Ripper 1981... the letter to the editor that started it all

I had seen an interview in Ripper fanzine. It was with a guy named TIM YOHANNON who had a radio show called MAXIMUM ROCK'N'ROLL. I thought Tim came off as an asshole, and I wrote a letter saying so. It was printed in this issue:

Tim Yohannon contacted me after reading the letter, inviting me to write for MRR. I agreed, "as long as you print whatever I write."

"It's a deal," said Tim. We were friends from then on. I saw him whenever I visited San Fransisco.

Here's the Ripper letter. Click on it if you can't see the whole thing.

Tim's wishes were respected by editors after his death, until Mariam Bastani took over. At that time I was fired for a column, after being promised "we'll tell you if there's anything we object to."

This was two years ago. The editors have changed, but Tim's wishes go unrespected.

AND I'M STILL PISSED ABOUT IT!

If you'd like, you can write to the current editorial cabal: mrr@maximumrocknroll.com And tell them what you think.

In 1978 I predicted the death of punk...

Here's an article from 1978. If you can't see the whole page, click on it. Then you can enlarge it to whatever size is convenient.

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Particle '67 From Hicksville High School

I love haiku, but I don't remember writing much other poetry... I guess I did in High School... (Maybe EVERYBODY did in High School)

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Another Fly

Screw 920 October 20 1986

Here is a piece I did for SCREW in 1986. It's mostly lies... and happened during the period where we were telling everyone Gavin was my son. In order to read the complete pages you have to click on them, then use the browser's ENLARGER to set a comfortable reading size.

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