DEAR STEVIE

SORRY TO TAKE SO LONG IN ANSWERING THIS TIME, BUT AFTER WORD

REACHED US THAT YOU WERE REPRINTING THE LAST LETTER IN AN

AD OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT I DECIDED TO BE MORE CAREFUL ABOUT

MY WORDING AND PUNCTUATION. YOU KNOW HOW PARANOIAX CAN CREEP

AROUND WHEN NOTHING SEEMS QUITE AS OBNOXIOUS AS HAVING NO

BARRIERS BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE WORLD. YOUR LETTER AND LP

WERE WELL RECEIVED. GOODBYE PIANO IS STILL MY FAVORITE, ALTHOUGH

I HAVE FOUND MELBOURNE TO BE QUITE CATCHY ON MY EAR. I THOUGHT

YOUR LETTER WAS EVEN BETTER. YOU'VE GOT A GOOD OPTIMIST

FOR A BRAIN. NOT ALWAYS SO ALL THE PEOPLE WE TALK TO. I'M

CURIOUS; WHAT WAS THE CRITERIA FOR THE SELECTIONS ON THE LP.

MOST COMMERCIAL? SLICKEST PRODUCTION? VARIETY? HMMM?

ALSO WHAT IS NEW AND EVEN NEWER AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

BE A STAR? CHANGE THE COURSE OF HISTORY? BE HAPPY? HMMM?

I'VE TALKED TO RALPH RECORDS SOMEMORE I TRIED TO GET THEM TO

WRITE YOU BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID TO WRITE AGAIN. BUT THEY MADE

WRITE BECAUSE I WROTE YOU BEFORE. SO HERE I AM AND I ASKED

THEM IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN PUTTING OUT A STEVIE RECORD

AND THEY SAID YES IF IT WAS MARVELOUS. AND I ASKED IF I COULD

TELL YOU AND THEY SAID NO TO WAIT UNTIL WE HEAR WHAT YOU ARE

WORKING ON NEW. SO I AM WAITING. THAT IS YOU SAID YOU WERE

SENDING A TAPE OF NEW STUFF. WE JUST FINISHED DOING A RECORD

FOR SNAKEFINGER AND BOY WAS IT FUN. AND WE GOT SQUEEGE FROM

HOUSTON COMING THIS SUMMER AND THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING TOO.

BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY BUT I WILL KEEP ANSWERING YOUR

LETTERS AND LISTENEING TO YOUR MUSIC, BUT NOT NECESSARILY IN

THAT ORDER. TILL LATER THEN I'LL SIGN OFF.

YOURS TRULY A RESIDENT

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