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	Don Letts Interview Part 1 - Greg Whitfield
		It was a warm September afternoon, the afternoon of September the 11th to be exact, near Notting Hill, and I was headed towards the house of the legendary rebel dread, Don Letts I knocked on the door, and a smiling Don Letts emerges, wearing his ever-present dark sunglasses.
		Don Letts also has a huge book collection; I notice a lot of books on film, which is hardly surprising, since he has produced/directed at least two major films.
		Don Letts is the man Frederico Fellini commented on, remarking that he had "the vision of a terrorist" after seeing some of his film work.
	www.punk77.co.uk /groups/donlettsinterview.htm (1131 words)

	Don Letts at AllExperts
		Don Letts (born 10 January, 1959 in London, England) is a film director and musician.
		Letts worked as a DJ in the Roxy, a London nightclub during the original outbreak of punk in England.
		Instead, Letts included many dub and reggae records in his sets, and is credited with introducing those sounds to the London punk scene, which was to influence The Clash and other bands.
	en.allexperts.com /e/d/do/don_letts.htm (291 words)

	COMMENT FROM DIRECTOR DON LETTS
		There could only be one man; Don Letts, former DJ at the legendary Roxy club, ace video director responsible for all the band's promos (including the great London's Calling) and film director.
		And the fact that I had a lot of tape in my attic of the band which was 'unseen'." Letts and the Clash had met at the beginning of their respective careers, and the two camps forged an immediate, sympatico bond.
		And just when he thought that it was finished, Letts explains; "After the almost impossible task of putting the story of the Clash into a 90 minute programme, the BBC heard of the project, got in contact with Tricia and said that they wanted to screen a 60 minute version".
	www.billpeters.net /dubcartel/donletts.htm (474 words)

	Punk:Attitude: Directed by Don Letts (Capital Entertainment DVD) \| Dusty Wright's Culture Catch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		To the credit of filmmaker Don Letts, himself a veteran of the original British Punk scene and erstwhile Reggae archivist, his latest documentary, Punk: Attitude, at least tries to be all-inclusive in attempting to encapsulate the amorphous cultural movement.
		Letts takes an oral history approach and lets various Punk luminaries -- from former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones and proto-Gothic chanteuse Siouxsie Sioux through notorious Punk scribe Legs McNeil and ex-Black Flag vocalist/renaissance man Henry Rollins -- gingerly contradict each other in terms of who fired the first shot.
		As such, Letts tracks down individuals such as Roger Miret of Agnostic Front, Ray Cappo of Shelter, Keith Morris of the Circle Jerks, Glenn Branca of the Theoretical Girls, and even the super-reclusive James Chance of the Contortions to weigh in on these crucially influential yet comparatively unsung scenes.
	www.culturecatch.com /film/punk:attitude (474 words)

	Don Letts
		The song was inspired by Don Letts' dub reggae DJ sets at the Roxy club in Covent Garden in the late 1970s in between sets by such bands as The Clash, Generation X and The Slits.
		The Punk Rock Movie was assembled from Super 8 camera footage shot by Don Letts, the disc jockey at the Roxy club during the early days of the UK punk rock movement, between 1977 and 1979.
		Don Letts explains how he became DJ at the seminal punk hang out, The Roxy: "I took the job at first for the money.
	www.jahsonic.com /DonLetts.html (1167 words)

	jukeboxgraduate.com: Don Letts' "Punk: Attitude"
		For those of you who aren't aware, Don Letts was the DJ at the Roxy in London, the club of the infamous "100 days of punk" at which every band in the UK punk scene in its heyday performed.
		Letts operates from the assumption that the audience for the movie will know who the bands are and why they are important, and it doesn't pander; it will be slightly alienating to an outsider but so is punk rock.
		Letts has two children, aged 12 and 18, and that was his driving force in making the film: he wanted to communicate more of the sense of the attitude behind the music, not a MTV or VH1 "history of," for the younger generation that is only familiar with the record covers and t-shirts.
	www.jukeboxgraduate.com /archives/000164.html (2090 words)

