IT'S BETTER THAN DRINKIN' ALONE: The Official ILM Track-by-Track BILLY JOEL Listening Thread

I don't know if this belongs here, or on the Vampire Weekend thread, or on the Christgau thread, but there's an amusing pre-VW blog post by a young Ezra Koenig defending Billy Joel's honor against the snide attacks of Mr. Christgau, which segues into a rant about the pointlessness of negative reviews in general:

https://internetvibes.blogspot.com/2005/10/critical-beatdown.html

ha yeah I remember it! I think we discussed it a few years ago.

I will almost always read the memoirs of rock musicians, especially drummers. I recently ordered a used copy of Liberty DeVitto's _Liberty. I didn't know this upon ordering it, but my copy was signed on the cover page, "Snuffy - cheers. Liberty DeVitto."

Further, it contained a handwritten note tucked inside the front cover: "Snuffy, Our mutual friend Vicki Abelson thought you might like this book. Let me know what you think. Regards, Liberty, libertydevi✧✧✧@a✧✧.c✧✧."

Upon investigation, it seems that the intended recipient was guitarist/composer W.G. "Snuffy" Walden. Snuffy does not appear to have treasured or even read the book. And because the bookseller hadn't noticed, it seems likely that the last person to open the book before me was Lib himself.

Unfortunately it's not a good book. So I'm stuck with an object of only mild interest to superfans, and worthless to ordinary people.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/54Wr7wGiVikkwR9e9

But who is Lisa DeVitto?

(I kid.)