Radiance. Direct speech, interviews, monologues, letters. 1986-1997

Alexei Koblov is a journalist, a musical critic, an eyewitness and witness of the incredible, one of the apostles of domestic counter -culture. He collaborated with the publications “Zombie”, “Urlight”, “Counter Cult Ur’a”, Fuzz, Rolling Stone, “MK”, “AIF” and many others. He was engaged in organizing concerts and festivals with the participation of many bright representatives of the Russian-speaking rock and roll, becoming not only an observer, but also part of the history of the Russian Woodstock.
"The need for a long time has come together to bring together precisely the direct speech of Yegor, his numerous interviews, monologues, conversations with friends, letters and give an opportunity to see him exclusively in his own words, without detailed reviews, meticulous analysis and critical reviews, except that with small explanatory comments. In English -language practice there is such a form - “... in his words”, which, in fact, means: “in your own words”. Well, in the case of Letov, it’s doubly valuable - that’s who really used the word as another weapon, to convey to the world what he lived, what occupied and bothered him. In a sense, this is the only possible attempt to compensate for the non-held books of dialogues and conversations with Yegor, which he was invited to do during his lifetime. In the collection, covering the period from 1986 to 1997, you can see cult texts that influenced entire generations of readers and listeners, and software statements, and acute rhetoric, everything that was part of a single whole or, as Yegor himself said, “” “ a great set. There are also little -known interviews, detailed concert monologues, letters, photographs, autographs and illustrations. All this is like a kaleidoscope with endless new combinations. The contradictory and at the same time amazingly integral personality of Yegor Letov continues to arouse unquenchable interest. "
Alexey Koblov