	Fodderstompf \| Don Letts interview, by Greg Whitfield
		Don Letts is the man Frederico Fellini commented on, remarking that he had,the vision of a terrorist after seeing some of his film work.
		Don Letts has bridged cultural gaps, but has still retained a strong calm, inner balance and sense of who he is, and his destiny; where he is going.
		Don is not so convinced that the trip to JA was as formative an influence on Public Image as some have presumed, "No, John already had that spaciousness, that blueprint in his mind long before we went to Jamaica.
	www.fodderstompf.com /ARCHIVES/ARTS/greg2.html (5235 words)

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		As resident DJ at the Roxy in 1977, Don Letts was at the centre of London’s burgeoning punk scene.
		Don Letts: I first became acquainted with the punk movement as people now know it in the mid-seventies.
		Don Letts As resident DJ at the Roxy in 1977, Don Letts was at the centre of London’s burgeoning punk scene.
	www.fusedmagazine.com /Past_Issues/Issue_25/Don_Letts.aspx (1857 words)

	3am Interview: THE REBEL DREAD - AN INTERVIEW WITH DON LETTS
		COPYRIGHT © 2003, 3 A.M. It was a warm September afternoon, the afternoon of September the 11th to be exact, near Notting Hill, and I was headed towards the house of the legendary rebel dread, Don Letts I knocked on the door, and a smiling Don Letts emerges, wearing his ever-present dark sunglasses.
		Don exudes an atmosphere of sharp intelligence: an alert flexible thinker, seemingly very relaxed and at peace with himself.
		Don's eloquence is in full flow now, as he warms to his train of thought.
	www.3ammagazine.com /musicarchives/2003/jun/interview_don_letts.html (4864 words)

	Don Letts Interview
		Yes, yes, yes, we know that Don Letts was the man that introduced punks to reggae in 1976 at the Roxy but that’s just one feather to his bow.
		Don was kind enough to invite me to his humble abode in West London to talk and show me his recent building work.
		Don Letts is a sharp, smart and highly switched on individual.
	www.peom.co.uk /donletts.html (2860 words)

	Don Letts - AOL Music
		Don Letts (born January 10, 1956 in London, England) is a film director and musician.
		Don Letts, by Charlotte Robinson - The term 'Renaissance man' could well have been invented for Don Letts.
		Download, listen and watch Don Letts music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
	music.aol.com /artist/don-letts/97973/main (117 words)

	SonicNet 9/22/99
		At the time, Letts said, he was the DJ at London's red-hot Roxy club who spun reggae tracks that punks came to hear every night.
		In Letts' film, Clash guitarist Joe Strummer says the Rasta-punk crossover was what defined the London music scene of the era, implying that Letts and his vinyl collection were somehow the catalyst.
		Letts said he lost all respect for the Sex Pistols when they did their nostalgia tour, and he'd never want to see the Clash follow that path.
	londonsburning.org /art_sonicnet_09_22_99.html (873 words)

	FremantleMedia Signs Development Deal with Don Letts
		Letts is regarded as one of the most influential voices in the music industry and has worked for decades as a director, actor, writer and cinematographer.
		In March 2003, Letts won a Grammy Award for his work on the film Westway to the World featuring The Clash; and in 2005 he created the award-winning film Punk:Attitude, which is represented by FremantleMedia, documenting the 1970s punk revolution.
		Don’s influence in the music world is beyond compare, and we’re very much looking forward to working with him to produce more cutting-edge and award-winning content that music fans will be able to enjoy 24/7 across multiple platforms.”
	www.worldscreen.com /print.php?filename=fme110106.htm (237 words)

	HEAVENLY 100-The Heavenly Recordings Website
		So you want to cool these hair-trigger punters down, remind them that they have a body, teach them about another kind of music that is just now reaching a creative peak - which comes from a similar feeling of alienation and desperation but which, instead of anarchy, preaches stoicism, discipline, spiritual values.
		Between December 1976 and April 1977, Don Letts was the DJ at the Roxy Club in Neal Street, WC2.
		With his feet planted firmly in both the febrile Kings Road fashion scene and the still (to many whites) hidden Afro-Caribbean world, Don Letts was perfectly placed as mediator and guide.
	www.heavenly100.com /biogs/biog_donletts1.html (492 words)

