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	== Reviews ==		== Reviews ==

			=== Spex ===

			April 1999<ref>https://archive.org/details/spex-1999-04/page/61/mode/1up</ref>

			Hartwig Vens

	=== Monitor ===		=== Monitor ===

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	~~[...]~~ I had never written a song before. But the writing of those songs was so intertwined with the recording of that album, because, if you ([[David Grubbs]]) remember, I didn’t come into it with any finished songs. I came in with musical ideas, and I travelled to Chicago to work with you and [[Jim O'Rourke]] in the recording studio, and we structured the music for all the songs. I then took all of that recorded material back to LA to develop melodies and set the lyrics to them. I had asked a variety of friends who are writers – such as Amy Gerstler and Benjamin Weissman – to write some material for me.		I had never written a song before. But the writing of those songs was so intertwined with the recording of that album, because, if you ([[David Grubbs]]) remember, I didn’t come into it with any finished songs. I came in with musical ideas, and I travelled to Chicago to work with you and [[Jim O'Rourke]] in the recording studio, and we structured the music for all the songs. I then took all of that recorded material back to LA to develop melodies and set the lyrics to them. I had asked a variety of friends who are writers – such as Amy Gerstler and Benjamin Weissman – to write some material for me.

	[...] I couldn't contact Dennis Cooper, so I just took one of his poems and got permission after the fact. [...] I sent him the recording. If I remember correctly, his response was, 'Well, I cried.' And I thought, if I made Dennis Cooper cry, that's an achievement.		[...] I couldn't contact Dennis Cooper, so I just took one of his poems and got permission after the fact. [...] I sent him the recording. If I remember correctly, his response was, 'Well, I cried.' And I thought, if I made Dennis Cooper cry, that's an achievement.

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Retrospectives

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	[...] I had never written a song before. But the writing of those songs was so intertwined with the recording of that album, because, if you [[[David Grubbs]]] remember, I didn’t come into it with any finished songs. I came in with musical ideas, and I travelled to Chicago to work with you and [[Jim O'Rourke]] in the recording studio, and we structured the music for all the songs. I then took all of that recorded material back to LA to develop melodies and set the lyrics to them. I had asked a variety of friends who are writers – such as Amy Gerstler and Benjamin Weissman – to write some material for me.		[...] I had never written a song before. But the writing of those songs was so intertwined with the recording of that album, because, if you ([[David Grubbs]]) remember, I didn’t come into it with any finished songs. I came in with musical ideas, and I travelled to Chicago to work with you and [[Jim O'Rourke]] in the recording studio, and we structured the music for all the songs. I then took all of that recorded material back to LA to develop melodies and set the lyrics to them. I had asked a variety of friends who are writers – such as Amy Gerstler and Benjamin Weissman – to write some material for me.

	[...] I couldn't contact Dennis Cooper, so I just took one of his poems and got permission after the fact. [...] I sent him the recording. If I remember correctly, his response was, 'Well, I cried.' And I thought, if I made Dennis Cooper cry, that's an achievement.		[...] I couldn't contact Dennis Cooper, so I just took one of his poems and got permission after the fact. [...] I sent him the recording. If I remember correctly, his response was, 'Well, I cried.' And I thought, if I made Dennis Cooper cry, that's an achievement.

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 * Listening party on March 26, 1999 in Los Angeles<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/19990419202412/http://www.dragcity.com/tourprina.html</ref>
 * Shares a name with Prina's painting series
 == Personnel ==

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	Artwork and design by Barbara Bloom.		Artwork and design by Barbara Bloom. It is similar to her 1997 "Color Chart" piece.

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			File:Barbara-Bloom-Color-Chart.jpg\|''Color Chart'', 1997
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	Snakes: Appears to be based on John J. Janecek's 1936 illustration from Franz Albrecht Theodor Reuss' 1930 photograph of ''Vipera berus'' mating.<ref>https://archive.org/details/courtshipmatingb2022davi/page/266/mode/1up</ref>		Snakes: Appears to be based on John J. Janecek's 1936 illustration from Franz Albrecht Theodor Reuss' 1930 photograph of ''Vipera berus'' mating.<ref>https://archive.org/details/courtshipmatingb2022davi/page/266/mode/1up</ref>

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 File:São-Tomé-e-Príncipe-zebras-stamp-1992.jpg|''Proteção da Natureza Congresso Ecologico no Rio de Janeiro (Brasil)'', 1992
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 == Reviews ==

