#Jack Williamson

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Ralph McQuarrie for The Best of Jack Williamson (1978)

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Undersea City - art by Wally Wood (1958)

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Vintage Pulp - Startling Stories (July1941)

Art by Rudolph Belarski

Standard Publications

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Cover by Hubert Rogers

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From our stacks: Cover detail from Golden Blood by Jack Williamson. Illustrated by Steve Fabian and J. Allen St. John. Edgewater, Md.: Tamerlane Press, 1978.

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Captain Future / Spring 1942 (Vol. 4 #1) by Michael Studt Via Flickr: Captain Future / Magazin-Reihe > Edmond Hamilton / Captain Future: Outlaws of the Moon > Arthur K. Barnes / Guinea Pig > Jack Williamson / The Alien Intelligence (Part 1 of 3) > Graph Waldeyer / The Dummy That Saved Earth cover: Earle Bergey Editor: Oscar J. Friend Better Publications / USA 1942 ex libris MTP www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?256465 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Future en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_K._Bergey

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Jack Williamson

Mental health on tour.

Jack Williamson is a therapist, trainer, author, speaker and a former music industry professional. He has worked for some major labels, like Universal and Sony, and with many artists. 

Jack describes the music industry as an ecosystem that isn’t supportive of mental health and well-being, and he is doing things to change that. He spoke about how he is the clinical lead of Warners, and he provides mental health support for the employees. Alongside that, he advocated and campaigned for mental health support in record labels.

In 2019, he teamed up with Lewis Capaldi and his manager to launch a mental health initiative. “Williamson says the team behind Livelive want mental health support at gigs to become an industry standard.” (Hawthorne, 2020)

During the talk, Jack spoke about his career as a therapist. Currently, he provides mental health support on tours. He spoke about the six main things that can enhance anxiety: bad diet, stress, alcohol, caffeine, lack of sleep and fatigue. When touring, a lot, if not all, of these things are going to happen, and that can increase your chances of having an anxiety attack or a panic attack. 

I think there are many things that come with being on tour that take a toll on the mental well-being of artists. They face a lot of pressure with performances, having to give it their all every time to deliver a good show and satisfy their audiences. I think a lot of anxiety can occur from the fear of not meeting the expectations of their fans and others. Also, the erratic schedules while touring; travelling early in the morning and performing late at night. This can cause bad sleeping patterns and fatigue.

I think, as well, being away and on the move for an extended period of time can cause a sense of isolation. Artists will often be away from family and friends for months, and I can imagine they must get really home sick. I recently read about artist Jennifer Lopez cancelling her US leg of her tour to take time with her children, family and close friends. I think that is understandable, but a lot of artists can’t afford to do that, or simply won’t because they don’t want to disappoint their fans.

Jack said with therapy, he helps people on tour with all sort of problems; personal issues, past trauma, performance anxiety… Sometimes, people struggling with addiction and their journey with sobriety. As mentioned in the last blog post, Mark Richardson’s substance abuse problems started when he was on tour. I think in an attempt to cope with the stress, anxiety and exhaustion that comes with touring, artists often turn to drugs or alcohol as a form of self-medicating. “At all levels, from DIY acts to established indie icons and festival headliners, artists are suffering from mental health struggles vastly disproportionate from the general public”. (Pelly, 2022)

Some things that could help with staying healthy while on tour are having a structured routine, eating well, exercising regularly, and having a good support system, like a therapist. I thought all the topics Jack touched on were really interesting and important, and the work he does now, and what he has done to support people in the music industry with their mental health, is very laudable.

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I feel like a lot of people forget that the Van Dir Linde gang was actually famous in their universe- Dutch Van Dir Linde was as famous as the real life Butch Cassidy. The gang had as much infamy as the Wild Bunch or the Dalton gang. Arthur Morgan, John Marston, Bill Williamson, Javier Esculla, Lenny Summers, Charles Smith, Sean McGuire and more were probably as famous as the real life Doc Holliday, Jesse James, Black Bart, Rufus Buck, Ike Clanton, the Sundance Kid, Wild Bill Hickock, and more.

Sadie Adler would've been just as famous. She was a gunslinger like the real life Calamity Jane and Anne Oakley and she was an outlaw at one point like Laura Bullion, Pearl Hart, Belle Star, The Cassidy Sisters, and more.

The other women of the camp would've probably been less popular but still very intriguing figures to people in the future.

