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COLUMN
EIGHTY-THREE,
JANUARY 15, 2003
(Copyright © 2003 The Blacklisted Journalist)
SWALLOWING GOLDFISH AND CHEWING GREETING CARDS
Subject:
Re: [AGALIST] VIRUS WARNING
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 18:46:45 EST
From: Amramdavid@aol.com
To: AGALIST-owner@yahoogroups.com
Dear
Al:
I
just swallowed a goldfish at a BYOB party celebrating the 1920s and then chewed
on a greeting card to clear my stomach and...I think I have a
Is
it because of the goldfish and chewing the greeting cars, or is it Sandman
Insane(the Iraqi dope dealer and oil man)
In
these trying times, anything is possible!!
Big hugs.
David The Virus Maven Amram
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WHO KNEW? WHO? WHO? WHO?
Subject:
Fwd: Is Baraka the only one who is banned from discussing this?
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 03:33:03 EST
From: Amirib@aol.com
To: info@blacklistedjournalist.com
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Subject:
Is Baraka the only one who is banned from discussing this?
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 10:57:15 -0500
From: Komozi Woodard kwoodard@mail.slc.edu
To: brc-discuss@lists.tao.ca , amirib@aol.com
Except
from:
Published
on Tuesday, December 3, 2002 by the Cape Cod Times
Kissinger?
You've Got To Be Kidding
by Sean Gonsalves
In
the weeks following the attacks, one of Israel's leading daily's, Ha'aretz,
quoted Odigo CEO Micha Macover as saying "two workers received the messages
predicting the attack would happen."
And
Odigo vice president of sales and marketing, Alex Diamandis, told Newsbytes
reporter Brian McWilliams that Odigo workers in New York were warned prior to
the attack but that the message did not identify the World Trade Center as the
target.
According
to Computerworld reporter George A. Chidi Jr., Odigo officials have been
cooperating with the FBI in investigating exactly what transpired. Don't you
think it's important to know if, in fact, Odigo employees had better
intelligence than the FBI and CIA? ##
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A STORY ABOUT BOB, ROBBIE AND BRIAN?
Subject:
gr?lich schimmernd
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:27:30 +0200
From: "mode_bbaumgarten" bbaumgarten@modeinfo.com
To: "Al Aronowitz \(E-Mail\)" info@blacklistedjournalist.com
al
yesterday
I read again one of your columns (one of my favorites: hanging out with bob and
the beatles) and there is the following part:
There
is also a bit of magic in these Rabelaisian verbal shootouts of the '60s. just
as there was magic in the fictional Rabelaisian "great debates," but
I'll have to tell you at some other time about taking Bob and Robbie Robertson
up to Brian Jones' suite at the Chelsea one very hot summer day
does
this story exist`??? I´d love to read your memories about the above
all
the best
ben ##
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ANSWER: NOT ON THE WEB YET
Subject:
Re: grünlich schimmernd
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 08:58:40 -0400
From: al aronowitz info@blacklistedjournalist.com
Organization: THE BLACKLISTED JOURNALIST
To: mode_bbaumgarten bbaumgarten@modeinfo.com
BEN:
I haven't put it on the web yet. I've got a million stories. Nobody wants to
publish them. . .Thanks for asking. Best, Al ##
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SO, BEN HAS SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY
Subject:
good time woman
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 16:30:34 퍝
From: "mode_bbaumgarten"
bbaumgarten@modeinfo.com
To: "'al aronowitz'" info@blacklistedjournalist.com
AL,
how are you today?
do
you have plans to see the stones on their licks-tour? when did you see dylan the
last time in concert? I feel sad, that it seems nobody really gives you the
place in history that you belong to, your columns show your "thing",
the go-between, big al, the hundreds of "enlightened" all around you,
it´s such a joy reading, every time, I´m 25 and what a fucked-up-world, today,
in some ways, I believe the 60´s are starting again, it´s high time, music
business is a farce, making music today is a farce as well, fuckin´boy/
girlbands, selected/mixed by greedy fucks!
all
you guys back in the 60´s may have took a little bit too much of this or that,
but for youngsters like me, you were testing all areas, all your experiences can
actually help, help swimming against not with
thanx
ben
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AMAZED
Subject:
thank you
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 09:18:31 -0000
From: Chad Crisp <Chad.Crisp@Nevadatele.com>
To: "'info@blacklistedjournalist.com'" <info@blacklistedjournalist.com>
Hello,
I
am amazed daily about the amount of sh*t you can find on the web, but this is
the best stuff I've come across in awhile. I admit I've never heard of Al
before, but won't forget now. This
site is an oyster and the quality output contained herein is certainly a shiny
pearl. I've printed out a few articles already (interview with JK, the 'sacred
scroll', Bobby D MSG show) and can't wait to get out of work and head home and
read.
