Talk:Wojciech Frykowski

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Removed comment about misspelling the name as Voytek as this is absolutely correct in Polish - cosy name for Wojciech is Wojtek (Voytek).

[edit] Manson's music royalties

I came across this page while researching information found on the back of a recent release on the ESP-DISK label (www.espdisk.com)

It's a 2006 reissue of an album recorded 9/11/67 by Charles Manson, with all songs written, produced and performed by Manson prior to the Tate-Labianca murders. I saw that the cover states "Artist and composer royalties are paide by ESP-Disk to the estate of Wojciech Frykowski, pursuant to court order." Since most people usually refer to the tragedy as "Tate-Labianca murders" I wasn't familiar with the name of Wojciech Frykowski, so I looked it up. So there you have it; a fitting footnote to this story, where the profits of Manson's music go to the heirs of one of his victims.

By the way, the 26 songs - most not much longer than a minute - are folky singer-songwriter type stuff, and are neither enlightening or outrageous, just really not very good at all. So outside of collectors and curiosity seekers, I don't think this CD will amass many sales or make much money for anyone. Perhaps it's for the best....

Sybil Augustine

[edit] Wojciech's Marital Status

I question whether Mr. Frykowski's relationship with Abigail Folger should be characterized as "common-law," a term that, strictly speaking, refers to lawful marriage (though not solemnized in a religious or civil ceremony). In 1986, at a cafe in NoHo, Manhattan, I met a Polish expatriate named Agnieszka Frykowska, whom my host introduced as the widow of Wojciech Frykowski, the Manson victim. I have no reason to think that my host was mistaken or pulling my leg. That woman appeared to be about fifty years old. Recalling that meeting, I suspect that Mr. Frykowski's relationship with Miss Folger was meretricious only. Certainly, Wikipedia's article on another Manson victim, Jay Sebring, refers to Miss Folger as Mr. Frykowski's "girlfriend."

Incidentally, Polish, like the languages of all peoples in western Christendom, uses the Roman alphabet. Ten minutes' study of Polish orthography will enable an English speaker to pronounce virtually any word in the language. There is no more call to transliterate Mr. Frykowski's pet name, Wojtek, as "Voytek," than to refer to the German automobile as a "Folksvagen" or a French bathroom fixture as a "beeday."