Stig Bjørnsen: some time, and Tony’s solo records, to understand what a true poet he was. 12 Song Program is hands down my favourite acoustic album - and I’m not just saying that because the dude’s dead. Fat Wreck Chord’s founder named it as his favourite album on ->

Stig Bjørnsen: the label - an acoustic album on a punk label(!)… When Fat asked label mates to contribute to a tribute record, the response was overwhelming. They could not fit all the contributions on one CD, so the rest was released digitally. ->

Stig Bjørnsen: They asked bands to re-imagine his songs (solo stuff electrified and punk songs toned down), and holy hell they delivered. As for myself, going to a NUFAN gig (on the guest list - oh yeah!) in 2006 resulted in hanging out with The Lawrence Arms and ->

Stig Bjørnsen: getting to be the first one (apart from the band and Brendan’s gf) to hear finished songs from The Falcon - Unicornography. Now go listen to 12 Song Program, damnit. (Unicornography is also pretty good, w/an angry pie asking "Do you want a piece of me?!")

Stig Bjørnsen: Oh, and Tony’s purely accidental death of mixing pain killers (back problems) and alchohol (having a couple of beers post-show) is why I never ever mix the two, no matter how bad a hangover might be. (Damnit, I should write a book…)

Stig Bjørnsen: Just now found this, as the main article on spin.com. It basically repeats everything I just said… https://www.spin.com/2022/07/tony-sly-no-use-for-a-name-remembrance/