JOHN GRAHAM MADE A BEAUTIFUL NOISE

I want to convey my profound thanks to Zach Dundas for his kind words remembering John Graham [“In Memory of John Graham, 1972-2025,” WW , Aug. 6]. Zach and John were my editors when I wrote freelance music pieces for the paper from 1999 to 2003. I don’t want to make this about me, but a little backstory is relevant.

I booked the Satyricon nightclub from August 1993 to March 1999 and was music editor for a local art, music and politics paper called PDXS for roughly the same period. I also had a fiery passion for music that I thought worth the world’s ears. And there was so, so much of it at the time. Portland in the ’90s was just a fantastic place for music and art.

It could easily have been seen as a conflict of interest to write about shows while

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