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Chris Bellomy of Fort Worth, Texas, wonders why on earth Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music didn't make Steven and David's lists of Snob Desert Island Discs."It would surely top mine," he says.

Chris, we're in the perverse minority who enjoy that album on a non-ironic level--yes, like Sonic Youth [p. 116], we like to think of ourselves as ageless upscale noiseniks--and besides, MMM (as Snobs like to call the album) is too easy a target, as well as a much less inspired Snob choice than Mr. Kamp's Lou selection, The Bells.