{"id":138889,"date":"2024-04-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=138889"},"modified":"2024-04-29T19:19:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T00:19:55","slug":"rest-in-peace-john-sinclair-october-2-1941-april-2-2024-manager-of-mc5-activist-poet-writer-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/rest-in-peace-john-sinclair-october-2-1941-april-2-2024-manager-of-mc5-activist-poet-writer-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Rest in Peace John Sinclair (October 2, 1941 \u2013 April 2, 2024). Manager of MC5, activist, poet, writer, friend."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cThere was a time in Oxford, Mississippi in the late aughts and early teens when you didn\u2019t need a calendar to know, \u201cWhen is Mardi Gras?\u201d John Sinclair would simply appear a few weeks beforehand and would literally live at Two Stick while jamming with local musicians, reading poetry, and just hanging out. Then it was Carnival! He would leave for New Orleans, of course, eventually, but you could always count on him coming back next year. There were a lot of reasons to lament the loss of Two Stick, but John Sinclair\u2019s yearly residency was the biggest loss of all.\u201d \u2013 Newt Rayburn<\/strong>, April 3, 2024 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photographs by Rebecca Long<\/strong> \u2013 \u00a9 2009 The Local Voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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John Sinclair in Oxford, Mississippi reading The Local Voice. February 11, 2009. Photograph by Rebecca Long \u2013 \u00a9 2009 The Local Voice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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John Sinclair in Oxford, Mississippi. February 11, 2009. Photograph by Rebecca Long \u2013 \u00a9 2009 The Local Voice.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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