RECIEVED:
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January 11,
2008
Hi Bill,
You are coming in
loud and clear! Your site now rivals the Library of Congress!
It's totally amazing!
Maria Manhattan
New York City
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January 8,
2008
Hi Bill,
Loved
your new year's message. My favorite part was the Orangutan -
it's really quite sad.
Shawn Smallman
Porland, Oregon
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December
20,
2007
Bill,
I was saddened and
horrified to read your account of the events in Oaxaca and also very
glad you had written it. Today I read about the history of the
Frente. Again, feelings of horror, sadness ... and gladness that
you have been there and have done what you did there. I sat down to
read over two hours ago. Thank you for sending on this link. I am
just awed and amazed; blown away.
Don't know
what to say. Profound feeling, much support.
Becki Smith
Odessa, Texas
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December
11,
2007
Hola Bill!
The tortillas of Bin
Laden, they are very groovy, like the shroud of Turin. Yeah! I
guess they are on their way?
Betsy Friedman
Woodstock, New York
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Oh wow, the Gronda
is amazing, especially the size of it, very beautiful!
Joey Potts
Chicago, Illinois
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This is a
fascinating site. I've found it hard to tear myself away from
it.
Sara Van Veen
England
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December
7,
2007
Bill,
I very much enjoyed
the "Men of Mexico" section! And I would say you are never
demasiado in my book.
Hugs and besos.
Betsy Newman
Columbia, South
Carolina
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It's like a "Christmas
letter" but it made me waste an hour or better on your site.
Chris Wurgler
Seattle, Washington
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December 6,
2007
bill
interesting that you
put up the tlatelolco page. i never knew about it until reading
roberto bolaño. he mentions it briefly in the savage detectives (the
young narrator of the first part is a student at UNAM in 1975). in
an earlier book, amulet, written in 1999, published in english in
2006, he writes about a woman . . . "she is famous as the sole person
who resists the army's invasion of the university campus: she hides
in a ladies room for 12 days."
. . . anyway . . . great
page !!! (depressing is right !)
sk dunn
rutherford, california
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December 5,
2007
HOLA BILL!!!
This online
chronicle and compilation of your "life and times" over the past -
dare I say - nearly 50 years!! as the wild and creative ”Bohemian”
character that you are is for me absolutely priceless.
God help us if it’s true that life imitates art! (or is that vice
versa?)
I’ve just spent the last two hours reviewing while laughing my head
off!
Sylvan Corrazzi
San Francisco, California
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November 21,
2007
Bill,
Every time I see
your website, I always find something beautiful and interesting, so
I know that is your hand at work.
I checked out your
Pugilism section and found "Sin Guantes" at the end there, which
should have been titled "Sin Ropa," methinks. Ha!
I enjoyed looking at
Karolyn's pages, with her doggie fashions, and all.
And the picture of
you with your big Lucha Libre book ... can't get enough of those
wrestlers.
I especially like
your wax bin Laden 'pancakes' for the upcoming show.
Your site is
becoming so full of fascinating images and ideas ... keep up the
good work!
Judy Whitfield
Woodstock, New York
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November 5,
2007
I had no idea you
were such a perpetual optimist! What can I say, but WOW! Except
maybe, Go Winnie Go!!! It must have been very hard to let go of her,
or haven't you yet?
Richard Laufman
San
Francisco, California
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October 22,
2007
WILLIAM!
I love the Bill Wolf
virtual museum show. A Salute to the 70's redux! A Box Lunch
without the need to hire security guards. A gay parade float
without the hangover.
Voila! It’s made my
moment. The summer of love rules!
Billy King
Seattle, Washington
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October 21,
2007
Hey Bill!
The website rocks! I
can't believe how fabulous the Beckett play is - you are the
quintessential Winnie!
And I love the
tribute to Priscilla - thank you for that.
Amor y besos.
Betsy Newman
Columbia, South
Carolina
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October 15,
2007
OH YOU CRAZZZY MAN!
I wish you were
around here. I would love to be involved in your mayhammmmm! I
spent about two hours going through all your work on the web site. What
wonderful days in SF.
Namaste'
Robert O'Connor
Forestville,
California
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October 14,
2007
Bill,
Brilliant! This is lean Beckett. One scene short of
a haiku (16/17). I keep going back to it each evening when the bell
goes off.
J t'embrass.
Etienne.
