In the year that Sonic Youth’s much abused Goo sleeve was released, I bought the Wagner Ring cycle (’60s Karajan, obvs) from Garon records in Cambridge. I must have played one side of those 19 LPs in the 25 years since, that good bit from Tristan und Isolde. Without the mental fortitude acquired from a session… Continue reading BAYREUTH – CRAFT WORK BUT NO WAGNER