Thanks
for providing such worthwhile texts in their entirety on the web. I'll spread
the word.
Thanks,
Chad
Chad
Crisp
Billing Administrator
nevadatele.com ##
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HE LOVES TO HATE ME
Subject:
Good Entertainment!
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2002 00:08:23 -0800
From: "Dave Barry" dbarry71@hotmail.com
To: info@blacklistedjournalist.com
I
was fond of your ideologue placing politics that swings either left or right
necessarily originating from an immovable center.
You do a wonderful job with The Blacklisted Journalist of appealing to
all as a love-to-hate/hate-to-love genre. I
spent a mere 5 minutes poring over a few articles and found that I immediately
loved to hate you and hated to love you. Keep it up (and I know you will).
A
journalist who is not blacklisted, or whitelisted...hell I'm not even listed.
Dave
Barry ##
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LIFE-CHANGING
Subject:
Help?
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 09:58:55 -0000
From: "Douglas Meyer" dmeyer9@socket.net
To: info@blacklistedjournalist.com
I’m
a life long follower of George Harrison, my favorite Beatle. I read the
interview of Dhani, saying Brainwashed may not be life changing. But I want him
to know and Olivia as well, that it truly is life changing to me!!!! A perfect
recording for the end of a career in life and music, I listen to it 5 or 6 times
a day, and it goes perfectly with "All Things Must Pass" as well. If
you could get this email to them, maybe it would make them both feel a positive
feeling. Thanks Doug Meyer
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KUDOS!
Subject:
Kudos!
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 18:09:30 EST
From: HBOGAEV@aol.com
To: info@blacklistedjournalist.com
Mr.
Aronowitz:
We
have enjoyed your work back to its' origin (for us, anyway) in the mid-60's.
We
recall an article on Bob Dylan’s visit to Brian Jones in an NYC hotel the
night of the famous New York "black-out." In particular, a quote from
Dylan to Jones (something like "watch your paranoia, Brian") struck us
as funny and sad, simultaneously. You know, BD's mid-60's cynical persona,
"playing head games" with Bob Neuwirth and Robbie Robertson as
"co-coinspirators." The quote made these readers really feel the tough
times Mr. Jones was going through, and told volumes about Mr. Dylan’s biting
wit and general attitude... (We believe you authored this article, but do not
recall "for sure".)
We
have also enjoyed all your work on The Band - Mim & I have fostered a
friendship with Mr. Levon Helms' personal assistant/manager (and the road
manager for the last "version" of The Band in the 1990's) in the last
five years or so, Mr. Leon "Butch" Dener.
We, like many other music lovers, have been outspoken, loyal fans of the
entire quintet since their early days as the Hawks and as Bob Dylan’s
"backing band" on his triumphant, ground breaking American and World
Tours in 1965 and 1966. Butch has enabled us to meet with and get to know (in an
acquaintance type of way) Mr. Helm, and it is/was one of our lifes' treasures to
be able to tell the man how much his art/music has meant to us over the last 40
years. Your "first hand" stories of The Band, their music, and their
personalities were always informative and a pleasure to read. One in particular
(where you returned to your Woodstock, NY area home late one night in the late
'70s, early '80s, to find Richard Manuel and (maybe - the memory ain't what it
used to be) Rick Danko emptying your record collection into a car) was an
insight... Again, not a "pleasurable" reading, but very
"telling" as to Mr. Manuels' decline.
Aaahhh
well, not always fun finding out what your "heroes" are like in real
life. But that is what your writing did for us - Bring The Beatles, the beats,
the Grateful Dead & Jerry Garcia, the Band, etc. to us as real-life, living
and breathing folks. Also, your article on Emmett Grogan and Mac Rebennack
(another perennial musical favorite) at "Elaines" (with an assorted
cast of "characters", including Peter Coyote) and the article on Jerry
Wexler (what a giant in the music biz) were fantastic. Dammit, I guess we'll
just end up reading EVERY ARTICLE on the "Blacklisted Writer's"
website (and wait hungrily for more to be added - hint, hint...)
Hoping
your health is well, and your happiness is frequent. We appreciate the sound advice on ALL smoke killing, but hope
you still enjoy a cookie or two from time to time.
And your negative experiences with the worthless drug cocaine and your
openness in making that a part of some of your writing has (hopefully) caused
more than a few people to re-evaluate THEIR "optional recreational
medicational entertainment" as well. (You
can probably tell that you've re-awoken two long time admirers who love Mac
Rebennack’s "slanguage"). Your friends -
Mim
& Harry Bogaev
3205 Carroll Court
Bensalem, PA 19020
(215) 752-1569 ##
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