John Sinclair passes

**Lowell** · April-02-24, 02:54 PM

One of Detroit’s most colorful and controversial characters now belongs to the ages.

An outstanding obituary written by former Free Press reporter Bill McGraw does great honor to this amazing person and friend of mine.

https://www.freep.com/story/entertai...2/73179306007/

**Jimaz** · April-02-24, 05:40 PM

The rebukes intensified when adults heard the four-syllable MF bomb in the first line of the MC5’s most popular song, “Kick Out the Jams.”

I still have that album — uncensored.

R.I.P. John

**Zacha341** · April-02-24, 06:16 PM

Awe... Sad to hear this.

I met/ live across the street from him when I lived in the Woodbridge area in the early eighties.

Know is former wife, award winning photographer, 2016 Kresge Eminent Artist Leni Sinclair.

**Henry Whalley** · April-02-24, 07:21 PM

R.I.P. John

**ddaydetroit** · April-02-24, 07:48 PM

I watched many of his shows over the years always a great time and a learning experience. Anyone have one of the great burgers named after John at the Butchers Inn @ the eastern market? They were great!!

**Henry Whalley** · April-03-24, 07:42 AM

Originally Posted by ddaydetroit

...great burgers named after John at the Butchers Inn @ the eastern market?

I'm saving my appetite for Age of Aquarius Coney Dogs. In the meantime, Gary Busey's Buttered Sausage [singular] found a mogul to take it public:

https://youtu.be/ho1triIgeUg

**Henry Whalley** · April-03-24, 07:45 AM

Originally Posted by Jimaz

I still have that album — uncensored.

But do you still have your hearing?

**GPCharles** · April-03-24, 07:57 AM

Attended the John Sinclair Freedom Rally in Crisler Arena on December 10, 1971. Headliners were John and Yoko. Stevie Wonder, Commander Cody and Bob Seger also performed and were great. Listening to Yoko was like hearing fingernails on a chalkboard.

**Henry Whalley** · April-03-24, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by GPCharles

...fingerrnails on a chalkboard.

It's why John turned to heroine.

**Jimaz** · April-03-24, 08:51 AM

Originally Posted by Henry Whalley

Originally Posted by Jimaz

The rebukes intensified when adults heard the four-syllable MF bomb in the first line of the MC5’s most popular song, “Kick Out the Jams.”

I still have that album — uncensored.

R.I.P. John

But do you still have your hearing?

Heh, I'm starting to doubt it.

Back in the 70s I was told that album had already become a scarce collector's item just because of that MF controversy.

Imagine if that kind of genuine grassroots defiance could be unleashed today how the world would change. Stop coddling the billionaires!

Are you youngsters hearing me out there?

Thanks, John!

**Dumpling** · April-03-24, 10:41 AM

Sorry to hear of his passing. This was in HOUR Detroit not too long ago.

https://www.hourdetroit.com/communit...sm-and-legacy/

The Sinclair House within the ICC North Campus co-op housing was probably named for John Sinclair. It did have the Sinclair gasoline green
dinosaur logo sign out front though. It's probably been renamed by now.

https://icc.coop/icc-community/icc-roots/

At 17:56 in the initial video is a shot of the front door of Sinclair House circa 1984, logo not included. It was the Reagan era, post Carter era inflation, and there was a general recession in Michigan around that time.

**CassTechGrad** · April-03-24, 11:13 AM

Pothead Johnny Sinclair, Detroit’s adopted son, what he leaves behind are millions of people with cannabis/marijuana use disorder and a massive increase in CO2 emissions.

“The carbon emissions to grow a pound of marijuana carries a higher carbon footprint than a roundtrip flight from San Francisco to Tokyo in economy class.” [[The Breakthrough Institute).

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**Henry Whalley** · April-03-24, 11:58 AM

Originally Posted by Jimaz

...in the 70s I was told that album had already become a scarce collector's item just because of that MF controversy.

Inflation. But in another fifty years the album's price should adjust back down to what you initially paid for it.

I own a few head-scratchers myself. Hearing them, future generations will ask "Am I missing something?" -- it's a good cognitive exercise.

"Yeah, you're missing $3.50, plus high-frequency hearing acuity."

P.S. People will scratch their heads over most Detroit poetry, too

**Henry Whalley** · April-03-24, 12:09 PM

Originally Posted by CassTechGrad

...what he leaves behind are millions of people with cannabis/marijuana use disorder and a massive increase in CO2 emissions.

That's pretty mean-spirited. Take a pill...

**Henry Whalley** · April-03-24, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by Lowell

One of Detroit’s most colorful and controversial characters now belongs to the ages.

Did John Sinclair have an opinion as to who assassinated his one-time business partner Henry Normile?

The DPD's smokescreens and the unwillingness of the Wayne County Prosecutor to pursue Henry's case aren't surprising, but what nags at me is the silence of the lambs on the part of Henry's comrades and associates who must have had clues and hunches.

**Jimaz** · April-03-24, 07:26 PM

Here's a previous thread:

50th Anniversary of Free John Sinclair Concert headlined by John Lennon and Yoko Ono

**Jimaz** · April-03-24, 08:18 PM

Is John Sinclair the guy on the left in this DetroitYES banner?:

Who's the other guy?

**Henry Whalley** · April-03-24, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by Jimaz

Who's the other guy?

The guy on the left is John Sinclair. The guy on the right is unknown to me.

**Jimaz** · April-03-24, 08:35 PM

Thanks! I smell a story coming on. Maybe? If we're lucky?

Lowell?

**Henry Whalley** · April-04-24, 09:40 AM

Originally Posted by Jimaz

Thanks! I smell a story coming on. Maybe? If we're lucky?

Lowell?

Hopefully, after 45 short years. Heaven knows, but to paraphrase Scripture [and Joni Mitchell] god's a boogie man and he's not talking.

Joni Mitchell – God Must Be a Boogie Man Lyrics | Genius Lyrics

**CassTechGrad** · April-04-24, 09:58 AM

Talk about "mean-spirited", how about this little euolgy you gave a few months ago........ Name: Screenshot [[531).jpg
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**Henry Whalley** · April-04-24, 10:06 AM

Originally Posted by CassTechGrad

Talk about "mean-spirited", how about this little euolgy you gave a few months ago........

Knowing which graves to piss on is the soul of discernment.

**Henry Whalley** · April-04-24, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by Jimaz

...Stop coddling the billionaires!

https://youtu.be/MUbzxGFZ0wo

**Henry Whalley** · April-04-24, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by CassTechGrad

emissions

https://youtu.be/7usNmfYt2Zs

**Jimaz** · April-05-24, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by Henry Whalley

But do you still have your hearing?

The popularity of turning captions "on"

Whether you have lousy TV speakers, are hard of hearing, are distracted by the kids, or are watching a film with actors who mumble, chances are you are using the captions option while watching TV, even if they're not translating a foreign language. Correspondent David Pogue talks with Oscar-winning sound mixer Tom Fleischman, who explains – despite technological advances in audio – why films may be getting harder to hear. Pogue also sits down with Jeff Tashige, whose closed-caption work for Netflix has gone viral.

John Gannon would have liked to see this. He used to work in this field.