Edgar Oliver next to a small castle - copyright Ludovic Fremaux

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No. 2: Edgar Oliver (1999)

Edgar Oliver next to a small castle - copyright Ludovic Fremaux

From my letter to the readers in Edgar’s Goodie: “One of the most intoxicating aspects of Edgar Oliver is his voice, which is quiet and whispery, and resonant as a viola da gamba. His manner of speaking, like his person, is elegance itself. Edgar is nocturnal, spooky, antique, very funny, and addictive. Unfortunately voices are … Read more

No. 6: Marty Matz (2000)

Marty Matz with a lampshade over his head - copyright Ira Cohen

Marty Matz was an enormously likable guy, big and bewhiskered, a lover of animals and opiates, a great poet and a wonderful storyteller. Like most good artists he never had any dough to speak of by the end of his life, but if his stories and his poems were worth their weight in gold, he’d … Read more