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Re: Richard Hell RIchard Lloyd Tome Verlaine Saucer Crash



There seems to be two main threads that run through Tom's work -- war ("Words from the Front", "Foxhole", "Stalingrad", "Postcard from Waterloo", etc.) and space ("Saucer Crash", "Rocket", "Mars", "Orbit", etc etc.)

I have wondered, at times, if Tom might be an alien abductee. I've had a life-long interest in UFOs, myself, and get a kick of Tom having the same preoccupation. Even the spoken word intro to "Swim" makes me wonder: "It sounds funny / but they'd kind of fly around."

-- Glenn

On 8/18/2019 5:48 AM, Russ wrote:
Listening to Saucer Crash right now. Thinking about Verlaine's obsession with UFOs.  (Spoiler) The last page of Hell's autobiography talks about a chance meeting of the two fellas - probably around 2012, while Hell was writing his book, where he spots Verlaine rummaging in the cut out bin of a bargain book store. Hell walks up to him and casually asks if he's finding any good UFO books. His description of Verlane is a bit scary - disheveled and brown toothed and a bit crazy looking. It occurred to me that Verlaine is the successor to Roky Erickson.

I finished Lloyd's autobiography late last year and found Hell's autobio a couple weeks ago (along with Graham Nash's - which is also a page turner). I was never into Hell, but I have new abiding respect for him. (Cool info about Thunders, and Quine) Not quite done with it yet but highly recommend it (as I do with Lloyds). Fills in a lot of missing pieces. I wonder if Verlaine has an autobiography in him?


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