Tom Wright

Yesterday I had a short interview with a reporter for Time Magazine. He was — quote — doing a thing on where music is really at today — unquote. His first question ... “What do you know about Janis Joplin???” Well, what does anyone know about J. J.; I guess we know about as much as her advertising men tell us; not that this has anything to do with music today, but it is a great example of how much type, red tape, paper work, PR, and general bullsh-t that camouflage whatever is really going on — like, its a real project picking out which record to buy; or which concert to go see, for fear of being conned. Anyway, in rapping at this reporter, I found things coming out surprising me ‘cause they were words instead of vague thoughts in the back of my head. When I first came to Detroit, I was managing the Who (barely managing — a briefcase and ulcer scene) and we had just completed three of the most hectic months of touring you could imagine, e.g.:

Friday — Philadelphia

Saturday — Seattle

Sunday — Miami