Mick Jagger
Goddess in the Doorway (2001)

review by: Mike Webb
Date: 3/25/02

I used to love reading Creem magazine because it didn't take rock & roll too seriously. It was generally funny as hell, and there was always a cool interview with a band I liked. But I hated their record reviews because they never seemed to say much about the record. So a Pretenders review would end up being a story about how J. Kordosh went out fishing with his buddy Bill Holdship, got drunk, and lost their car keys in the lake right as they were reeling in the small mouthed-bass. C'mon man - that doesn't tell me if the damn record rocks or not. So that always bothered me.

But as I do this thing called growing up, I've begun to realize that the best record reviews aren't straight-ahead reviews about the great music or lyrics blaring out of your speakers. A well-written review helps the reader understand how the reviewer felt while he was listening to Joe/Joan Blow's new reckid.

So with that in mind, I think I should let you know that I had diarrhea while listening to the new Mick Jagger record.