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Journalist and Kerouac biographer Steve Turner writes: 'I met Tuli in Greenwich Village when researching my Kerouac book. There was a guy called Steve Dalachinsky who used to sell bootleg cassette tapes on the sidewalk of MacDougal street. I bought a load of Kerouac tapes from him and one day as I was talking to him Tuli came up and Steve introduced me to him.'

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Is there a release date for this?

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Some info to follow, Jett.

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A documentary about Tuli solo is also in the works created by talented French film maker David Liver with the assistance of videographer Francois Combin. Liver shows a remarkable appreciation of Tuli and his doc Tuli! Tuli! Tuli! is going to be a gem! His girlfriend made a fab funny but realistic puppet called Little Tuli that's going to be in the film too.

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Yes, Thelma – thank you for the reminder. I spoke to his daughter Samara about these matters in an interview we carried. You can find two stories in the R&BG archive, in fact: 'Interview #1: Samara Kupferberg', November 3rd, 2021' and 'Samara! Samara! Samara!', November 9th, 2021

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Could you email me and I can get back that way. Thank you.

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Thank you, Steve for that. Sadly Steve Dalachinsky died, aged 72, in 2019. I met him at the European Beat Studies Network conference in Paris in 2017. He was a very amusing, entertaining livewire New Yorker. Much missed.

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Simon, Steve sold his tapes on Spring Street, not Mac Dougal because he lived down the block and didn't have to carry them too far. I worked across the street from him selling my handicrafts , crochet and decorated sunglasses, and Tuli's prints, tapes , and CDs .

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Thank you, Thelma, for correcting that point of detail. You obviously knew him and his neighbourhood well. I only met him once, in Europe back in 2017, and found him a most warm and amusing individual. How is his charming wife doing, I wonder?

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Simon, I think you may enjoy this interview I filmed with Steve and Yukoi and Tuli at their home some years back for Revolting News, Tuli's cable show which I now produce. Yuko did a fine memorial for Steve, you can find her talk and lots of footage on Youtube. Yuko is on Facebook as Steve Dalachinsky.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS6Z70-WZqY&t=192s

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