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0 #59 Joe 2010-08-25 10:13
Chris: I saw you play a show in Houston, Texas almost exactly ten years ago. I was sixteen years old and I didn't know what I was or what I wanted to be. Your and your show and your art and your life changed my life, and I want to say thank you.
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0 #58 Paddy Neville 2010-08-20 13:40
Hi Roy
Look, I’d imagine Chris may well be aware of this site anyway, but if not, it’s pretty interesting. I can well remember seeing Toy Love doing they’re wonderful medley of ‘Yummy, Yummy, Yummy’ & ‘ Positively 4th Street’, several times. National Radio had the temerity of doing an ad implying ‘Yummy,etc’ as being perhaps the worst song ever written. Far from it, I believe, & then they rather blew their credibility, anyway, by saying it was by The 1910 Fruitgum Company, when we all (well, I bet Chris does) know it was by The Ohio Express. I hope Chris is as well as possible.
Cheers
Paddy Neville
http://www.buulegum-music.com/kasenetzkatz
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0 #57 Paul 2010-08-19 06:50
@Aaron From the top of my head, but I think that version is on TD's "That's The Short & Long Of It".
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0 #56 Aaron 2010-08-09 23:28
"In 1984, Knox suspended his solitary basement tinkering and re-recorded his classic song “Nothing’s Going to Happen” with a seventeen-piece ensemble of guitars, strings, and winds, paying homage to grandiose Motown and Phil Spector orchestrations"

http://www.therestisnoise.com/2008/04/nothings-going-to-happen-the-story-of-new-zealand-rock.html

Is this around anywhere? The 30 second bit on the page sounds FUCKING AMAZING.



Hope Chris contiunes to recover well
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0 #55 Rachael Dyson-McGreg 2010-08-05 22:12
he he, my name is too long for the name field. I'm missing an 'or'

Hello Chris, Barbara, Leisha and John. It's Rachael here, I went to 'springs with Leisha, don't know if you remember me, but I'm in Melbourne now, and have just read a really lovely article about you Chris in the 3RRR magazine, The Trip. The title is 'Why Chris Knox Is Important: or, a very public recovery', written by Jonathan Alley. Its a great read and even greater that Melbourne is keeping abreast of your new album and influential career to date.

Much love to you and your family.

Rachael x
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0 #54 Robert 2010-07-27 16:10
Chris Knox is a bloody legand. Tall Dwarfs were the fist band i heard that really made me think of music as something deeper than gutiar solos and big hair, without Chris Knox i would never have gotten into the music i love today. Last week i got a copy of "cut" the dble Cd By Toy Love sounds as good today as when i first hrd it. My Father Also suffered a stroke so i know the ride Chris is on, all my best wishes long time fan Rob.
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+1 #53 Mish and Al 2010-07-15 15:29
Hi Chris and family

Thinking of you and sending you get well vibes.

