Alice Bag Interview Responses with Jenny Lens 2004

A few snippets of the validating and delightful responses from those who were there …

November 19, 2004

Jenny –

First of all, adjectives: this is beautiful, poignant, true. Like all my favorite writing what you share here is honest, born of experience – both painful and joyful — and intelligent. It’s wonderful to read, and important to get out into the world.

It’s your own perspective on the LA punk experience and it’s better than 99% of what I’ve seen in print on the subject. Not that writing is a competitive pursuit, I’m just trying to say that I like it more and I think you did a better job than most of the writers who’ve written on the subject matter.

David Jones, musician and historian who never shares his info other than throwing me a tiny tidbit decades ago.

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What a wonderful exciting fun filled interview. Your enthusiasm is completely contagious, and you brought back so many memories to me of my own punk adventures!

And how great of Alice to include it in her website.

Bush may have me weeping, but you guys have me laughing and excited — which is remarkable for a coot like me! Thanks! And thanks for the sweet mention of me and my music — finally someone put me in the company of all those bands I adore!

I can’t wait for the huge glossy coffee table book some on is obviously going to have to make of your legacy — the most important photographer of the punk era!

XOX Kristian, amazing songwriter and witness to both LA and NY early punk scenes.

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Thank you both for the insightful interview… I’ve passed it on to a few people. Jenny, you are so full of surprises… someday you are going to have to write that book. I’ll never be able to look at Iggy Pop the same way again!

Mark Vallen, legendary artist who created the iconic Slash fanzine cover of Darby Crash with early mohawk hairstyle.

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Thank you for forwarding your thoughtful interview…really great stuff… Another thing that we had in common…hatred of Farrah F.M. She tortured me constantly because I refered to her as a Dumb Blonde Groupie in a piece I wrote…what white trash, like you, the day she left town was one of the happiest in my life. I was at the Whiskey the night she picked that fight with the Dictator’s girlfriend…what a piece of work…I NEVER understood what K.K. saw in her…..

Alice looks amazing! If it weren’t for Xene I’d feel really rotten that I was the only one whose looks have gone to hell…lol…

Thanks for the mention…also Natasha was one of my group of friends…we actually brought her into the scene. Jade Zebest/Sue Langland

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AWESOME INTERVIEW!!!!!!

Jacqui Knapp