I'll sleep when I'm dead.
Sep. 20th, 2002 03:42 amWarren Zevon is, as has been pointed out elsewhere, dying of lung cancer.
swisstone pointed out this the other day, and today there's this
brief article in today's Guardian - which is especially worth reading.
brief article in today's Guardian - which is especially worth reading.
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Date: 2002-09-20 04:16 am (UTC)I haven't actually heard his stuff, although I'm sure I've heard you mention him before. I guess he's worth checking out.
(Oh, and I called Cornflake and will be picking up my new P3 tomorrow, they didn't think it was worth buying more than the most basic Rega cartridge so I'm going for the Rega Bias.)
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Date: 2002-09-20 04:30 am (UTC)I guess he's worth checking out.
I would say so. Musically he's pretty mainstream compared to the stuff you usually rave about, but he's written some very odd quirky songs . . . sometimes with truly startling people guesting on them. "That harmonica-playing's dreadful! Did he do it himself or . . . Dylan. Oh. That explains it."
will be picking up my new P3 tomorrow
Excellent. A fine choice.
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Date: 2002-09-20 04:59 am (UTC)Thanks for your help with that.
Do you know yet if you're in London over the weekend or not? Give me a bell if you're in Central London Saturday afternoon and I shall attempt to be in Sister Ray around the same time or something.
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Date: 2002-09-20 05:26 am (UTC)I'll probably be around until late turns to early, at least - Raven's flying away for ever (ish) back to Australia at a stupid hour on Sunday morning. Also, Tom's got an auudition for a very strange-sounding play in the afternoon, after which he expects to need a good stiff drink.
Meeting up sounds good. Especially in a record shop. The lack of a copy of Horse Rotorvator is starting to grate. I don't think I have your number, though. If you mail me it (gc1 at sanger.ac.uk) I'll call you later on or early tomorrow and hopefully we can arrange something.
Ta.
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Date: 2002-09-20 05:49 am (UTC)It's really sad....I was very cut up when I heard about it...After he'd come back with such a blaze on "Life'll Kill Ya".
I've been a WZ fan for years now, since hearing "Roland : The Headless Thompson Gunner"
Robert