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 == Educated Horses ""Punk?"" == 

 == Educated Horses ""Punk?"" == 

 As a very longtime fan, I see a much bigger significance in Rob's career with Educated Horses than this article implies.  Although he had stated in various interviews that his intention was to essentially ""strip down"" from the latex, make-up, and ""video game"" performances, this latest release is not only an abandonment of his past image, it is completely devoid of his fusional mastery and trademark sensuality.   When I think of 'punk,' I think of Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, or The Exploited.  These acts had passion and attitude, which ""Horses"" has none.  Reviews have varied from the ""best thing he's ever done"" to the downright cruel and scathing, which I will not repeat here. It feels more like a demo than a major release, which makes me wonder if the band shouldn't be performing under a formal name. 

 This ""strip down"" has also dramatically affected his visual work as well.  ""Foxy, Foxy"" is an amateurish effort to appeal to pubescent 12 year old boys with the visual stimulation of an onion  if you could see anything past the sun-glare in the cameras.  Now, if this is a taste of his visual work yet to come, we've got a whole new artist.  And in that case, maybe he should deliberate changing his name. 

 Ray  

 PS - I understood that Sean had passed away about 6 years ago.  I just saw her entry in the pedia that she was working with a new project..."