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THE EDGAR FILES
From: The Boston Globe
Date: 19980419
Author:Jim Sullivan
In retrospect, Edgar Allan Poe could be considered your basic rock 'n' roll bard -- alcoholic, semi-demented, morbid, tortured, brilliant. Now, ace compiler/producer Hal Willner has assembled a gaggle of rockers and actors to give voice to the master's works on a new double CD, Closed on Account of Rabies: Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Paris/Mouth Almighty), with readings by Christopher Walken, Deborah Harry, Dr. John, and more. But Iggy Pop is the star: With the sound of a thumping heartbeat growing ominously in the background, he evokes all the paranoia and desperation of "The ...
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