hey richard, wanna write for the new l.a. free press?

[tq]

god knows we fucking need a voice like yours these
days.

www.losangelesfreepress.com.

the drop-dead editorial deadline for our preview issue
is tuesday,august 29. i'm totally serious, art kunkin
is 150 fucking years old and brilliant and still has a
bushy head of hair. he is some kind of weird alchemist
who lives out here in the desert now. we are starting
the paper to oppose the big brother fascists running
things now - and more, to give ourselves and others
some kind of hope that this isn't just the beginning
of the end of the world. if you think we're right,
write a column for us. if you think we're half-cocked,
do it anyway. if you remember the FREEP and especially
an issue from 40 years ago this week that had the
headline : THE NEGROES HAVE VOTED (referring to the
watts riot), write a testimonial to help give us the
credence we need going out there in the cold against
the mammoth goliath idiot press driving the final nail
in the great (made in china) american flag-draped (not
to be photographed, of course) coffin.
help us out, richard. you are always going to be one
of the greats. DO NOT FUCKING DARE GO GENTLY.

i last saw you (and first, come to think of it) at a
gay rights concert at the bowl in the late seventies.
they booed you off the stage - just sat there with my
jaw in my lap - for suggesting they weren't there with
you in selma (you did march there , didn't you?) and
that they only wanted the right to suck each others
dicks!! you were outrageous then, richard. don't hold
back. how do yo REALLY feel about shit?

man, we love you, you motherfucker.

call me now, i'm probably up writing for this fucking
paper. if i'm getting laid, which i'm probably not,
you'll get my machine. seriously, i just had my first
kid three weeks ago. i'm probably up with my fantastic
little baby boy, changing diapers. (uh-oh, i hear his
mommy's shoe approaching my head for being such a
fucking liar!!)

love to you and to jennifer-