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Wilkstein wrote:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019 ... verso=true

"Near a rack of compact disks—Drive-By Truckers; Lucinda Williams; Dock Boggs; multiple bootlegs of live performances by the goth band Sisters of Mercy—a legal pad was covered in interlinked bubbles charting the plot of Gibson’s 1996 novel, “Idoru.�

That Virgin.net interview in '97 wrote:Alexa Williamson: Getting back to the part of that Mojo quote, "locked in with my computer", how much have you used the Internet? You stated on the phone that you are not an "avid" Internet user. Is this because you're jaded by it?

What is your opinion of the Net as a medium for communication - do you think it's a good thing - a bad thing? William Gibson stays far away from it (although you'd expect the exact opposite after reading his books) because he thinks it's consuming all aspects of established culture.

If you haven't reached a point where you're anti-Internet do you have any favourite Web sites that you visit often? Or would recommend that others check out?

Andrew Eldritch: In the days of fidonet it was all quite exciting. The Internet itself is one of the Umpteen Wonders Of The Modern World, but the Web has been variously described (by me) as "text for people who can't read" and "the fastest way to get from where you wouldn't want to be to where you wouldn't want to go". American colleges seem to have a relaxed admissions policy (to put it mildly), so the Net is overpopulated by morons with free access and nothing better to do all day. Consequently, it's like being in a library with twenty million people shouting at each other. These are people who have never had sex and probably never will.

William and I haven't really talked about the Internet; we've tended to correspond more by fax and letter. I suppose that's a judgement by default.

I don't have any sites to recommend. I recommend that people join libraries, or - better still - buy books and thereby encourage others to write them. Others like William, who is Really Rather Good. I thought "Idoru" was easily his best book yet. Go out and buy it (says the man with a free copy).

Wilkstein wrote:https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019 ... verso=true

"Near a rack of compact disks—Drive-By Truckers; Lucinda Williams; Dock Boggs; multiple bootlegs of live performances by the goth band Sisters of Mercy—a legal pad was covered in interlinked bubbles charting the plot of Gibson’s 1996 novel, “Idoru.�

William Gibson wrote:MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE SHERATON, DR. JEEP PLAYS ON AND ON AND ON...

Bruce Sterling introduced me to Sisters of Mercy on our DIFFERENCE ENGINE tour, and "Vision Thing" became our official tour anthem; so, no, I wasn't listening to them when I wrote NEUROMANCER. I was listening to what Andrew Eldritch listened to in order to write those songs, I intuit.
He's one fine lyricist, is Andrew Eldritch.
As is Nick Cave. I'd like to write a novel as good as THE BOATMAN'S CALL.

nomad wrote:I am reliably informed that Billy Idol played half an hour of Sisters tracks before his show in Brisbane last night including Vision Thing & More...

splintered thing wrote:Via the FB Siouxsie Discussion group - London Fashion week with Temple of Love as catwalk closing song (with Siouxsie and Pam Hogg).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH5rTl5 ... ture=share

iesus wrote:Edit-Would like to mention also Dior Homme Autumn Winter 2010 By Kris Van Assche

Margaux Saltel wrote:Over the past weeks, Guillaume Poitel made a cover of "Dominion" by The Sisters of Mercy, and he asked me to sing on it!
I made a drawing base on the members Andrew Eldritch and Patricia Morrisson, for the video!