Richard Lyons Was Truly A Man For Our Times

Late 50s is a tough age for American men.  Yeah, Prince, but Pastor Dick, too.  Richard Lyons was an explorer deep in the heart of Americana.  Negativland wasn't exactly music the way some people would think of it, but purposely transgressive musical art is honorable in ways many, most things aren't.  And don't for one minute think that Negativland didn't influence lots of the other more straightforward SST bands back in the heyday.  Helter Stupid was simply a great album title, all tedium and exhaustion from pop culture atrocity.  Pissing on U2 gets you a golden ticket for life, I'm sure.  And the afterlife.  Rock on Pastor Dick.  Christianity is still stupid.