xxx
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+1 #52 Katherine 2010-07-14 22:54
Hi Chris,
Just wanted to let you know that I am getting married in Aus in a couple of weeks. We chose your song 'not given lightly' to dance our first dance to. It's a Rumba! Will try and find a way to send you the footage.
all the best, Katherine and Brad.
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+2 #51 Jo84 2010-04-17 08:44
Dear Chris, I was deeply moved to hear from your stroke only some weeks ago-much too late. But News don`t spread fast to Germany.Today I could listen for the first time to "A Warm Gun"(through the links of this Website)- this record just isn`t available in Germany. And again it`s a genious record and a collectors must have. Being a huge fan for more than 25 years I`m glad to see that you`re not beaten by this stroke, that you`re producing new pieces of Music and working on a new Tall Dwarfs Album. I`m wishing you all the best for your future and a lot of strength. Because your music and your comic arts gave strength to me. And I guess to thousands of other people. We believe in you.
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0 #50 Sue 2010-04-14 16:53
My Dad suffered a stroke 15 June 2008............this CD is a source of strength for me as I support and love Dad. It's a long journey for all after a stroke and I send all my love to Chris and his family, carers and friends. One day at a time.......
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+1 #49 cliff taylor 2010-03-23 04:29
Sitting in a cold flat in Streatham, London listening to the Stroke album and remembering that amazing benefit gig in Auckland a few months ago when Chris took to the stage, grinning from ear to ear, and blew the roof off off the Kings Arms. Hope your strength is returning in full Chris. Your song Driftwood by The Verlaines summing up my mood exactly this arvo, as I wonder why I left the best summer for years in Matakana and came here to join the 2.5 million unemployed. "Scarred with indecision and regret about things that haven't even happened yet." Beautiful. Here's to staying suspended till we beach on some strange shore...
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0 #48 jonathan alley 2010-03-18 23:21
Roy
maybe have a watch of this and if think Chris would be into it show him too. Incredible story of a brain scientist who herself suffers a stroke and observed her own condition during her illness and recovery.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyyjU8fzEYU
cheers, Jonathan Alley, Melboune
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0 #47 Gavin 2010-03-16 12:55
Hello Ward/Knox's's's'
Well ýou all seem to be travelling the Straight Old Line. Aus release of Stroke seems to be going well and a fair bit of exposure here in Brisvegas. Written up in Time Off and others and many stars all round. I have started to make up stories to people so I don't get too bored. At the moment Chris is a 7ft tall native of the Appalachians with the dubious ability of seeing into the present to work out what is going to happen in the past. There, he knew you had already said that. That's proof enough for me. I like the idea of Vinyl, but a DVD release with interviews, commentary and perhaps a few easter eggs would stimulate my Knox nerve more. Think of all the poor children who may never see "Nothings going to happen" in all its twisted glory.
Marks birthday today. The carbon dating came back and according to his growth rings he is 140 degrees old.
Well done all, keep up the good work; Chris, go paint something.
Trumpets
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0 #46 xu12 2010-03-15 20:16
Was just somehow watching Eddie Vettor and the Finns playing Not given lightly at the end of their Auckland concert on Youtube and thought how ironic seeing you slagged them both in your Listner column. Pearl Jam were "the most soul|||||-||l||e||s||s||| |"|| and Neil moved to Sydney and learned to swear - something like that anyway. Here here! I loved those columns and it was a real eye-opener to be turned onto such fantastic music as reviewed by yourself. Sounds cheesy to say life-changing, but there you go! Ever thought of publishing them? Or better still doing a new column?
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0 #45 Daniel 2010-02-24 16:48
Good wishes and good health to you, Mr. Knox. Your music and art and unstoppable creative drive have meant a lot to me for a long time now. Getting to see you perform and having a beer with you, over a decade ago, well I still count it as one of the best moments of my life. Cheers.
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0 #44 Shane 2010-02-23 06:14
Finally, I wanted to pass on a link to an article i stumbled across. According to this, you are well and truly on the right track to recovery. Take heart, my friend and don't let the bastards grind you down!
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/100220/health/health_us_sci_words_and_music
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+1 #43 Shane 2010-02-23 06:14
My daughter, a budding musician here in Toronto, has no such reservations. Brainwashed since birth, she is a huge fan and has found several kindred souls among her peers here. She took her copy of 'Stroke' along to the Dinosaur Jr gig the other night and had Lou Barlow sign it. He was effusive in his admiration for you, according to her. As he should be. Like many of the greatest of our artists, your influence far outweighs your commercial success. As Peter Perrett said upon getting his Mojo Cult Hero award: "I'd rather be famous than a cult. I'm pretty sure the pay is better". In a sane world, he would be Bryan Adams, Can would be The Jonas Brothers and you would be, I dunno, Beyonce? Life sucks that way.
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+1 #42 Shane 2010-02-23 06:13
Anyway, I wanted to thank you for your constant companionship through my own journey and a whole bunch of priceless memories. The greatest of these was when I first attempted to convince my Hong Kong born wife to be of the visionary genius of Slugbuckethairy breathmonster, back in 1990. I can assure you that the look on her face was easily a match for the one on the cover. Fortunately, she softened over the years and will now admit a fondness for 'Not Given Lightly'. Well, it's a start, eh?
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0 #41 Shane 2010-02-23 06:12
I gotta split this message up 'cos it's too bastard long...sorry!
Hi Chris and family. I felt compelled to write a little something to you as an ardent fan of your music for thirty years. More than just the music though, I was inspired down the years by your often reckless joie de vivre and fanatical individualism. It always comes as a shock when our heroes are felled, especially by something as banal as a stroke...it just doesn't seem right. I am convinced that you have the guts it takes to overcome this hiccup and get back in the saddle. I look forward, no, I DEMAND at least one more masterpiece from you. It's not negotiable.
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0 #40 Tommy 2010-02-15 17:08
I'm going to be honest: I got the album because I heard Jeff Mangum was going to be appearing on it, but I must say, the whole album is phenomenal. I promise, I will look into more of Chris Knox's own music and maybe buy an album or two of his. I do expect I will enjoy them if the music deticated to him is this beautiful.

Best wishes to your recovery.
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