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"Born to Laugh at Tornadoes"

"Born to Laugh at Tornadoes"

An album that proved to be an inflection point in many ways still dazzles, provokes

Mad About Music
Aug 30, 2019
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By Kent Anderson

When I first read a review of the Was (Not Was) album “Born to Laugh at Tornadoes,” I didn’t know what to think. First, there was the name of the group. Was it a person? A group? Something parenthetical to both? As a name, Was (Not Was) was strange, to say the least.

I liked the evocative, carefree, rebellious album title, and the cover …

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