Rest in peace to Gene Shalit, a man whose Kermit the Frog interview went absolutely off the rails in 1984.
Nobody has interviewed a Muppet like this since.
I wonder how Inferno will affect perceptions of Tomorrow’s Harvest in the future—if it’ll be remembered as a forgettable stopgap on the way to Inferno or if it’ll be re-evaluated. I think it’s a masterpiece, and I wrote about why in 2023 for @stereogum.
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