The Reading Life: Los Angeles Times reviews Out of the Vinyl Deeps

L.A. Times review of Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music

I've long considered Ellen Willis something of a hero. I hope I live longer than she did (Willis died in 2006, at 64), but otherwise, it's an exemplary life. She was the first pop music critic of the New Yorker, writing 56 pieces for the magazine from 1968 to 1975 that trace her relationship with "music that boldly and aggressively laid out what the singer wanted, loved, hated ... [and] challenged me to do the same."

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Published in: Los Angeles Times
By: David L. Ulin


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