ie
     
     
      Ser
      Gn
      ON
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mate)
     
     
      oFFEND
      eg
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘*Two
      Princes.””
     
     
      Pocket
      Fullof
      Kryptonite
     
     
      has
      that
      artificial,
      rather
      vulgar
     
     
      flavour
      of
      being
      reprocessed
      and
     
     
      played
      by
      bombastic
      punks
      who
     
     
      think
      power
      and
      volume
      are
      the
     
     
      same
      thing.
      And
      it’s
      dumber
      than
     
     
      you
      ’lleverbe.
      Butit’s
      fun,
      and
      for
     
     
      a
      band
      that
      may
      very
      well
      have
     
     
      been
      weaned
      on
      Foghat,
      that’s
     
     
      gotta
      bea
      triumph,
      right?
     
     
      Continuing
      the
      fogey
      pa-
     
     
      rade,
      Keith
      Richards
      has
      released
     
     
      his
      second
      solo
      effort
      after
      the
     
     
      enjoyably
      disposable
      Talk
      Is
     
     
      Cheap.
      Main
      Offender
      (3)
      isabout
     
     
      as
      imaginative
      as
      it’s
      cover,
      filled
     
     
      with
      the
      same
      old
      same
      old,
      like
     
     
      lotsa
      abruptriffage
      and
      stop-and-
     
     
      g0,
      sparsecompositions.
      Whereas
     
     
      Pocket
      Full
      of
      Kryptonite
      con-
     
     
      tained
      three
      songs
      or
      so,
      Main
     
     
      Offender
      has
      zero.
      Old
      fuckin’
     
     
      hat.
     
     
      The
      last
      couple
      of
      weeks
     
     
      has
      also
      seen
      the
      release
      of
      yet
     
     
      another
      batch
      of
      neo-Exile,
      this
     
    
   
   
    
     
      one’s
      from
      former
      Guns
      n’
     
     
      Roses
      guitarist,
      Izzy
      Stradlin.
     
     
      JuJu
      Hounds
      (5)
      essentially
     
     
      sounds
      like
      another
      Keith
     
     
      Richard’s
      solo
      album,
      but
     
     
      played
      with
      a
      little
      more
     
     
      verve
      than
      Keefcouldmuster
     
     
      on
      his
      last
      one.
      This
      one
      has
     
     
      some
      heart,
      a
      fairly
      honest
     
     
      approximation
      of
      classic
     
     
      rock,
      but
      whoneeds
      third
      hand
     
     
      Exile
      on
      Main
      Street.
      Go
      for
     
     
      thereal
      thing
      (by
      the
      way,
      it’s
     
     
      a
      Stones
      album.)
     
    

    
     
      And
      lastly
      I
     
     
      have
      received
      the
      Northern
     
     
      Pikes
      latest,
      Neptune
      (2),
     
     
      which
      is
      simply
      moremedio-
     
     
      cre
      Can-Con.
      There
      shouldbe
     
     
      a
      law.
     
    

    
     
      Next
      week
     
     
      T’libe
      summing
      up
      the
      year
      in
     
     
      music.
      And
      if
      you’
      ve
      never
     
     
      heard
      Exile,
      check
      it
      out.
      I
     
     
      just
      listened
      to
      it
      and
      it’s
     
     
      woo-hoo-hoo!
      ii
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
        
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      .
      yeas
      Stradlin
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
       
     
     
       
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ;