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November 11, 2009

hamstrung

"Who do think has the best voice in rock?" Allie asked, in a welcome respite from her talking about her job.

I tried to get my head around it. "Well first, we need to define what you mean by ro—"

"No Motown." Crap. Marvin is out.

"Aretha Franklin was Atlantic. Can I say her?"

"No."

And so I stewed and named a whiney white guy whose recordings I own exactly zero (0) of. I mean, seriously. She might as well have asked me "Who's the best linebacker in the NFL?" and then added "No men."

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