It has been suggested to me that in my annual regress report to the stockholders, published here last month, I neglected in all 5,000 words to ever once mention why Metal Machine Music is a good album. So here, especially in the light of Coney Island Baby, are the reasons:

1. If you ever thought feedback was the best thing that ever happened to the guitar, well, Lou just got rid of the guitars.

2. I realize that any idiot with the equipment could have made this album, including me, you or Lou. That's one of tne main reasons I like it somuch. As with the Godz and Tangerine Dream, not only does it bring you closer to the artist, but someday, god willing, 1 may get to do my own Metal Machine Music. It's all folk music, anyway.