Richard Gess
Richard Gess says “making up things comes much easier to me than dealing with the asymmetricalities of facts.”
Fiction
Paul And The Finger And Steely Dan
He was no one you’d pause to stare at; it was what he said that belied his craziness. Ask him any question; he would answer it as perversely as possible, every time. “Paul, what’s it like outside?” “It’s a perfect day for a rape.” “Paul, what’s for dinner?” “Children’s genitalia, in red clam sauce.”
October 1977
Essays, Memoirs & True Stories
News From Hacker City: Some Considered Opinions On The Electric Bass
My esthetic: the electric bass is the full equal of any other instrument. Properly played, it can simultaneously provide both a solid rhythmic punch and a complex countermelody.
September 1977
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