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I've read Not Wanted on the Voyage. It's described as a dark and twisted version of the Noah's ark story. It's pretty good.https://www.amazon.co.uk/Not-Wanted-Voyage-Timothy-Findley/dp/014007306X/ref=sr_1_3?crid=7RUM0NLJBVF6&dchild=1&keywords=not+wanted+on+voyage&qid=1599563800&sprefix=not+wanted+on...

Jeez Louise, you're not wrong. I guess since P&P is the same for either 1 or 2 copies, the clever thing to do would be to order one for your friend at the same time, and charge them the £5 or so it would cost to repost within the UK. $24 is eye-watering.

Bit of trivia: William Harvey is the man who discovered the circulation of the blood. I've always thought that was appropriate for Von, though I can't quite put my finger on why.

I don't think AE has any inclination to release records - a mixture of being a stubborn git, the diminishing incentives, plus possibly being a bit more fragile than he likes to project. What I suspect happens every now and then is that the young whippersnappers come along, write some nice tunes, get...

Intriguing. Six Ways to Sunday could definitely be about domestic violence. But it could also be about police brutality / the sharp end of the state. I think my hunch that Caligula's Eyes is about Thatcher is confirmed. 'There is no us' probably reflects her famous 'there's no such thing as society....

Well, I now have a clearer idea of what the doll in 'show me on the doll' refers to! Not the type you can buy in Tescos...

That is pretty cool. Certainly looks like Von's handwriting. I'd guess it was something he wrote to send to a music journalist.

One of the things that gives me most hope about the new songs is that - judging from all the youtube vids I've been watching - I think AE really likes the new songs. Is proud of them, even.

And he's with people who obviously enjoy playing them - and that seems to be rubbing off on him too?

Nah, it's not him.

Oh, I remembered something I meant to say - 'the eyes of Caligula' is a reference to Margaret Thatcher. Francois Mitterrand famously said she had the eyes of Caligula, and the lips of Marilyn Monroe.

Personally, I think he needed glasses.

Cheers! I should probably change my profile photo. The little fella on the left is over six feet tall now!

I'm sufficiently intrigued by all of this new song speculation that I'm posting this - my first message for, what, 14 years?!? To be fair, I've read the site regularly since then - I just lost my email account and it's taken me this long to get around to reactivating :) - and some actual new songs t...

He's not releasing records because...he doesn't want to. The opportunities are there, and if he's placing unrealistic demands on record companies that he knows they'll refuse it's because...he doesn't want to release any records. It seems he was ready to release a record what, fifteen years ago? But...

I think you mean, it's never been clear IF Von reads Hegel, not how...He's never given any indication that I can think of of having read Foucault or Derrida or Lacan or any other supposedly post-structural theorist you could shake a stick at, either. He's aimed a couple of barbs at relativism, yes, ...

Why begin a post by saying that the distinction between modernism and postmodernism has always seemed barren to you, and then end it by asking 'the Sisters: modern or postmodern'?

Or am I just being shamelessly foundationalist?

very good indeed. tee hees all round

I wasn't going to say it...

It's also worth mentioning that the 'Floorshow E.P.' is absolutely fantastic. Floorshow rocks, Lights is much better than the released version, and Teachers / Adrenochrome also has much more energy than the released version. You could call it an early peak...

I should add, for those non-Brits, that '[Skin and] Blister' is cockney-rhyming slang for sister. Hence the name. They weren't cockneys, though. A cockney Sisters tribute band would be too, too much.

Now I might be able to help here... I studied at Durham Uni in the early 90s, and there was a not-very-famous Sisters tribute in the area called The Blisters of Mercy. I met one of the band members once back then, who was quite a nice chap, even though he was of the mistaken opinion that The Sisters...

I thought the music to Body and Soul was Hussey's first contribution? If not, I'll need another explanation of its general crapness...

So...anyone could order any (fairly cheap) cd and claim it was defective and they'd get a refund, and keep the cd? Or do they only say this because they somehow know this is a problematic item?

I only ask out of interest because defrauding them would be WRONG.

itnAklipse wrote:All of the names end in either a or e.

I think you'll find Marian doesn't

Thank you Mr Fiend!

The INTRO only to 1959 was played in Birmingham in the 90s. Which leaves not many: Phantom, Bury Me Deep, Torch, Driven Like the Snow. I wouldn't have said the Gift stuff counted anyway. If you want to be a completist, you could add Home of the Hitmen, Sandstorm, Untitled, You Could be the One... Le...