Mr. Ellison can you stop haunting my dreams please

I wish he had done a million of these. RIP

Without these recordings, all these stories would have been lost, forever flensed from the mind of mankind...like tears in rain. Sleep well, Harlan. You will be missed. Rest In Peace.

I could listen to Harlan Ellison talk about anything. The guys a friggin legend and he knows how to tell stories like these that have you hanging onto every word.

all these stories, like tears in rain

I just wanted to say that I thoroughly enjoy all of your stories and comments.

I miss this guy. Badly.

Even Harlan Ellison's opinions on topics that don't interest me are wonderful to hear. He teaches a person how to express themselves properly.

I love you Harlan Ellison!! ☹️☹️

I want to see Harlan do stand-up.  Not that he doesn't everyday... but come on... Harlan doing stand-up.  Yes!

I still love ya Harlan, where ever you are.

That Charles Mingus story is the greatest story I've heard in ages--solid gold to a jazz fan.

I was lucky enough to be in the audience at a Harlan Ellison lecture at Ryerson Theatre in Toronto in 1987, as I recall. After three hours of Harlan's reminiscing, I had to leave because there was a blizzard outside.

Charles Mingus was a man of strong opinions.
I would give my eyeteeth for Mr. Ellison's t-shirt.
It wasn't enough that Mr. Ellison be the writer he is; he got to hang out with jazz immortals. The man is an irreplaceable treasure.

Well, I gotta say that it was wonderful to hear Mr. Ellison talk about his deep love for jazz. I became interested in it when I was in high school by a good teacher who made jazz a class subject. I enjoyed it and I became a jazz fan ever since.

I guess the reason I really love Harlan above and beyond all others is that he is/was an example of what one can and should do with one's life when given the freedom and fearlessness to choose. I guess that's all. RIP....or keep kickin ass in Hell man...you were the best of us.
Interesting side note; if you listen to Ellison and Rollins, there is a similarity to their cadence and manner of storytelling involving self reference. Burt of course, there is a great level of difference in their cultural style and mannerisms. Still, two people, never did drugs, intense interest in music and literature, and great charisma and talent for spoken word. I still wonder if they ever met up but I gues I could only find out from Rollins now.

Mr. Ellison that is one of the most inspiring things I have listened to on youtube. I just chanced on this piece after watching the latest upload. Just wonderful. Coincidentally the last few days for some reason I picked out a Reinhardt-Grappelli collection CD and have been poring over this thing while I work and drive. This  clip is filled with beautiful stories. Really. I am a big Mingus fan. One of my favorite books is "Beneath the Underdog." And admire just as much Dolphy. But Mingus was quite mad, in a violent beautiful way. Listening to your story brought to mind that piece, "What Love," where Mingus and Dolphy "argue" it seems. Mingus was known for his violence towards his players (and I believe he was fired from the Ellington band after pulling a knife in an argument). I would love to hear more of these stories. And would it be crazy to collect some of your reviews? I know music reviews can seem dated. But it seems to me many readers would be interested in reading these reviews. The language of music reviews is a particualr type of magazine writing. And still very much a part of contemporary online writing. Thanks very much. What a delight.

Whatever else may be said, this man lived an incredible, creative, wild & wooly life❗
and definitely not a guy to mess with. 👍👍👍😷🤔😷🤔

I wonder what Harlan thought of hard rock/heavy metal?  Tony Iommi, guitarist of Black Sabbth, lost the tips of two fingers in a work accident.  He was heartbroken, because he thought he would never play again.  Someone played some Django Reinhardt for him, and was then told of Django's story.  It inspired Iommi to try and play again.  Today, he is known (in metal circles) as "The King of Riffs" for his playing.  I wonder what Harlan thought of hard rock/heavy metal?

Harlan's friend Ted White (yes, the well-known SF editor/writer) also started as a jazz critic. I learned of his existence when listening to WGTB-FM  four decades ago and hearing this older gentleman calling himself Dr. Progresso talking about British and German progressive rock.