Rock critic Anthony DeCurtis started writing for The Bloomington Herald Telephone(now the Herald Times) when he was an IU grad student in the 70s. He went on to write for the likes of Rolling Stone and The New York Times, and is currently writing the liner notes for a box set of Bloominton's own Johnny Mellencamp.
I talked to him on the phone this past Sunday, and wrote a piece on his life and career. Check it here.
It was really awesome to talk to such an accomplished and grounded music journalist. He got to see Patti Smith at a hotel in Bloomington right after Horses came out., among a milion other things.
He also said The Bluebird was a real hot spot in the 70s. Now I really get why its not the cleanest bar in town.
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