My former mentor/captor's thoughts on all this:
I'm wondering if you're alive. You haven't answered much email lately. A big brouhaha in England (and Sweden) today. It's Thursday. Morrissey's big loves have been men. No women mentioned. And no real surprise it seems. Morrissey did stuff. In fact, he's been doing stuff for years and has now written about it. I've read a half dozen news reports containing nothing that strikes me as the least bit significant. I'm blaming myself, in part. I don't circulate in the right circles to know what is or is not important in pop culture. One of the rules, I think, is that nine tenths of that culture (as reported) is not true. So, how could anyone know what to value and what to reject? How could one separate the stories one from another if, at base, they're just entertainment? Of course, you would explain to me that it's not just entertainment, it's a secret dimension, a communication to initiates, but one must have eyes and ears to see and hear such things, and I obviously don't, not in this realm anyway. So there it is. There must be easier things to figure. But I have always tried to be respectful of your interests and your beliefs, no matter how I seem or what you believe. The book looks wonderful, I think. I've always loved the look and feel of Penguins. You know, when I was young they could not be sold in the United States. Booksellers who snuck them in had to pretend they were used. I bought a number of used Penguins that had never been read. Anyone's shelf with Penguins on it was the shelf of someone in the know, or so we convinced ourselves. That said, the Guardian has come up with fifteen alternatives for today's wonderful cover.
http://www.theguardian.com/music/ga...eys-autobiography-15-alternative-front-covers
You don't have to answer, but I would like to know that you're holding up under all this stress.
Your sometimes enemy and occasional friend,
Evan
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He never achieved a level of gnostic understanding to consider that truth is hidden EVERYWHERE. I generally don't share private emails, I don't have a choice really as it seems only the ether is listening.