This was my introduction to Mark Smith (when I was an undergraduate):
http://thequietus.com/articles/09277-ma ... -interview
I came across it as a huge fan of Nick Cave and anything Shane was involved with. MES was new to me. The interview makes him come off as a huge asshole. I did eventually develop a taste for The Fall, but I always thought MES was kind of an asshole. Nothing has made my mind change. Nevertheless, RIP.
But now, I've re-read the interview. I wrote my dissertation on Nietzsche. I'm forced to conclude that MES is still an asshole, but goddam it, he's f**king RIGHT. His (brief, presumably inebriated) presentation of Nietzsche is crude, but basically correct. Shane - who I consider one of the greatest poets in the English language when he's not choking on his own vomit - has it all totally wrong.
There were legends in those days: the heroes of old, the men of renown.
RIP Mark E Smith
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The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
The most successful tyranny is not the one that uses force to assure uniformity but the one that removes the awareness of other possibilities, that makes it seem inconceivable that other ways are viable, that removes the sense that there is an outside.
Was really gutted when I heard MES died. Met him in 1990 after a gig, and he was happy to chat and sign a few items. Even asked what I thought of the latest album at the time (Extricate), and which tracks I preferred. He was a really top bloke, and completely different from the way he was portrayed in various papers. Sadly missed...