*Damn, Midwest vs. Canada, of course ! thanks Mike, this escaped me.... I KNEW I knew this name. Now, I NEED to get in touch with him and collect his recollections. Yes, I sometimes feel like the Harry Smith of the garage collecting scene, trying got convince collectors to tell me their stories, gathering facts, in the hope and in the aim to put that all into perspective and picture a synthetic view of what's been happening. I've contacted some of you here already fo that purpose,essentially the pre-82 collectors. Few of the "second wave" were hassled so far, as I'm focusing on the first wave currently, but you guys are the next in line. I'm in touch with a lot of the early collectors, some are 300% up to help, some others aren't interested, or used to but seems to have lost interest in the meantime. Among them, some major figures of the scene, which is a pity, as their stories will one day be lost forever. That's too bad but there's not much I can do there, apart being patient in the hope they change their mind. I've been gathering some great things so far, which just convince each new day that this work needs to be done.
*Hollie. Great to hear from you again. Sure I'm still interested by your stories. We've started an interview end of last year as you may remember, but this still remains to be completed. I'm also currently investigating the german collector scene from the 80s, the mysterious "Ringtausch", which looks like an amazing thing, and about which you may know quite a bit. Let's talk further of that all thru email.
