Re: (TV) Pink Floyd?? (>> roky erickson)

["dave" <eisenstadt@adelphia.net>]

thank you robin. great stuff and glad to hear the original wildman is
getting more coherent.
dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "robin dunn" <rdunnrn@yahoo.com>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 6:11 PM
Subject: Re: (TV) Pink Floyd?? (>> roky erickson)


> --- John Knapich <john@bluevisualeffects.com> wrote:
> > >And dont forget the 13th Floor Elevators!!!
>
>
> which is my cue to report that roky was on the radio
> here in austin yesterday, doing an interview and
> promoting a new release.  the new disc is called
> "don't knock the rock."  per roky, it's from a
> recording of some practice time with him and his band
> from 1978.
>
> other tidbits -- scriptwriting is ongoing for the film
> bio, with jack black set to play roky.  the book bio
> is an ongoing (now 5 year) project, no idea when that
> will be done.  roky says he still enjoys the horror
> genre, and finds inspiration there, and is beginning
> to work on some music again.
>
> he followed the interview up with a waterloo records
> in-store, which i missed.  no performance, just
> signing.
>
> in response to questions, he said a) that he doesn't
> mind the unauthorized / boot editions of his
> recordings  ("not at all"), b) he thinks it's "cool" /
> "great" when folks approach him to say hey, get
> autographs, etc.  sounded very happy.  he is living
> alone now (though his brother, sumner, is very active
> in roky's care, and was present during the interview).
>  actually, he spouted off the name of the apartment
> complex he lives in, which is about a mile from me.
>
> roky sounded good, relatively.  answered everything
> appropriately, if a bit clipped.  i guess you could
> say that at the moment it sounded like a case of
> schizophrenia that was well controlled.  that's
> definitely a good thing.
>
>
>
>
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