From John Bush Sent Tue, Aug 31st 1999, 15:23
From John Bush Sent Tue, Aug 31st 1999, 15:23
I don't want to say too much, but we here at All-Music Guide were threatened with a suit for nothing more than stating in her biography that she was born Walter Carlos. And poor Momus *was* sued for writing a song ruminating about a possible romance between Walter & Wendy (I think I've got it right), thus his "Stars Forever" project that earned him some money ($1000 a shot for any fan who wanted a song written about him/her/it) to recover legal fees, etc. I've got nothing wrong with a sex-change or two, but trying to rewrite history seems a bit off to me -- in her recent reissues of "A Clockwork Orange" and "Sonic Seasonings," the covers have been modified from "Walter" to "Wendy Carlos" instead of good ol' Walter... And I still don't know how it's possible to sue someone for stating a fact. It's a shame, because the music is very good -- I've loved the Tron soundtrack since back in the day circa '82... .John.