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	[[File:Push-Comes-to-Love-front.jpg\|thumb\|{{MediaLink\|YouTube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lLG0xEyT-PpS6IwmZJ6Nq1rnmiMW4nuww}}]]		[[File:Push-Comes-to-Love-front.jpg\|thumb\|{{MediaLink\|YouTube=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lLG0xEyT-PpS6IwmZJ6Nq1rnmiMW4nuww}}]]
			[[File:Push-Comes-to-Love-vinyl-front.jpg\|thumb\|Vinyl cover]]

	''[[Push Comes to Love]]'' is a 1999 album by [[Stephen Prina]] released by [[Drag City]].		''[[Push Comes to Love]]'' is a 1999 album by [[Stephen Prina]] released by [[Drag City]].

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Source images

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	Turtles: The American Museum Journal (1900)<ref>https://archive.org/details/americanmuseumjo11amer/page/210/mode/1up</ref>		Turtles: The American Museum Journal (1900)<ref>https://archive.org/details/americanmuseumjo11amer/page/210/mode/1up</ref>

	Wolves (back cover): Photo "Wolf Song" by Heather Parr Fentress, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1991		Wolves (back cover): Photo "Wolf Song" by Heather Parr Fentress, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1991<ref>https://archive.org/details/motherearththrou00boic/page/73/mode/1up</ref>

	Zebras (back cover): Image appeared on a 1992 stamp from São Tomé and Príncipe.<ref>https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/sao-tome-principe-circa-1992-stamp-87193798</ref>		Zebras (back cover): Image appeared on a 1992 stamp from São Tomé and Príncipe.<ref>https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/sao-tome-principe-circa-1992-stamp-87193798</ref>

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	Turtles: The American Museum Journal (1900)<ref>https://archive.org/details/americanmuseumjo11amer/page/210/mode/1up</ref>		Turtles: The American Museum Journal (1900)<ref>https://archive.org/details/americanmuseumjo11amer/page/210/mode/1up</ref>

			Wolves (back cover): Photo "Wolf Song" by Heather Parr Fentress, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1991

	Zebras (back cover): Image appeared on a 1992 stamp from São Tomé and Príncipe.<ref>https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/sao-tome-principe-circa-1992-stamp-87193798</ref>		Zebras (back cover): Image appeared on a 1992 stamp from São Tomé and Príncipe.<ref>https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/sao-tome-principe-circa-1992-stamp-87193798</ref>
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	File:Steven-C-Wilson-birds-1979.jpg\|''Mated pair of reddish egrets in an aerial altercation'', 1979		File:Steven-C-Wilson-birds-1979.jpg\|''Mated pair of reddish egrets in an aerial altercation'', 1979
	File:Wax-casts-of-fighting-spotted-turtles-1900.jpg\|''Wax casts of fighting spotted turtles (Chelopus guttatus)'', 1900		File:Wax-casts-of-fighting-spotted-turtles-1900.jpg\|''Wax casts of fighting spotted turtles (Chelopus guttatus)'', 1900
	File:São-Tomé-e-Príncipe-zebras-stamp-1992.jpg\|''Proteção da Natureza Congresso Ecologico no Rio de Janeiro (Brasil)'', 1992		File:Heather-Parr-Fentress-Wolf-Song-1991.jpg\|''Wolf Song'', 1991
			File:São-Tomé-e-Príncipe-zebras-stamp-1992.jpg\|''Proteção da Natureza Congresso Ecologico no Rio de Janeiro (Brasil)'', 1992
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	==== Source images ====		==== Source images ====
	Snakes: Appears to be based on John J. Janecek's 1936 illustration from Franz Albrecht Theodor Reuss' 1930 photograph of ''Vipera berus'' mating.<ref>https://archive.org/details/courtshipmatingb2022davi/page/266/mode/1up</ref>		Snakes: Appears to be based on John J. Janecek's 1936 illustration from Franz Albrecht Theodor Reuss' 1930 photograph of ''Vipera berus'' mating.<ref>https://archive.org/details/courtshipmatingb2022davi/page/266/mode/1up</ref>

			Zebras: Photo by Des & Jen Bartlett, ''National Geographic'', March 1983 pg.361

	Arm wrestling: Very similar to a promotional image for Sylvester Stallone's ''Over The Top'' (1987). The photo appears on posters and the cover of the novelization. Likely another take from the same shoot.		Arm wrestling: Very similar to a promotional image for Sylvester Stallone's ''Over The Top'' (1987). The photo appears on posters and the cover of the novelization. Likely another take from the same shoot.