Hi everyone,
This week, I thought I’d share with you Albert Goldman’s 1971 interview with John for Charlie Monthly magazine.
There’s nothing especially remarkable about this interview. It’s John on his Breakup Tour, saying his usual Breakup Tour things — although he’s is surprisingly chill, given it’s 1971 and close to the peak of his scorched earth period. I’m sharing this interview only because it’s exceedingly difficult to find and this puts it back into circulation as a scholarly resource. Feel free to download.
And, yes, of course I’m aware that Goldman is a discredited source. This interview is before all of that. Also, please remember what we talked about in Seven Levels — virtually every magazine interview is edited prior to publication, either by the writer or the editor or both. So nothing in this interview is necessarily exactly what John said in exactly the way he said it.
Peace, love, and strawberry fields,
Faith 🍓
PART ONE:
Charlie Monthly June 1971 (Vol. 3, number 10), pp. 24-27.
PART TWO
Charlie Monthly July 1971 (Vol 3, number 11), pp. 27-28, 58.
