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for producer Joe Mecki. (he FngUth Phil the reconciUution of opposites, and a way of fat ton was + ilUng to struggle to the last drop
Spector. His forle wn • hoofbest rhythm life which has helped all of us relate more of dog ' s blood, and Aron was willing to go to
which he used with Johnny Kidd and thr positively to each other and to everyone else. press with the book exactly as It was In
Pirates and later in his own poup. Tornados. The absolute best way to find our how hardback, when It came to me that these
You may recall the tune " Tebtaf,” which sold totally ' inaccurate this description of us is, cultoidi were using by book on the .Hanson
upwards of four and a half million copies. would obviously be lo visit one of our family to pimp their cause, they were leeching
Jeff Cohen Chaptm. which interestingly enough, is more on its own energy to further their own end. It
Ipswich. Ma. than Ed Sanders ever did! was then that we decided to deal with the
Just to clear the record, we withdrew our Process separately, in a dry. dispassionate
WHAT ABOUT DAVIO BROMBERG? libel action because neither Dutton, the manner that wdl depict them for all time for
DearCREEM: publisher of the book The Family. or Ed what they are. Hopefully when the facts arc
Five albums prove Lou Reed definitely is Sanders, the author, could substantiate even known, these romit cycd trolls of satan with
"a more talented and versatile old fart than one of the very heavy allegations and thru glib catch phrases and Mack capes and
Bob Dylan.” therefore removed all reference to us in the publications of death will get back under the
I suggest you get Country Punk Shields to book as well as publicly apologizing. bndge. Pie pen. remember. Is mightier than
bek the shit off Lester Bangs toes. the cult. " - Ed.)
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We do want to straighten things out, but
( Hsld L. At lon probably there ’s no basic cause for alarm -
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St. Louis. Mi/cry thcie are the same ’tired rumors circulated WHAT? NO FUSION?
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Dear CREFM: about early Christum and Gnostics and about DearCREEM: *
I’ve been trying lo think of a really the Jews of Europe until quite recently and Whoever made the decision lo pul zigzag
creative (and preferably utarnc ) way of using it didn ' t slop any of them * on the cover of the September issue, rather
Uktk
than the T.A.M.I. Show, wins my Charlie
those lovely blue panties 1 got with School ' s
Out. but so far I haven’t thought of anything Process.Church of the Final Judgement Perry Award and oughta be given a complete
Oawdaddy for Christmas.
particularly spectacular. Any good suggest ions Toronto, Ontario set of Zygote and a lifetime subscription to
would he appreciated. (The newt Item referred to above concerned
Bud Weber Ed Sanders, fat ton and Avon (the paperback Greg Shaw
Fairfax.Ca.
Ashcan. Ky. publishers ) withdrawing all mention of The
Process. Church of the EtnaI Judgement from
(How about you kill your baby utter and Sanders ' excellent Manson book. The Family.
wrap It in ' em?- Ed.) DearCREEM:
Re: your Sept , issue. Phil Spector docs not
WELCOME TO ”THE FAMILY ” I The book had implied some relationships appear in the T.A.M.I. Show and had nothing
between .Hanson s cult and the Proccsttant. /
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( BURP ! Ed s statement of the time is perhaps worth to do with iL Jack Nitxsche. though, does and
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DearCREEM: reprinting here: " For over two years I hase did. lie was musical director and orchestra
We were reading light- heartedly through had no respite from gathering information conductor.
about the creepiest people imaginable. Really.
Jimmy Carter did not write You Are My
the Rock’n ' Roll News ui your June issue
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when we hit this real rough spot on page 12. I am so bored with gore. The prospect of Sunshine. " Jimmie Davis , who has been
The Process b a Church dedicated to another year »pent in the company of pe >ple ( knernor of Louisiana, did.
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spreading the message of ’Love your enemies. * who groove with satan wus not very inspiring. Looney Toons makes up for it all!
Mr. Music
Los Angeles. Ca
pick Dear CREEM: BANGS DUSTEO
a Dust a little publicity in your August issue.
Congratulations to Lester Bangs for giving
That was the first article I ’ve read on a
sound poup that deserves but seems to get little
publicity. Ilia reference to the SL LOUIS area
being hip on Dust couldn ' t be truer.
Mark Davis
St. Joseph. Mo.
guitar DearCREEM
" Loose As A
I just finished reading
Goose •• • ” (August ) in which Lester Bangs
(and I still refuse to believe that s hts real
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name ) attempted to do a feature story on
What Amati was to violins. Dust. After reading It. I decided that only the
peat photos of Kenny Aaronson. Marc bell
T Kurosawa if to guitars One and Richie Wise were worth printing. Either
difference Kurosawa is alive Mr. Bangs can’t write well, nt he knows very
and well and living m Tokyo. little about rock music.
producing superb guitars et prices First, the new Dust album is called Hard
that would make Machiavelli rub > Attack. Il might have tentatively been called
his hands m glee Suicide, but had Bangs followed up on the
Now we ve persuaded Mr. Kurosawa to poup. he might have been able to make the
make guitars for everybody The same V correction.
workmanship, sound , quality and pride Second , he says that the poup b
that go mto his "Signature guitars - tasteless ,” yet their new album bone of the
st $650 00 are now pan of the Toyota finest made. In fact.I would put Hard Attack
by T Kurosawa , a moderately priced ime m the same category as Aqualung and Fragile
starting as low as $69 50
Creating quality guitars takes time. If your as far as oripnality. tightness, production, and
local music store is out of them , please be creativity are concerned. Are Jethro Tull and
pttttnt In the meantime write us for your free poster and catalogue Yes tasteless , too? (Loaded question. - Ed.)
I agree with Lester on only one point:
Totoya Guitar Caapaay. «3w 24th str «t. N«« vorn. York 10010 Dust are super musicians with super-poup
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