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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.

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

+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.

0 #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?

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.

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.

+1 #39 Grant 2010-02-04 17:10

Hi Chris and crew, Sitting here in Sydney, went to put my super 14 tips in and there on the right of the webpage was an ad for the album. Had no idea about the stroke, sorry to hear but looks like you are getting back amounst it. Will get a copy presently. Playing Not Given at my wedding many moons ago, Aussies were a bit confused but that's not unusual. Great friends you have....

0 #38 the nzshow 2010-02-02 18:08

Chris all the best and Stroke is getting maximum airplay on the show, we hope you get better and that your recovery is going well, and that you make many more great and musical diversions so we here in Brisbane can, make new Banana shorts for you
Linds, Marty, Elle, Chris the NZ show team

+3 #37 jonathan alley 2010-01-25 13:14

Hey Chris! ( and everybody!) STROKE is album of the week on TRIPLE R fm in Melbourne! This is big win for the record http://www.rrr.org.au I bought some songs on itunes before the Aus CD release and played them on air over here. I also read Nick Bollinger's piece in The Listener. Can't wait to hear the new Tall Dwarfs ; Chris you were always an inspiration and you still are, to so many! I've been reading the blog for months and hope your progress continues. Jonathan Alley, Melbourne

0 #36 mdgarmager 2010-01-03 06:34

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Here's the part of this comment where I thank you so much for your music. I cannot get enough of your records, it's getting pretty serious! I may never listen to anything else again!

You know, I am fortunate, now that I think of it. I may still have decades to enjoy the Tall Dwarfs, Toy Love, Enemy, et alii! And, if I should pass into the "next world" tomorrow, I intend on fighting whatever supernatural barrier that may exist in order to find an ethereal iPod with an eternity of battery life and the complete Chris Knox discography!

May all the gods that watch over our universe also watch over you, Mr. Knox. May you live to be one-thousand. And may you always be surrounded by joy and love.

Feel better soon.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for being you.

M.D. Garmager

Elgin, Illinois

0 #35 mdgarmager 2010-01-03 06:33

Mr. Knox, I have a confession: I have only just discovered your music. Gosh that hurts my ego!

I am known to my peers as something of a record collecting god. A man with a few more notches in his thick, black leather, steel studded belt than even the most arrogant of record store employee snobs. To be fair, I am 34 years old and American (what a bullshit excuse!)

The truth is, I deeply regret not devoting my entire stay on this beautiful blue planet thus far to the Tall Dwarfs, Toy Love, Enemy, et alii. Perhaps, if I hadn't been so ignorant and obtuse in my youth, I could have seen you perform live in your majestic corporeal form! What a dream!

When you are feeling better, Mr. Knox, I hope that you consider a visit to the United States. Hell, I may even fly to New Zealand to see you one day soon! You only live once, right?

Continued...

0 #34 backwoods baglady 2009-12-22 09:12

Chris Knox: you are my lord and savior, and a veritable institution: of songwriting genius, maniacal loops, and penetrating Kiwi wit. Please get well soon and continue to serenade us with your brilliant cacophony, whatever form or configuration.

+1 #33 Barry 2009-12-08 13:29

The Dreamgoatz...get's my votes,as far as the "most fun Chris Knox cover"....go to the "your songs" section on this site and see for yourselves!

I just love the "duck pain" loop in the background.

0 #32 Mich 2009-12-04 13:17

Get well soon ya big monkey.

+2 #31 Barry 2009-12-03 13:38

The Knox Box has built into an amazing document!

Wishing all the best to Chris,of course....

+1 #30 Kevin 2009-12-03 05:04

Hi Chris and family
I'm looking in on you regularly at the blog, and now here, and thought I'd just say how great it is to read of your progress. All of your many friends around the world are looking forward to your return to full health.
Lots of love
Kevin
ex-South Africa
now Canada

0 #29 Bruce Hopkins 2009-12-02 14:04

Kia ora nga hoa, just been having a squizzy through the vids etc on NZ on Screen, bloody superb. how did you and Barbara find time to have babies and then raise them into the wonders that they are, begs the question what the faaaaark is going to come out next! You bunch of legends, thankyou.

0 #28 Jeremy Dyer 2009-12-01 14:32

Hey Chris, our best wishes from all at the Governors Bay Hotel (you stayed here last year). Bought the album yesterday and I'm loving it.
You have to get that You Tube vid up of "All of my Hollowness to you" from the Hillsborough in '83. Happy to say I think I was there. Love, Jeremy and whanau

0 #27 Lynn B. Johnson 2009-11-29 06:54

Hey, is there any chance of attaining a mailing address for Chris? I am not a psycho (Chris has played at my nightclub in San Francisco), but I'd really like to send him some music which was, in part -- and humbly, of course, inspired by his amazing music and to write a note more personal than public message boards allow. Would anyone be able to send me that info via the provided e-mail? Many thanks!

+1 #26 simon 2009-11-24 18:33

Here is a copy of an interview with Chris from Forced Exposure #18 (from 1993) 28 pages.
http://www.tallyho.co.nz/artwork page feck.htm

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