tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post5168578505860882441..comments2024-03-28T22:15:25.617-07:00Comments on RAWIllumination.net: MC5 in Rock Hall of Fame?Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07810736442596736041noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-45591289014005480132017-10-06T07:27:11.281-07:002017-10-06T07:27:11.281-07:00And Sinclair has worked on podcasts and other proj...And Sinclair has worked on podcasts and other projects with our friend Steve Pratt. I knew there was a connection between Sinclair and MC5, but I couldn't remember what it was. Cleveland Okie (Tom Jackson)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07810736442596736041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-47347114059763460872017-10-06T02:18:01.334-07:002017-10-06T02:18:01.334-07:00Jazz poet John Sinclair got 10 yrs when cops plant...Jazz poet John Sinclair got 10 yrs when cops planted a joint on him. He managed the MC5, who played a free concert outside the Czechago '68 Dem Convention. <br /><br />RAW knew Sinclair.<br /><br />At the High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam in 2000, RAW:<br /><br />"I basked in my glory as oldest pioneer at the table, meanwhile wondering how my four decades on pot have fucked up mah pore ole haid. In that whole time I only produced 11 novels, 2 screenplays, one stage play, 20 nonfiction books and a few thousand short articles and poems. Could I have done better without the Hoodoo Weed? I puzzled over that, meanwhile puzzling over the ineluctable fact that John Sinclair didn't look at all like I remembered him."<br /> -p.23, TSOG: The Thing That Ate The Constitution<br /><br />michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13526042582094867513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5887440039323868659.post-91970063105060369372017-10-05T09:24:56.485-07:002017-10-05T09:24:56.485-07:00Fred "Sonic" Smith is being inducted int...Fred "Sonic" Smith is being inducted into the WV Music Hall of Fame this year as well. I'm going to try to get tickets since Patti is accepting the award. Rarebit Fiendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650603980195179414noreply@blogger.com