Guide To Kulchur

"The struggle was, and still might be, to preserve some of the values that make life worth living." -Ezra Pound, at 85, 1970

It has been some time since I have engaged n this sort of work- editing a cultural journal-and I will be a little rusty, but we should all end up enjoying ourselves somewhat n these humble pages. You will get some idea of my aesthetic, and of the range of my interest, from this first edition; but it will take a while to build the kind of digest I intend to develop in this space each issue.

For one thing, I don't intend to write it all myself, and I am quite anxious to gain the services of any number of writers in the area who may feel compelled to submit their work to me for consideration here. If you're interested in covering features, concerts, interviews, records, films, books, theatre and other art events for the KULCHUR section of the SUN, please send me your personal resume and two examples of your current writing c/o The Sun, P.O. Box 7217, North End Station, Detroit, Ml 48202.

For another thing, there isn't the space yet to give Detroit and the surrounding area the breadth and depth of coverage it deserves. Additional space must be paid for with increased advertising revenue. As our advertisers increase, so will the size of this section, giving us more room for reviews, interviews, previews, overviews, and point-of-views presently impossible to present in this limited format.

Detroit is currently enjoying the first stages of what should prove to be a full-blown cultural renaissance; I, for one, feel fortunate to be part of t, and my chief ambition with this section will be to contribute to the spirit, the size and the scope of this phenomenon. I shall not engage in the mindless kind of "Boost Detroit" campaigns which seem so popular with our colleagues in the daily prints, but I do intend to draw your attention to as many of the dynamic aspects of Motor City kulchur as I can manage, in the hope that you may come to love them as much as I do. If I can do that for you, believe me, l'll have accomplished something.

As far as a credo is concerned, I can do not better than to quote, once again, in closing, the late E.P., from the Preface to his Guide to Kulchur: "It is my intention in this booklet to COMMIT myself on as many points as possible, that means that I shall make a number of statements which very few men can AFFORD to make, for the simple reason that such taking sides might jeopardize their incomes (directly) or their prestige or 'position 'in one or other of the professional 'worlds.' Given my freedom, I may be a fool to use it, but I wd. be a cad not to. "

John Sinclair, at 34, 1975