	PUNK ATTITUDE DVD Don Letts - FEATURES - I Like Music
		The film proved a big hit with the critics when it was shown at the prestigious Cannes and Tribeca film festivals earlier this year and is already being hailed as an important landmark in music documentary film making by both the film industry and music pundits.
		Don Letts' success stems from the breadth of his artistic vision and his ability to deliver the component parts of a story that delves deeper and spreads itself wider than any previous punk 'rockumentary'- whilst steering clear of the usual clichés.
		For the first time punk is put into a proper historical context and presented as part of a greater evolution of music and society in general.
	www.ilikemusic.com /features/PUNK_ATTITUDE_DVD_Don_Letts-1619 (704 words)

	Don Letts on TV - Live TV Schedules, Don Letts Coverage and TV Channel Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Captain Troy Tempest and the crew descend to dangerous depths to tackle an unknown undersea race unleashing its formidable firepower against the hi-tech submarine.
		Far from the local area 'don' of Kingston's garrison communities, British filmmaker Don Letts represented or at least captured the anti-establishment in his...
		Haverford's Don Letts placed third overall and was the top Division III runner in the men's 5000 meters at Friday's New Balance NYC Gotham Cup in the Bronx.
	www.awns.com /tv/don-letts-on-tv.html?more=1 (201 words)

	Eye Weekly - England's Screening - 02.02.06
		Letts' first film was The Punk Rock Movie, a rough 'n' tumble collection of images culled from footage he'd shot of favourite bands -- the first such document of the UK punk scene.
		Future Letts projects include a short documentary about the making of The Jam's classic All Mod Cons; a script situated in the multiracial world of London pirate radio, tentatively titled The Harder They Fall; and a collaboration with the British Film Institute on the restoration and re-release of The Punk Rock Movie.
		Letts' contribution focused on fl music in the '80s, from New York hip-hop to Detroit techno and Chicago house.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_02.02.06/features/feature.html (1204 words)

	Amazon.com: Punk - Attitude: DVD: Jim Jarmusch,Poly Styrene,Legs McNeil,Henry Rollins,Glen Matlock,Paul Simonon,Mary ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Letts explores this cross polination and influencing process very well in "Punk Attitude", without turning it into a boring navel gazing university thesis style analysis that would have been totally inappropriate for such subject matter.
		Don Letts is one of the very best placed people to make a documentary of this type.
		Letts covers the UK 76/77 era scene very well in the film (he was THERE after all!) as well as the New York scene.
	www.amazon.com /Punk-Attitude-Don-Letts/dp/B000993W9S (3293 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Clash - Westway To The World [1977]: DVD: The Clash,Don Letts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Don Letts' superb Westway To The World documentary allows The Clash to tell the second greatest punk story in their own words.
		It's only fitting that Don Letts (Mick Jones' band mate in big Audio Dynamite &) Clash's video maker among other talents should make this documentary about them, which charts the band members from their early years to the bands destruction in the mid eighties.
		Also there is the Don Lett's 'Clash on Broadway' from 1981 which is missing a large chunk of its original footage, but is interesting especially for fans.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Clash-Westway-World/dp/B00005RD92 (1462 words)

	trakMARX - Don Letts
		The Don: We met at a soul night at the Lyceum in the early part of the '70's.
		The Don: The ready rolled spliffs under the counter at the Roxy was really an 'economic' opportunity that presented itself 'cause the punks couldn't roll their own’.
		The Don: John took me to J.A 'cause we were mates and he thought it'd be familiar to me. But the closest I'd ever been to J.A was watching “The Harder They Come” in my local cinema in Brixton.
	www.trakmarx.com /2003_03/060.htm (1522 words)

	X-Press Online: DON LETTS - Letts It Be (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Punk: Attitude is Don Letts’ study of punk.
		It was a time Letts has great affection for, but he knew he wanted to paint the story in broad strokes and resist nostalgia for its own sake.
		To that end he pushes the theory that punk is an attitude, not a music form, thereby linking it to rock and roll’s founding fathers as well as what once was the punks’ natural enemy, the hippies.
	www.xpressmag.com.au /archives/2005/08/don_letts_letts.php (2451 words)

