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Overrated & Underrated

April 2024
1min read

Is the newly beloved John Adams perhaps too beloved? Should Bob Dylan leave at his own chosen speed? What were all those “cavaliers” in GWTW actually fighting for? And was Joe given the benefit of a few too many jolts? Our fourth annual survey reshuffles the deck of greatness.

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