Quilt wrote:
40 years after the fact, I'm not holding my breath for too much in the way of accuracy.
What next. An expose by the man who used to cut the grass?
Time ... is an illusion. If you think you can forget ... or later tell yourself and others that you weren't there ... I'm gonna suggest you are another one of those ... I didn't inhale ... type of person!
The worst part of all this, is that Gail is living a bit of a fantasy, and hell at the same time, and she could really put a stop on all this by laying down the book herself ... and have fun from her OWN day 1 ... which was almost the same thing as this secretary's wording as above, as far as I can see. But I think Gail might be embarassed if she had to be honest with herself and say,
for example, that the sex was too good and fun, and things just happened from there ... there is nothing wrong with that ... it happened to quite a few of us too! ... but it would be a concern for people that might think that ... yeah ... she wouldn't know A from Bmaj or Min ... and should not be in control of the legacy! Now ... things can get really bad ... it is her family and she has the right!
But it also tells you that there is/was a lot about Frank, that Gail herself is not capable of talking about ... for whatever reason ... because many people might say ... something else, or something not nice ... after all ... look at this board here ... there is no middle ground and there are a lot of upset folks ...
What the heck ... I would rather that Pam woke up and stopped being a republican bitch that is playing the game "I didn't inhale it" (by saying I didn't have sex!) ... and help put a lot more things in perspective that are not visible, and sometimes I think that Gail is hoping that some of those things never come out ... or heaven forbid ... that the world never think of Miss Pam as a slut! ... who cares who you slept with ... but there is a lot more about that time and place that is historical and shows something about the art and the music ... and in the end, it was ... no one gave a shit ... people were just getting laid and getting stoned? Fuck th emusic? ... because that is what is happening with the legacy of a lot of these people in those very days ... same thing has happened, and is happening, with Jerry Garcia!
Shall I say ... I hope she was a good poke/toke and fun? ... because she's trying to collect her orgasm now a few years this late? I have not met very many people around Frank's world that can talk about the music ... with intelligent knowledge of music and history and understanding of the arts around that music ... and I seriously doubt that a "secretary" is going to make that history any better and help provide the understanding that will help this legacy better ... instead of simply catering to the pop-guitar fans!