THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ROBERT WYATT
It’s difficult to call it more than coincidence. The driver hired to take me south of London, to the home of the person I’m to interview, spends an extraordinary amount of time telling me how apartheid is inherently good— how the black people “down there” can’t quite take care of themselves yet, that they’re extremely violent themselves, what are they complaining about?—and much more of that talk, talk I’m not used to hearing in England.
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ROBERT WYATT
DAVE DiMARTINO
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It’s difficult to call it more than coincidence.
The driver hired to take me south of London, to the home of the person I’m to interview, spends an extraordinary amount of time telling me how apartheid is inherently good— how the black people “down there” can’t quite take care of themselves yet, that they’re extremely violent themselves, what are they complaining about?—and much more of that talk, talk I’m not used to hearing in England. I guess there’s a lot of it.
The driver has no idea where we’re going. In fact, he tells me, he’s glad I speak English—“I thought you were an Italian bloke,” says he. We get very close to the neighborhood we’re seeking, find the proper street, and search the small row of townhouses for the address he’s been given.
Robert Wyatt’s house stands out among the rest on his block; it’s the one with the large END APARTHEID! poster - tacked onto the front door.
The driver pulls out a book he’d planned to read in the car while I was doing my interview. It’s by Jackie Collins.