From the desk of Mr. Jagger

You are still reading Letters of Note, yes? A couple of recent letters include Bill Gates’ infamous An Open Letter to Hobbyists — “most of you steal your software” — and a letter from Mick Jagger to Andy Warhol about the design of an album cover in which Jagger gives the impression of being the perfect client…do whatever you want and let me know how much to pay you.

Update: Jagger’s letter to MC Escher didn’t work out quite as well.

By the way, please tell Mr. Jagger I am not Maurits to him, but
Very sincerely,
M. C. Escher.

(thx, @pjdoland)

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Seems like this would have made a

Seems like this would have made a better mockumentary.

Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger escaped an assassination plot hatched in 1969 by the Hells Angels, a new British Broadcasting Corp. documentary has claimed.

The men tried to reach Jagger by sea. “The boat was hit by a storm and all of the men were thrown overboard.” They all survived but made no other attempt on his life.

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