Talk:John Sinclair (poet)

message: I don't think its right to credit JS with being involved in the "formation" of the Fifth Estate.  I think that takes too much away from Harvey Ovshinsky.  There was much synergy between Fifth Estate, WPP, Plum Street, MC5, Grande Ballroom, WABX, and other important insitutions of Detroit alternative culture of the 60's.  JS played an important role, and may have at times been involved in the leadership of FE.  see also Fifth Estate.  I will change this to something like "was involved in restucturing FE." unless I hear reasons not to.
Edivorce 03:40, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Fifth Estate

message: It just occurred to me that some comments I recently posted on the John Lennon Talk page ought to be posted here as well: 
:== John Sinclair details ==
:Comparing the material in this article with the John Sinclair (poet) article, I noticed several minor discrepancies, which we should endeavor to resolve for the sake of consistency.
:1) This article states that Sinclair sold two joints to the narc; the "Sinclair" article can't even agree with itself :) -- one paragraph says he sold them, another paragraph says he gave them. 
:2) This article states that Sinclair was released from prison two days after the concert; the "Sinclair" article says he was released three days later.
:3) This article gives the crowd size as "20,000"; the "Sinclair" article used the figure "15,000" (which I changed to read "15-20,000").
:Crowd estimates are notoriously unreliable, of course -- but I still think WP articles should agree with one another whenever possible.  
:Cgingold 15:16, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Conflicting Details 

message: Blind Melon wrote a song about John Sinclair. Here are the Lyrics:
It ain't fair, John Sinclair
In the stir for breathing air
Won't you care for John Sinclair
In the stir for breathing air
Let him be, set him free
Let him be like you and me
They gave him ten for two
What else can the judges do
Gotta set him free
If he'd been a soldier man
Shooting gooks in Vietnam
If he was the CIA
Selling dope and making hay
He'd be free, they'd let him be
Breathing air, like you and me
They gave him ten for two
They got Ali Otis too
Gotta set him free
Was he jailed for what he done
Or representing everyone
Free John now, if we can
From the clutchs of the man
Let him be, lift the lid
Bring him to his wife and kids
They gave him ten for two
What else can the bastards do
Gotta set him free —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sir Shaggy (talk • contribs) 19:12, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Funny, those are the exact lyrics that John Lennon sang back in the day. Matter of fact, he even wrote them,too. :) Cgingold 10:10, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Blind Melon Covered Lennon's song.  Good song. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 14:02, 10 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Songs About John Sinclair 

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thread_title: Assessment comment

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message: Some sources claim he and Leni divorced in 1977, while others claim they legally separated in 1977 and divorced in 1988. I don't know which ones to trust.2601:447:4100:C30:EDF3:3221:B6B7:9355 (talk) 16:36, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Right. My error.  Sorry.   7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:39, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Year of divorce help please

message: Text and references copied from Pun Plamondon to John Sinclair (poet).   See former article's history for a list of contributors.  7&6=thirteen (☎) 13:47, 7 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title: Attribution