Stephen Matlaga
San Francisco,
California
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Dear My Bill,
At LAST, you get to
be the DIVA you've always wanted. What could be more fitting! And
I love the gown... and the groan. I can always count on you to make
sure I'm not left literarily bereft. And you know that there is no
bleepin’ way I be sittin' through a two-hour monologue ... Yours is
the quick and dirty. Brilliant ... as always.
Bermuda Schwartz
Guerneville, California
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Bill,
It
looks fantastic! Thanks for being such a fun archivist and
chronicling all our history. What fun!
Tom Ammiano
San Francisco,
California
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Bill,
You've done it man...
A virtual re-union to celebrate the summer of love!
Billy King
Seattle, Washington
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October 13,
2007
Bill,
darling...
I LOVE HAPPY DAYS!!! This is fabulous! I'm thrilled to see you
performing again. Ah, the lure of the theatah! Too much! Bravo, or
brava! I love the assorted flyers and papers that surround you.
KEEP GOING BILL! YOUR SITE IS A TREASURE!
Maria
Manhattan
New York
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Bill,
Such a plethora of
talent!! Had no idea you were also a thespian and a model - not to
mention cross-dresser!
Loved it.
Susie Hirshfield
Puerto Escondido,
Oaxaca
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Hey thank you Bill,
Nothing like a bit
of Beckett to cheer me up in the fading autumn light! But truly, a
pretty hilarious version -- actually, I laughed, not a usual
response to My Man B. And like he said, "The task of the artist in
our time is to accommodate the mess."
I assure you, you have.
Laurie Price
Granada, Spain
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October 10,
2007
Hi Bill!
I spent a long time on Sunday pouring over your beautiful website.
Wow, it's really incredible. I only scratched the surface. I'm
really looking forward to spending more time on it.
The reason I got
there in the first place is because my mom sent me the secret link
to your newest creation: Happy Days. I loved it! It's beautiful.
The photographs, the text that you chose, the sets, and costumes are all wonderful. It really brought back memories of working with you.
I remember when we
asked you if you could do the sets for Happy Days in 1985. We didn't really
know what we wanted or needed, we just wanted it to be great. We
all thought it was a huuuuge request that we were making of you. I
remember you said, sure! Let's do it! Before we knew it, it was
done! And it was incredible. Better than anything I could have
ever imagined. I knew you were extremely talented going into that
project but after that, I realized you are a visionary.
And there is a lot
of evidence of that on your website. It's wonderful.
Love,
Jessie Dunn-Gilbert
San Francisco,
California
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October
9,
2007
Dear Bill:
You probably don't
remember me, but I am a very old friend of Priscilla's (we attended
Santa Barbara High together and have been close friends ever since)
and now, sadly, her executor. I saw Stephen today at Rooney's in
Tiburon and he told me about your tribute to our never-to-be-forgotten
friend. It is wonderful!! There will be a theater memorial to
Priscilla Oct. 29; wish you could be with us. All the best--and
thank you for your incredible work,
Michael Haines
San Francisco, California
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August
29,
2007
Well hey there!
I was looking for
some kind of reference on Google (as always) about the set design
credits for the KRON show, "Buster and Me." I guess I really just
wanted to learn more about my father, Jeffrey Emmett Jensen, who
worked on the set for that show. I believe it was awhile ago. I
just remember fondly that I would be watching the show and once I
saw my dad in the credits. I think he really enjoyed that job.
Thanks again for
your memories about all of this and for sharing them with others!
Beth Jensen
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August 17,
2007
Bill,
I've been absolutely
lost (in a good way ... mesmerized really) in your web-site for the
past two hours! I saw the Berlin and Prague sketches, and your
Lucha Libre posters, etc. I look forward to seeing more of the
stuff your sister brought you recently!
Keep up the good
work.
xo
Judy Whitfield
Woodstock, New York
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July 19,
2007
"... you don't get off eating the raw,
juicy private parts of hired prostitutes so easily."
Love that line.
Kris Wurgler
Seattle, Washington
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June 24,
2007
Bill,
In "Bookends", the Chevys
were 1953, not 1950.
Stan Gotleib
(NOTE: Bill Wolf is eternally
grateful to the many friends and readers who labor day and night
tirelessly combing the details of this humble site that it may be
the most beautiful, creative, emotive and inspiring presentation
humanly possible.)
