Sorry, I misread the opening as referring to the album the article was about. SST may have referred to The Punch Line as an LP to justify charging an LP price for it, though I don't recall how much it cost. I've just always thought of it as an EP, due to the running time and playing speed. There was also The Politics…

Good article. Great album. But What Makes a Man was recorded in July/Aug 1982, not 83. The EP Buzz or Howl under the Influence of Heat, recorded in 83, came out between this and Double Nickels. And What Make a Man is their first LP, if an LP is a 12" that plays at 33 1/3. The Punch Line was a 12" but played at 45 rpm…

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How does portraying a woman as consenting to sex with a captor or a lover who forces himself on her better for women? It seems to me it takes a situation with a clear power imbalance and just smooths it over so the reader/viewer can feel OK with it. I found the rape scenes in GoT disturbing and not at all sexy, nor do…

I'm glad you mentioned Audrey and the whole stolen crown in the tree transition. Very creepy. Crown — king. Looked like all the bird traps hanging from trees. We've already seen her drawing explicit pictures and staging rape/murder scenes with her dolls. And now she's acting out sexually. Hart's bizarre alternating…