[kj] GG Allin

[Alexander Smith]

One used to see Merle Allin walking up and down St.Mark's Place (he's  
VERY hard to miss, with long, shaggy sideburns and a hitler  
mustache), but I haven't spotted him in years. I never spoke with  
him, but he was evidently a very gracious, approachable cat.

Alex in NYC



On Aug 29, 2007, at 10:45 AM, Tim Bucknall wrote:


> although i don't see it myself i feel compelled  to quote my friend  

> who knew him back in Boston:

> "he wasn't like  most people thought he was"

> to which i sarcastically  replied "so he wasn't covered in  

> excrement when you knew him then?"

> to which she (clearly annoyed) replied "nooo"

>

> well i guess that film we all saw was a hallucination!

>

> we're supposed to catch up on friday i'll bring him up and what the  

> deal is

>

> funnily enough his Brother Merle is a major tape trader who  

> supposedly has a load of Nirvana & other rarities but he only likes  

> to do business on the phone.

> he's supposed to be a really nice guy but i just don't have the  

> balls to phone up  any member of the allin family!

>

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> On 29/08/2007, B. Oliver Sheppard <bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I don't know if "Hated" recently became available on DVD, or if my  

> local

> vid store just got it in in that format -- but "Hated" is indeed on  

> DVD

> now. I saw it on VHS awhile back.

>

> The idea of watching the scene where the woman pisses in GG's  

> mouth, he

> vomits up some hot dogs he'd been eating, and then he keeps  

> drinking her

> urine anyway -- well, that should be fun to watch in the full  

> clarity of

> the DVD format!

>

> -Oliver

>

>

>

> Alexander Smith wrote:

> >

> > I actually had the opportunity to go see him perform at a

> > now-long-defunct venue in the East Village called The Gas Station

> > (this was years and years ago, obviously). Because I'm such a pussy,

> > however, I relented, and my friend Steve went. That ended up being

> > GG's final show -- EVER -- as he shuffled off this mortal coil later

> > that very night from an overdose.

> >

> > Like him or hate him, I cannot recommend the documentary "Hated"  

> about

> > dear, departed GG enough. Comedy? Tragedy? High Art? Abject

> > degradation? You decide.

> >

> > Alex in NYC

> >

> >

> >

>

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