Something different happens when art and music merge
This is a long read. But it describes a project that has taken me two years. To begin at theContinue Reading
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Soul Collective – “Light” and “You in Flower”
“Light” and “You in Flower” images and poems from: Soul Collective – Poems and Paintings, by Marthe Bijman, pp. 11-12.Continue Reading
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Soul Collective – “Appearances”
WHO MADE YOUWho turned the muscles in your armsso elegantly around the bone?Who sculptedthe column of your neckso perfectlyfrom marbledContinue Reading
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Soul Collective – “Delete the Page”
DELETE THE PAGEDelete the pageThere is a new youAbout to enterThe stageRaise the barAnnounce the birth ofYour new, improvedAvatar “DeleteContinue Reading
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Soul Collective – The life of a DJ
ENTRANCELook backTill you seeWhat’s in the darkLook backThe spotlightsCatch their eyesLook backAs they stretchTo see youLook backThen turn awayFrom theContinue Reading
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Soul Collective
—Perfect You PERFECT YOU Trace the outline of his face —The amber eyes with feathered lashesThe bold nose with itsContinue Reading
A deep dive – My all-time favourite film
Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki made The Man Without a Past (Mies vailla menneisyyttä) in 2002. This, strange as it mayContinue Reading
What’s Nick Cave reading on holiday?
I take advice from my favourite writers on what to read. This morning, Nick Cave wrote about his holiday readingContinue Reading
Stomach-turning: A Ballet of Lepers, by Leonard Cohen
Leonard Cohen, the famous musician, poet and lyricist, wrote the stories collected in A Ballet of Lepers in his youngContinue Reading
For once, something truly meaningful
I have been feeling very down lately, quite discouraged, because I am in the process of being retrained. I cannotContinue Reading
What happens when you mix up languages in lyrics? Check out PSY, SUGA, and Adriano Celentano
PSY released his album PSY 9th on April 29, 2022, and I got the album immediately, because I like PSY.Continue Reading
How to be kind to your fans – Nick Cave’s affectionate honesty (1)
The Red Hand Files, musician Nick Cave’s responses to questions from his fans, readers and listeners, has passed the 180Continue Reading
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What is your unguilty pleasure? – ENYA, by Chilly Gonzales
Musician Chilly Gonzales (born Jason Charles Beck) hates bananas. I’m not that fond of bananas myself. It’s that sticky, doughyContinue Reading
Revealing the real story behind modern pop music – John Seabrook interview
John Seabrook’s non-fiction writing is the manifestation of his public image. The websites I have found that are dedicated toContinue Reading
Listen to this – Feel it
I am a fan of Nick Cave, and subscribe to his Red Hand Files communiques in which he answers questionsContinue Reading
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Listening to Someone Else’s Dreams – The Age of Anxiety, by Pete Townshend
All the Aging Groovies like me out there would know the name Pete Townshend, the Pete Townshend – a.k.a. Peter DennisContinue Reading
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