Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies is a music reference book by American music journalist and essayist Robert Christgau (pictured). It was first published in October 1981 by Ticknor & Fields. Covering a variety of genres with a focus on rock music, the book compiles approximately 3,000 capsule album reviews, most of which were originally written for his "Consumer Guide" column in The Village Voice throughout the 1970s. Many of the older reviews were rewritten for the guide to reflect his matured perspective and style, informed by an interest in the aesthetic and political dimensions of popular music and a desire to communicate his ideas to readers in an entertaining, provocative way. The guide was critically well received, with praise given for its extensive discography, Christgau's judgment, and colorful writing. A staple of rock-era reference works, it became a source for popular music studies and a guide for fellow critics, record collectors, and music shops.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1865:

Stand Watie became the last Confederate general to surrender in the American Civil War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_Watie

1926:

The College Board administered the first SAT, a major standardized test for university and college admissions in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT

1985:

A bomb attributed to the Sikh separatist group Babbar Khalsa destroyed Air India Flight 182 above the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 329 on board. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_India_Flight_182

2016:

Citizens of the United Kingdom voted to support a non-binding resolution to leave the European Union. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brexit

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ithyphallic: 1. (historical, Ancient Rome) Of or pertaining to the erect phallus that was carried in bacchic processions. 2. (specifically) Of a poem or song: having the metre of an ode sung in honour of the bacchic phallus. 3. Of or pertaining to an upward pointing, erect penis; (specifically) of an artistic depiction of a deity or other figure: possessing an erect penis. 4. (by extension) Lascivious, obscene. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ithyphallic

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People with real power never fear of losing it. People with control think of little else.   --Joss Whedon https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joss_Whedon