“It could be that I've been missing the point for 10 years, but I've always taken the Blues Explosion at face value. In my estimation, their curled-lip punk-blues shtick is sharp and virile enough that, despite the mascara and wet-dog haircuts, it can't be a put-on. Spencer, like a reformed criminal rueful of his sin-soaked days with Pussy Galore, once said, "We love music way too much to be doing ”