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Re: Richard Hell RIchard Lloyd Tome Verlaine Saucer Crash
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- Subject: Re: Richard Hell RIchard Lloyd Tome Verlaine Saucer Crash
- From: Glenn Cooper <glennwaynecooper@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 07:31:42 +1000
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There seems to be two main threads that run through Tom's work -- war
("Words from the Front", "Foxhole", "Stalingrad", "Postcard from
Waterloo", etc.) and space ("Saucer Crash", "Rocket", "Mars", "Orbit",
etc etc.)
I have wondered, at times, if Tom might be an alien abductee. I've had a
life-long interest in UFOs, myself, and get a kick of Tom having the
same preoccupation. Even the spoken word intro to "Swim" makes me
wonder: "It sounds funny / but they'd kind of fly around."
-- Glenn
On 8/18/2019 5:48 AM, Russ wrote:
Listening to Saucer Crash right now. Thinking about Verlaine's
obsession with UFOs. (Spoiler) The last page of Hell's autobiography
talks about a chance meeting of the two fellas - probably around 2012,
while Hell was writing his book, where he spots Verlaine rummaging in
the cut out bin of a bargain book store. Hell walks up to him and
casually asks if he's finding any good UFO books. His description of
Verlane is a bit scary - disheveled and brown toothed and a bit crazy
looking. It occurred to me that Verlaine is the successor to Roky
Erickson.
I finished Lloyd's autobiography late last year and found Hell's
autobio a couple weeks ago (along with Graham Nash's - which is also a
page turner). I was never into Hell, but I have new abiding respect
for him. (Cool info about Thunders, and Quine) Not quite done with it
yet but highly recommend it (as I do with Lloyds). Fills in a lot of
missing pieces. I wonder if Verlaine has an autobiography in him?
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