Editors’ Note: The following is the introduction to a speech written by John Sinclair at Marquette prison and read by Jesse Crawford at the Free John Sinclair Day benefit at the Grande Ballroom, Jan 24. Contrary to reports on WABX’s …
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The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 15, October 1-15, 1966
THE MFS MESS: Emil Bacilla’s article on the Midwest Film Society last issue touched off a lot of under-the-table shit, which was, even weirder since Emil was in SF when the paper came out and couldn’t see what was happening. …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 14, September 15, 1966
News of a new independent artists’ group in Detroit: The Instage, a gathering of musicians, dancers, painters, and others to present their own work in their own context, has been drawn together by pianist Kirk Lightsey, bassists Ernie Farrow and …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 13, August 30, 1966
I want to take this space this week to tell you of some of the work the Detroit Artists’ Workshop is doing, because I think you should know about it in as much detail as I can give you here. …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 12, August 15, 1966
It’s good to be back with you again. The Festival Sunday was one of the most beautiful things I have ever experienced, and I think a lot of the people there had the same experience as myself. There were SO …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair, Magdalene Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 10, July 15, 1966
“any image around which any people concentrate & omit themselves is a usable one just because it is theirs.” —Charles Olson, Apollonius of Tyrana
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 9, June, 1966
The most important event of the last few weeks was a concert by the Joseph Jarman quartet from Chicago. This was Joseph’s second concert in Detroit. The first one, on March 18 in the Lower DeRoy Auditorium at WSU, was …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 5, March 6-20, 1966
On the 24th of February, John Sinclair was sentenced by Judge Groat of the Recorders Court to six months in the Detroit House of Correction and three years probation for possession of marijuana. He’ll have to go before Judge Krause …
The Coatpuller
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 4, February 12-March 1, 1966
There’s a lot of very interesting “cultural activity” coming up in the next couple months in Detroit, but nothing definite is set as far as dates and times, so I’ll try to give a few teasers and come back with …
R&R Crusader
by John Sinclair
Fifth Estate # 42, November 15-30, 1967
Out of a crop of albums these stand out for one reason or another: