I learned from local music fans of all races.