A Man Called Destruction: The Life and Music of Alex Chilton, From Box Tops to Big Star to Backdoor Man (55 page)

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Tasty World
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. “Musical Melting Pot.”
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———
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.”
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”
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.”
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Commercial Appeal
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———
. “Punk Legends Return.”
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———
. “Unsung Chips Moman.”
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
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-
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. “Chilton Delivers Incredible Mix of R&B, Soulful Pop with Box Tops.”
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———
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———
. “Pop Life.”
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“The Panther Burns.”
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. “Old Tunes and Odd as Ever.”
New York Times
, November 11, 1995.

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Jet Lag,
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Washington Post
, January 22, 1997.

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Live
,
Third/Sister Lovers
; Chris Bell:
I Am the Cosmos
” review.
New Musical Express
, February 29, 1992.

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Los Angeles Times
, March 19, 2010.

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River City Review
, n.d.

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Feudalist Tarts
.”
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———
. “The Life and Strange Resurrection of an American Power-Pop Legend.”
Rolling Stone
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Cash Box
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Chicago Tribune
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Rolling Stone
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Sounds
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———
. “Alex Chilton:
Like Flies on Sherbert
.”
Sounds
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———
. “Even Big Stars Go Broke.”
Sounds
, August 26, 1978.

———
. “Panther Burns.”
Sounds
, June 2, 1982.

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19 Years: A Collection of Alex Chilton
(1991).”
Entertainment Weekly
, June 14, 1991.

Rockwell, John. “Alex Chilton, Rock Legend, Back.”
New York Times
, February 24, 1977.

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Live in London
.”
NME
, February 18, 1982.

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Billboard
, June 19, 1993.

Sasfy, Joe. “Alex Chilton.”
Washington Post
, April 5, 1986.

———
. “Chilton’s Pop Holocaust.”
City Paper
, April 26, 1985.

———
. “The Cramps.”
Unicorn Times
, October, 1979.

Saunders, Metal Mike. “Big Star at Overton Square, Memphis.”
Phonograph Record
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No. 1 Record
.”
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———
. “
Radio City
.”
Phonograph Record
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Seigal, Buddy. “Alex Chilton: Topsy-Turvy in Good Way.”
Los Angeles Times
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.

Siegel, Jefferson. “Stars Remember Karin Berg, Top Talent Scout.”
The Villager,
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Snowden, Don. “Feudalist Star: Alex Chilton.”
Los Angeles Times
, June 20, 1985.

“Son of Restaurateur Killed in Car Wreck.”
Memphis Press–Scimitar
, December 27, 1978.

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Radio City
.”
Shakin’ Street Gazette
, March 1974.

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Spin
, May 2010.

Staunton, Terry. “Big Star in Space.”
Record Collector
, October 2005.

Storey, Jon, and Stuart Batsford. “Alex Chilton from Memphis to Rotterdam via New Orleans.” publication and date unknown.

Strauss, Neil. “Again from the Box Tops, Antics and Blue-Eyed Soul.”
New York Times
, June 25, 1997.

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“The Back Catalogue Makes a Jam.”
New York Times
, April 22, 1995.

———
.“Enduring Rock Enigma Tries to Slip from the Shadows.”
Globe & Mail,
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———
. “On His Own.” The Pop Life,
New York Times
, April 20, 1995.

Sullivan, Jim. “Alex Chilton:
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.”
Boston Globe
, April 18, 1991.

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“Chilton’s Satisfying Mix of Delta Music, Southern Blues.”
Boston Globe
, December 11, 1989.

———
. “From Blues to Schmaltz.”
Boston Globe
, April 24, 1995.

———
. “Tunesmiths from the Same Planet.”
Boston Globe
, January 21, 1994.

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Phonograph Record
, July 1973.

———
. “Big Star: No Glam, Just Rock and Ram.”
Circus
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———
. “Big Star:
Radio City
Comes to NYC.”
Fusion
, March 1974.

———
. “
Radio City
, Big Star.”
Zoo World
, February 1974.

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Sounds,
January 1988.

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Rolling Stone
, July 10, 1980.

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. “New Chilton Album Caps a Long, Tough Struggle.”
Chicago Tribune
, December 19, 1985.

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New York Times
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Los Angeles Times
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New Musical Express
, October 1985.

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Descenes
, n.d.

Radio Broadcasts

Bianculli, David. “Remembering Alex Chilton: An Underground ‘Big Star.’” (Includes two interviews with Terry Gross, from 1991 and 2000.)
Fresh Air
, NPR, March 22, 2010.

Gross, Terry. “Remembering a Star Crossed Singer.”
Fresh Air
, NPR, March 18, 2010.

Ulaby, Neda. “The Late Alex Chilton, an Uncompromising Rocker.”
All Things Considered,
NPR, March 22, 2010.

Ward, Ed. “Big Star: The Unluckiest Band in America.”
Fresh Air
, NPR, February 2, 2010.

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