DONALD CURRIE
Sex & Mayhem Part One (self-released)
Reviewed by Holly Day

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Interesting, spoken-word/audiobook autobiography of San Francisco performance artist Donald Currie and his story of coming-of-age and being gay in the 50's and 60's. The stories here are great, and wonderfully delivered, and while most of the chapters seem to tie the album together into one long monologue about being a shy, gay college student, there are sidetracks into wonderful little anecdotes, such as the one about his introduction to movies (he grew up in a home with no television and his first introduction to film apparently terrified him) and his growing obsession with dressing like Marilyn Monroe. The album is fun and baudy and very well done, and I look forward to hearing Part Two when it comes out.

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