Word: reals
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...THIS. This old guy is a former colonel in Japanese military intelligence who was one of their real pros in World War II. Operated in Moscow and in Bangkok too. He's been writing these letters for 20 years, and tells me that at least 200 of his chicks are now hitched to Americans and living in the States. He even writes letters to the mothers of these guys, and he tells me that's what really scores big. Weird deal, huh? Best...
...students, even though he observes that "Americans have too much freedom." Baker is even more enthusiastic. "There are more potential students of Zen here than there are in Japan," he insists. "We are a bunch of Americans trying to find out what religion is-and that is real religion...
This year, under new Administrator Howard Samuels, the S.B.A. has switched to looking for middleclass, college-trained Negroes with enough business experience to give them real potential for success. Searching for more of them, Samuels has opened storefront offices in ghettos. He is also stretching the S.B.A.'s $1.1 billion loan kitty by guaranteeing loans made by private lenders, has lined up support from dozens of major banks. Last week five of Manhattan's largest banks agreed to provide up to $50 million to help minority businessmen. A consortium of 23 Houston banks has pledged...
...were introduced to them by Bob Rolontz of Atlantic Records. My own reaction was to dart out the back door before my nerves got the best of me. It seemed strange that the characters who had grown to the enormous proportions of their reputation could be so tiny in real life. Baker, the tallest, couldn't be more than 5'8". He and Clapton hid in a corner of the room trying, impossibly, to remain inconspicuous. Baker--chalk skin set off beneath dull orange hair, black motorcycle jacket, high heeled boots and fingers almost hidden in silver and gold rings...
...terrible hassle just trying to find a company willing to produce my new disc." Meanwhile, Bruce continues his struggle to increase his musical powers by writing inventions in the style of Bach. "Two part inventions are hard, but it's the three-part ones that are a real gas." He does all this without the help of a piano. His songs are always conceived as total entities. Most of the cuts on "Fresh Cream" were written out in full score, again without the aid of a piano. I asked him the meaning of the title to one of these songs...