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June 22,
2007
Hey Bill,
I was looking around in your Encyclopedia of Images this morning
and was really enjoying the pictures on the walls of the city about
the
recent revolution ... and the pictures and story of Marcelino Coache (glad
he was finally released from prison) ... and of Bob Dylan, too!
Great
work.
Judy Whitfield
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June 19,
2007
Hi Bill,
I've been going into
the site and enjoying all those great times all over again.
Kevin Rooney
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June 17,
2007
Bill,
Somehow I don't
doubt that Astronette has jumped to the #1 spot this month, since I
e-mailed to a bunch of people and they're probably all checking it
out, along with the rest of your cool site. I've been there
several times, too, reading your story about the girl who got stuck
in the drain and looking at the pictures of the walls between Mexico
and the U.S., and reading Cindy Sheehan's resignation letter, and my
favorite, the pic of you standing in your studio (?) with your head
bowed down ... and of course, all the various pics of naked men who
pop up from time to time. ¡Ooh la la!
Judy Whitfield
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May 21,
2007
Hey Bill,
I decided to "glance" at your website and started reading your
essays. Two hours later I have finished the pieces on the strikes
in Oaxaca and have just read the founding of the Frente and Coesida
piece, ending with those magnificent candles on the night of the Day
of the Dead.
Amazing -
very impressed.
- - -
It's now almost 5
and I have read everything. Loved it. What a great afternoon I had.
Two questions: What happened to the final chapter of Felipe - it's
not there? May I please share some of your writings - particularly
the Frente and the Juchitan......and the Felipe?
Susie Hirschfield
Puerto Escondido,
Oaxaca
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March 26,
2007
The Triple-A
Archives are fantastic.
I love the photos.
Matthew
Perry
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February
27, 2007
Señor Beel,
Fabulous--reliving
our fantastic past. Wow what a memory you have!!! What is the
secret, senor?
We miss you.
Love,
Iris Rooney
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February
24, 2007
Hola Bill!!!
What a great site. It took me a while to get to it, but I really
enjoyed it. I loved seeing the books again. I had told people about
them, and now I can show them.
It's like "Queen for a Day", only it's "Bill for a Life".
Congratulations!!!
Richard Laughman
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February
22, 2007
Hey Bill,
I was perusing your Encyclopedia of Graphics. The photos of Dr.
Bertha over the last 10 years say so much! Wow! and Rosario Ibarra,
what giants these two are. And they are just doing what they do!
It's great to have the photos through the years to see the
continuity of their work, and to see that in their older years, they
are still that person - only more so!
Love to you, Bill
Maria Manhatten
PS: the Victorian Doggies and their masters is a riot!
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February
20, 2007
hey bill. . .great
site. . .so great to see. love the pix of you.
sk dunn
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February
12, 2007
I love the web site
and the Bill stuff the most.
Although you have
already told me about the drag queens taking over the ismus, It
still cracked me up.
Robert O'Connor
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February
11, 2007
Hola Querido Bill!
I love your site!!
It's about time we had an archive of those FABULOUS years! You have
inspired me to dig through the files here - I do have some pictures,
Betsy Newman
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January 22, 2007
Bill,
I have been having a ball going through your web site! The photos
are a riot, many I haven't seen. The tableaux section is a
particular fave. And the memoirs! I need to slowly digest each
section. It's amazing what one can accomplish in the absence of
television.
My favorite section is the Books. Maybe because they are new to me,
and so personal. I think your books have such power.
The Susan Sontag tribute is lovely. I once stood behind her on a
buffet line at a party. I wanted to say something, but just couldn't.
The encyclopedia of Graphics has such a unique point of view, like
the animals section, for instance.
Anyway, Bill, keep going. Can I tell others about the site?
Love to you,
Maria Manhattan
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January 1, 2007
Bill,
Hey, I
went to your personal archives pages that you told me about and I've
printed out a bunch of your writings ... I read all the stuff about
the situation in Oaxaca and am about to start reading about 'those
darned intrepides'. Can't wait! I hope your dreams come true in
2-0-0-7, Bill.
xo
Judy Whitfield
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December 19, 2006
Bill,
Well, your up to meeting
Billy King....
It was fun reading of your early days and Seattle arrival, for I
really know
little about you, although I'm surprised I didn't run into you at
the Greyhound Depot or peep shows, but then possibly I did, for
those encounters in the dark with nameless body's were oh so fun,
erotic and exciting.
I think the eternal flame has been extinguished... But not sure.
Chris Wurgler
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