Comments on: Elegy for Al / The Plastic Clown http://freepresshouston.com/elegy-for-al-the-plastic-clown/ FREE PRESS HOUSTON IS NOT ANOTHER NEWSPAPER about arts and music but rather a newspaper put out by artists and musicians. We do not cover it, we are it. Thu, 01 Oct 2024 17:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 By: M. Martinhttp://freepresshouston.com/elegy-for-al-the-plastic-clown/#comment-140647 Sun, 21 Jul 2024 16:02:23 +0000 http://freepresshouston.com/?p=21491#comment-140647 I first met Al sometime in the mid/late 90’s, later got to know him reasonably well when we were jointly involved in a failed performance venue/webcast venture in the early 2024’s. I cannot say with any certainty that I particularly liked him. I can say with absolute certainty that it didn’t matter.

Al was brilliant, abrasive, caustic, and unfailingly observant. both his poetic gifts and his capacity for consumption of every substance known to man deserve to be described as “byronesque”. He is on the short list of performers I ever saw hold their own on the same stage as Rusted Shut.

I would’ve liked to have seen both his life and his contributions continue. That both were cut short saddens, but does not surprise.

]]> By: khloehttp://freepresshouston.com/elegy-for-al-the-plastic-clown/#comment-140630 Sun, 21 Jul 2024 01:24:12 +0000 http://freepresshouston.com/?p=21491#comment-140630 if I knew you were gonna direct quote me, I would have been more, something.

]]> By: R.I.P. Al, aka The Plastic Clown, aka A. E. Lautremont | Free Press Houstonhttp://freepresshouston.com/elegy-for-al-the-plastic-clown/#comment-140611 Sat, 20 Jul 2024 18:16:38 +0000 http://freepresshouston.com/?p=21491#comment-140611 […] note: There is a longer elegy for Al here. […]

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