	Amazon.com: "Don Letts": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Don Lefts A lot of the Soul Boys were prepared for the shop Sex because of Bowie's Young...
		Don Letts, Roxy Club DJ and manager of ACME Attractions, SEX's chief rival along the King's Road, concurs.
		With the front pair of Don Letts and the small, extremely pretty Jeanette Lee, Acme was excitingly subterranean, but more accessible than the chilly Sex.
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Don-Letts (531 words)

	Punk Attitude - Don Letts 2005
		The use of 'punk attitude' entails a mixture of tangibles and intangibles that enables you to place artists subjectively in either having it or not having it since the dawn of time.
		Don Letts was without doubt the most animated and enthused interviewee I have ever come across.
		That was a young Don Letts full of Punk attitude.
	www.punk77.co.uk /films.dvds/punkattitude.htm (1116 words)

	Don Letts guest programs
		Even before co-founding the group Big Audio Dynamite, Don Letts gained notoriety in the late '70s as the DJ that singlehandedly turned a whole generation of punks onto reggae.
		It was while DJing at the first punk club, The Roxy, in 1977 that Don adopted the punk D.I.Y. ethic, which he transferred to his first film The Punk Rock Movie, still the only existing documentary about the U.K. punk scene.
		What followed was a prolific period during which he directed over 300 music videos for a broad range of artists (Bob Marley, Elvis Costello, Eddie Grant, The Pogues, and The Jungle Brothers, among others).
	www.abc.net.au /rage/guest/2005/donletts.htm (150 words)

	Don Letts Interview Part 4 - Greg Whitfield
		Also how had his relationship developed with John Lydon, who by that time had obviously been long planning a very different musical venture from the Pistols.
		Some have conjectured that Lydon formed the embryo of the idea of the bass heavy structures in PIL from his trip to Jamaica, and the sound system dances they attended together there.
		Don is not so convinced that the trip to JA was as formative an influence on Public Image as some have presumed.
	www.punk77.co.uk /groups/donlettsinterview4.htm (1064 words)

	Don Letts Films Franz Ferdinand Tour Video - Aversion.com
		Filmmaker Don Letts has wrapped up a tour video capturing Franz Ferdinand's recent visit to South America.
		Letts, a onetime member of Big Audio Dynamite and director of The Clash documentary Westway to the World, followed the Archdukes of Art-Punk to the Southern Hemisphere to capture the act's tour to support last year's You Could Have It So Much Better (Domino) (read Aversion's review).
		Letts was eager to point his lens at the Scottish rockers.
	www.aversion.com /news/news_article.cfm?news_id=7311 (276 words)

	Alive® :: Alive.co.uk :: Interviews
		Don Letts has just released his latest documentary film “Punk Attitude”.
		Don is not just a man who was there but is also a razor-sharp cultural commentator and a first-class film maker.
		Don's film “Punk Attitude” is out now on DVD
	www.alive.co.uk /interviews/096.htm (1160 words)

	Letts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Barry Letts (born 1925), British actor, television director and producer
		Don Letts (born 1956), British film director and musician
		Letts, known also as Latvians, the indigenous people of Latvia
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Letts (162 words)

	Don Letts' 'middle-finger to Babylon' - JAMAICAOBSERVER.COM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Far from the local area 'don' of Kingston's garrison communities, British filmmaker Don Letts represented or at least captured the anti-establishment in his own way.
		With middle fingers to the world and a do-it-yourself attitude, British bands like The Clash and The Sex Pistols were at the pinnacle of music during the punk era, and Letts was up close and personal, ensuring that this revolution would be televised.
		Letts has shared his punk rock story in numerous interviews, but this time around, the 'selecta' of the Dub Cartel Sound System spins his thoughts on his Jamaican films and filmmaking.
	www.jamaicaobserver.com /lifestyle/html/20070106T180000-0500_117541_OBS_DON_LETTS___MIDDLE_FINGER_TO_BABYLON__.asp (1681 words)

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