Cristina
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IS THAT ALL THERE IS?
The Maddeningly Brief Career of Cristina
By Kurt B. Reighley

"In a sassier, zestier, brighter, funnier world, Cristina would have been Madonna." - Richard Strange

She had a keen mind, biting wit, and a model's beauty. Her career barely lasted a half-decade, yet she worked with movie star Kevin Klein, Grammy Award-winner Don Was (Bonnie Raitt's Nick of Time), The Knack's Doug Fieger, sax radical James Chance, and August Darnell, a k a Kid Creole. Her legacy? Some brilliant singles, two albums, praise from Siouxsie, Blondie, and the fifth estate… and now, these reissues: Doll In A Box and Sleep It Off.

Cristina Monet was destined for greatness before she ever cut a record. She attended Harvard (where she won the History and Literature prize in her sophomore year) and London's Central School of Drama. While working as an apprentice theater critic at the Village Voice, >> more...
ZEREC.CD12
Release 11/2004
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