Corrosive Substance  In the 1950 classic All About Eve, a black-
and-white tale of back stabbing and bitchery set in Manhattan's
theater district, jaded critic Addison De Witt (George Sanders)
has just witnessed a rehearsal by the title character, a mere
understudy at that point. He describes her performance to Bette
Davis's character thusly: "Margo, I've lived in the theater as a
Trappist monk lives in his faith. I have no other world, no
other life. And once in a great while I experience that moment
of revelation for which all true believers wait and pray. You
were one.... Eve Harrington will be among them." He goes on to
describe Eve's performance as "a mass of music and fire." It's
the best description I can think of for Corrosion of Conformity.
And just when I had given up on thinking! Yes, I'd resigned
myself to humming happily along to Top 40 tunes, letting my mind
recline on the La-Z-Boy of my spine. But Corrosion of
Conformity's latest album Blind (how apropos) provided the
necessary wake-up call. It