Letters of Note is a fantastic blog: "Letters of Note is an attempt to gather and sort fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos. Scans/photos where possible. Fakes will be sneered at. Updated 2-3 times every weekday."
Letters of Note -- blog of written correspondence from well-known people
Letters of Note is a fantastic blog: "Letters of Note is an attempt to gather and sort fascinating letters, postcards, telegrams, faxes, and memos. Scans/photos where possible. Fakes will be sneered at. Updated 2-3 times every weekday."
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I think I like Mick Jagger more after reading that!
This is an absolutely fascinating site. Check it out!
Of particular interest to BoingBoing readers will be this letter, by Bill Gates, to software "hobbyists", complaining that they haven't paid for their BASIC:
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/10/most-of-you-steal-your-software.html
Why do I doubt that Britney Spears has really cool stationery?
Thank you Mark! My favourites so far:
Philip K. Dick writes a fan letter about Blade Runner:
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/09/blade-runner-will-prove-invincible.html
Hunter S. Thompson rips several new ones into a lazy movie producer concerning the film version of Rum Diary. (NSFW)
http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/09/okay-you-lazy-bitch.html
And so, Warhol goes off and designs the Sticky Fingers cover...complete with working zipper, LOL. That's the way to deal with a client!