In the newspapers, we see that there are songs about Dutch's boys and books too. Trelawny mentions them being on dime novels. In the future, the pieced together story of the Van Dir Linde gang might've gotten adapted into a movie, similar to "Butch Cassidy and the Sun Dance Kid" or "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford". They could've gotten biopics, documentaries, and more.

Historians and fans of the wild West era would dig up records, find pictures, and maybe even track down people who were apart of the gang, accomplices to the gang, or victims of the gang. They would try to piece together stories to figure out the mystery of what actually happened to the gang.

People would argue over things that happened in the gang and have their evidence to back it up. Letters written by gang members would become so valuable. If they ever someone come across Arthur's journal, it would probably be considered one of the most valuable pieces of documentation to ever exist for that time period.

The guns of the gang would probably be kept in museums if found. Albert Mason's portrait of Arthur Morgan would be found in history books, same as other pictures.

Dutch would probably be a very controversial figure in history- some would hail him as a failed hero and others would condemn his violence no matter the reason- they wouldn't know what the people in the gang knew- especially in the end. Same with the rest of the gang members.

They'd probably all get romanticized. Hosea and Dutch's friendship, the raising of the boys, Dutch and Annabelle and his fued with Colm, Mary and Arthur, John and his family, Javier being a revolutionary- no one would know the full story.

And then there is Jack- he may live to see the 1960s and 70s and 80s. He may have grandchildren who'd pull him into a theater to watch a retelling of the gang that he was a part of at one point. He'd be amused. He'd think that the actor playing his father was too clean looking, too pretty. He'd think that the movie Arthur was too skinny. He'd think that the man playing Dutch had a funny voice as he tried to mimic the accent. He'd laugh and make notes in his head of the historical accuracy. He'd feel sorrowful at the deaths of the characters- he knew them at some point. And no one at the theater would know that the old man with the rowdy bright eyed boys who brought him there was Jack Marston, the last of the Van Dir Linde gang.

Jack might talk about it to the public. He might do interviews. He might even write a book about his father, the infamous John Marston. Those would be priceless. Even Beecher's Hope might be kept around and visited as a historical site for history goers.

And honestly? It is such a bittersweet thing.

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I happened to Google the movie mentioned in the notes of an old post, and was surprised to find that Jack Williamson's Humanoids was (loosely) made into a film. You'd think that would've come up before.

They should remake crappy B-Movies that had potential that wasn't reached instead of Back to the Future or whatever the fuck

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You could say I’m a bit obsessed with these dumb cowboys <3

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It had seemed easy, back on Sun One, to volunteer for a task even though the end of it was his certain death. He had not counted on the fact that death did not come like the turning of a switch but slowly and with increasing pain, or that he would be watching friends die before him.

Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson, Farthest Star

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Vintage Pulp - Startling Stories (Nov1939)

Art by Howard V. Brown

Standard Publications

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WHAT I IMAGINE EACH MODERN DAY JOB EACH RDR2 GANG MEMBER WOULD HAVE (legal)

Javier - musician (in a band but more often then not is doing solo performances)

Trelawny - all ages Magician/street performer

Pearson - office canteen cook

Abigail - barista

John - goes from job to job until becoming buying his own hunting shop and gets to go hunting often

Dutch - used to be a generally unliked politician by the people (aside from a cult following) but quit to become a youth group leader essentially grooming children into his ideals

Hosea - Uni Professer who would've been fired years ago for his actions but students adore him and somehow get good results

Arthur - a small art store owner with few yet very recurring customers

Sadie - hunter out far away from cities (buys from John's place and goes with him hunting)

Charles - farmer far from cities too

Uncle - FIRED UNEMPLOYED BUM

Bill - running a construction company

Kieran - stable hand

Jack - writer (1914) but works for in his mother's bar sometimes for extra cash

Karen - door to door saleswoman

Tilly - fashion designer

Mary-beth - a writer too

Grimshaw - bar owner who treats her favourite customers like family

Reverend - guess it's a clue in the name

Micah - gun shop assistant manager

Molly - ballet teacher (her LOVES designing the costume and stories)

Sean - it changes every 6 months to something completely random to the last but rn its delivery boy

Lenny - consultant for a major company (always has a job ready incase sean needs it)

YALL THIS ONE IM NOT SURE ABOUT BUT TELL ME WHO I FORGOTTT

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Cover by William Timmins