Confirmed, RIP John Perry Barlow

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Re: Confirmed, RIP John Perry Barlow

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Re: Confirmed, RIP John Perry Barlow

Post by GDTRFB42 » Fri Feb 09, 2018 10:06 pm

He who shall not be named had some nice things to say about Barlow after opening their show with Attics.

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Re: Confirmed, RIP John Perry Barlow

Post by JonDupee » Fri Feb 09, 2018 10:27 pm

Apparently he spent time in NYC in the early ‘70’s working as a cocaine dealer and carrying a gun. This is a side of JPB I was unaware of.

It is 1971. John Perry Barlow, who was born and raised in the West, in Wyoming, is living in New York City. He is dealing cocaine. He is shooting cocaine. He is armed, and almost certainly wearing his cowboy hat. The skinny kid from the ranch has joined a band, and they are playing right outside the city in Port Chester, at the Capitol Theater. No one in the band could write lyrics, at least not well, and so they had given the job to a poet the guitarist knew. At first, the arrangement worked, but then the skinny kid started coming up with songs and needed words, but he and the poet didn’t get along. The skinny kid and the poet had an argument backstage at one of the shows, and then the poet turned to the coke dealer in the cowboy hat, who’d been hanging around all week getting on everyone’s nerves, and said,

“You wrote poetry in college, right?”

John Perry Barlow said that he had.

“Great. He’s yours.”

And he was.

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Post by nigel » Mon Feb 12, 2018 9:00 pm

(((((((((((((((John Perry Barlow))))))))))))))))

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Post by Svenger » Sun Feb 18, 2018 1:55 pm

Bobby was there singing and playing guitar to him as he passed, surrounded by lots of friends and family.
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Post by Svenger » Sun Feb 18, 2018 3:03 pm

stevus wrote:i knew he was active in internet things, but almost all the headlines i'm seeing are saying "cyber libertarian" "activist" "internet pioneer". being a songwriter is a footnote
What was his opinion on the repeal of net neutrality? Or is that too political?
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Post by sparklinthereeds » Fri Mar 22, 2019 5:39 pm

:arrow: John Barlow and Robert Hunter are perhaps the greatest poets of the 20th century. :ratdog
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Re: Confirmed, RIP John Perry Barlow

Post by sparklinthereeds » Fri May 03, 2019 6:38 pm

JonDupee wrote:
Fri Feb 09, 2018 10:27 pm
Apparently he spent time in NYC in the early ‘70’s working as a cocaine dealer and carrying a gun. This is a side of JPB I was unaware of.

It is 1971. John Perry Barlow, who was born and raised in the West, in Wyoming, is living in New York City. He is dealing cocaine. He is shooting cocaine. He is armed, and almost certainly wearing his cowboy hat. The skinny kid from the ranch has joined a band, and they are playing right outside the city in Port Chester, at the Capitol Theater. No one in the band could write lyrics, at least not well, and so they had given the job to a poet the guitarist knew. At first, the arrangement worked, but then the skinny kid started coming up with songs and needed words, but he and the poet didn’t get along. The skinny kid and the poet had an argument backstage at one of the shows, and then the poet turned to the coke dealer in the cowboy hat, who’d been hanging around all week getting on everyone’s nerves, and said,

“You wrote poetry in college, right?”

John Perry Barlow said that he had.

“Great. He’s yours.”

And he was.
:arrow: Right on. The same book or anOther One shared a story about the skinny kid and he was kicked out of school or perhaps both were ? ...It's vague , but anywayz LIG was formed by the rancher and the hippie guitarist ... inspired in part by experiencing an incredibly treacherous Thunder / Lightning storm along the high desert mountain plains of Wyoming.
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Re: Confirmed, RIP John Perry Barlow

Post by sparklinthereeds » Fri May 03, 2019 7:46 pm

sparklinthereeds wrote:
Fri May 03, 2019 6:38 pm
JonDupee wrote:
Fri Feb 09, 2018 10:27 pm
Apparently he spent time in NYC in the early ‘70’s working as a cocaine dealer and carrying a gun. This is a side of JPB I was unaware of.

It is 1971. John Perry Barlow, who was born and raised in the West, in Wyoming, is living in New York City. He is dealing cocaine. He is shooting cocaine. He is armed, and almost certainly wearing his cowboy hat. The skinny kid from the ranch has joined a band, and they are playing right outside the city in Port Chester, at the Capitol Theater. No one in the band could write lyrics, at least not well, and so they had given the job to a poet the guitarist knew. At first, the arrangement worked, but then the skinny kid started coming up with songs and needed words, but he and the poet didn’t get along. The skinny kid and the poet had an argument backstage at one of the shows, and then the poet turned to the coke dealer in the cowboy hat, who’d been hanging around all week getting on everyone’s nerves, and said,

“You wrote poetry in college, right?”

John Perry Barlow said that he had.

“Great. He’s yours.”

And he was.
:arrow: Right on. The same book or anOther One shared a story about the skinny kid and he was kicked out of school or perhaps both were ? ...It's vague , but anywayz LIG was formed by the rancher and the hippie guitarist ... inspired in part by experiencing an incredibly treacherous Thunder / Lightning storm along the high desert mountain plains of Wyoming.
:arrow: If you haven't , google : " barlow war on some drugs "
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Re: Confirmed, RIP John Perry Barlow

Post by richblueyes » Fri Feb 14, 2020 8:05 pm

Know you're in Good Company and the Way is filled with Adventure. With Hunter keep writing the Words to fill Hearts with Song. We'll gather again.
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