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Jim O'Rourke: I'm Happy And I'm Singing And A 1, 2, 3, 4

Todd L. Burns, Stylus, 1 September 2003

CLAIMING TO HAVE been hugely into minimalism and avant garde music by the time he hit high school, Jim O'Rourke's stock took a blow in the credibility department with me. However, over his career in music he has proved time and time again that his influences are wide ranging and broad in scope, proving that maybe he is telling the truth and that his upbringing was made entirely of music and little else.

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