Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
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I, like most reasonable people, abhor the saxophone.
Seeing two saxophonists on stage with anything other than a big band — also bad — will make me about turn and shelter myself at the bar. But, for Polar Bear, it’s OK.
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