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J O H N   M O E ' S P O P - S O N G C O R R E S P O N D E N C E S . - - - - John Moe's Other Features. - - - - A Letter to Prince Regarding the Crying of Doves and the Fiasco That Resulted From the Presentation of a Speech on That Topic (4/30/08) An Invitation to Joni Mitchell to Sing at the Opening of the Tree Museum (10/17/07) A Note Placed in the Pay Envelope of Billy "the Piano Man" Joel (5/16/07) Regarding Pete Seeger's Requests for a Hammer and His Descriptions of What He Would Do If He Had One (4/3/07) To: Peter Criss; From: Beth (12/15/06) A Letter to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band From Sgt. Pepper (8/31/06) Notes on "Sweet Child O' Mine," as Delivered to Axl Rose by His Editor (7/11/06) Concerning Jon Bon Jovi, Wanted Dead or Alive (4/6/06) A Retort to Carly Simon Regarding Her Charges of Vanity (2/13/06) A Letter to Elton John From the Office of the NASA Administrator (12/9/05) A Letter From "The Power" to Public Enemy (9/2/05) Attention, Mr. Axl Rose: We Did Not Feel Welcome in the Jungle (6/8/05) Marvin Gaye Explains What He Heard Through the Grapevine (3/28/05) A Memo Distributed Among the "Project Loverboy" Staff, Regarding "Turn Me Loose" (2/16/05) A Letter Between Siblings Who Lived in the House Described in "Our House" by Madness (2/3/05) A Letter to Elvis Presley From His Hound Dog (8/30/04) A Memo to the Sultans of Swing, From Their Booking Agent (7/20/04) Letters to Fogerty (6/23/04) James Taylor Issues an Update on "The Friendship Promise" (6/10/04)

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