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When I interviewed James Pants about his new album, Welcome , last week, he made the following remark in passing: "I have three favorite Garys: Gary Wilson, Gary Davis, and Gary Numan." Gary Davis is the electro-funk genius behind cult favorites Chocolate Star – and one of the featured guests on Welcome. And UK pasty-face Gary Numan recorded some of the best synth-pop jams of the 1980s: "Cars," "Are 'Friends' Electric?," "I Die, You Die," and many others. But who the heck is Gary Wilson? In short, he was a D.I.Y. crackpot from [...]