Megan West(erby)

"I was a young woman in love with American sounds but a little scared of what seemed like a hallowed history; Chilton was a seasoned knockabout who insisted on showing me — and everyone in the room — that history is simply what people make out of their damage and their rudeness, their lust and their ambitious beating hearts."

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RIP Alex Chilton, American Music Man | Pop & Hiss | Los Angeles Times

As usual, Ann Powers says it best.

“The band had been active in the 1970s, but they belonged to us, the kids fighting off the shadow of the Baby Boomers who’d been too dumb to realize how great it was”

18 March 2010 ·