Fan mail/Correspondence
Gavin McDowall
Real Godfathers of Punk
Nice reading material.
Got a little Sun Ra'd this week and came across above article. It made perfect sense to me, however due to the year it was written it missed what i see/hear as the epitomy of this idea. The dutch band The Ex have for many years now been ploughing the fertile soil of avant jazz and punk noise to great acclaim on both sides of the fence and in other gardens as well. Pulling in musicians like Matts Gustafson, Ken Vandermark, Ab Baars, Xavier Charles and most notably, Ethiopian sax player Getachew Mekuria they've made a great synthesis of the free jazz and tribal punk sounds.
Be nice to revisit this piece with an update of how The Ex have brought the two ends of the chain together.
Lauren Garrison
Okay, im not sure if anyone is actually going to read this, or even see this. But a man named Mark Tucker had written an article on Michael Garrison a while back. Michael is my uncle. He passed when I was really young, but I was talking to my dad earlier about Mike and decided to google him. I read this article and it makes me so happy. I miss him so much and this article makes me smile when I read it. I really enjoyed it. It was very inspiring to get into music myself. Thank you to Mark for writing this. It was beautiful and i loved it.
Peter Crigler. my name is Angelo Moore i'm the front man of Fishbone
I just finished glancing over parts of your article.
yOur a pretty brave man behind closed doors and or in the shadows.
I just want to know What GOOD Will this do Fishbone.
Jefe- PROPULSION PRODUCTIONS
Hi. I really liked the Pat Place interview, thanks for doing that. I've been a fan of hers since seeing her multiple times with the Contortions in the early 80's, and then Bush Tetras.
The songs on No New York and the first Contortions record are some of my favorites of all time.
never knew anything about her, other than her cool slide stylings, so it was interested to read the interview and get to know her.