When Nice Famous People Write You Back

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I don't know about it either.

He wrote *me* back, turns out he's never heard Johnny Marr!!

― the pinefox, Tuesday, 3 June 2003 14:50 (twenty years ago) link

I got a package of Viking photographs of Mars from none other than Carl Sagan himself.

That is wicked. I just watched Cosmos, and I love the guy.

― s1utsky (slutsky), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 15:17 (twenty years ago) link

Roger McGuinn used to post all the time to alt.music.byrds. Still does on rare occasion now.

― Chris Barrus (Chris Barrus), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 15:27 (twenty years ago) link

He wrote *me* back, turns out he's never heard Johnny Marr!!

What what wha-???

Well, Johnny has certainly heard of him.

I should mention I did write an email to Momus back in the day regarding the Stars Forever project (ie it was not a fan letter/email), and he sent me an awfully nice reply.

― Nicole (Nicole), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 15:32 (twenty years ago) link

Colin, how do you reach Ebert? I've been meaning to write him a fan letter for a couple of weeks for his review of Gerry, but haven't even been able to find an email for Ask the Answer Man. Cuz I have a shitty old computer.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 15:36 (twenty years ago) link

Come to think of it, though - can anyone point to a text in which Marr mentions McGuinn?

― the pinefox, Tuesday, 3 June 2003 15:39 (twenty years ago) link

McGuinn wrote me back to, said yes he went to Parker in Chicago and that I should buy his CD.

― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 15:42 (twenty years ago) link

(I felt weird complimenting him on a guitar solo he played 30 years ago.)

― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 15:43 (twenty years ago) link

Pinefox, I'm almost 100% certain he mentioned McGuinn in an interview he did with Guitar Player magazine some years back about his influences. I don't think I still have the magazine, but maybe the interview is somewhere online?

― Nicole (Nicole), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 15:43 (twenty years ago) link

(Toby - The Magnetic Fields.)

― Cozen (Cozen), Tuesday, 3 June 2003 15:57 (twenty years ago) link

I've lost Ebert's personal e-mail address, but there's a form at http://suntimes.com/ebert/email.html.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 13:23 (twenty years ago) link

I once wrote the Ocean Blue when i was 16. Bobby the bass player sent me a letter back along with some stickers.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 13:26 (twenty years ago) link

the Ocean Blue

Holy jesus, Chris V, the mention of that band made me realize that there are actually parts of the musical storeroom in my brain that actually do have cobwebs in them. Now I gotta figure out if I still have their first record or get it again. Hershey, PA. Fuckin' 'ell.

― martin m. (mushrush), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 14:46 (twenty years ago) link

Jem Kelly of the Lotus Eaters was a really good correspondent and a super bloke with it when I met him.

― darren (darren), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 17:23 (twenty years ago) link

Martin, i still own all their records.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Wednesday, 4 June 2003 17:28 (twenty years ago) link

I once wrote the Ocean Blue when i was 16. Bobby the bass player sent me a letter back along with some stickers.

oh my god, ME TOO! except i think i was 14. i still have the stickers and letter somewhere.

― sand.y, Wednesday, 4 June 2003 23:08 (twenty years ago) link

ian penman writ me a nice email back when i writ him fan mail about his blog

― duane, Thursday, 5 June 2003 00:51 (twenty years ago) link

Oh oh I forgot: Michael Donaghy left a comment on my blog once :)

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 5 June 2003 07:17 (twenty years ago) link

I once got into an on-going email argument with someone we were teaming with on a large proposal. End of the project we all got together to celebrate the award - turned out I'd been arguing with an astronaut who'd been on Mir and stuff. I felt so silly for not having recognized their email.

Oh - and one of the SkyLab astronauts sent me a nice "thank you" letter for having given him a tour of our offices - again, I didn't know who it was at the time.

Momus does write nice letters back, sometimes. Sometimes I think he has someone else write on his behalf. Or maybe not. How does one decide which emails to answer?

― I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Friday, 6 June 2003 02:45 (twenty years ago) link

noam chomsky.

― geeta (geeta), Friday, 6 June 2003 06:05 (twenty years ago) link

Yes but what if Noam isn't available to triage my e-mails?

― Chris P (Chris P), Saturday, 7 June 2003 19:41 (twenty years ago) link

Then you pray like hell that the mail doesn't get forwarded to Dinesh d'Souza.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 7 June 2003 21:45 (twenty years ago) link

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