tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9832114.post114893577122621982..comments2009-07-13T14:34:58.205-07:00good old ohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14454702773523287540noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9832114.post-1148957260511543442006-05-29T19:47:00.000-07:002006-05-29T19:47:00.000-07:00Hear hear!<BR/><BR/>Trust me when I say that I cut my teeth to the sound of Mr. Cave. The jauntiness of "Nick the Stripper" saved me from my maudlin 4AD world and I am forever grateful for that. But, I don't subscribe to the cult that continues to lap up everything he puts out.<BR/><BR/>I've found him to be a soft recycled and watered down version of his earlier self (and this could be just because he's of the junk...) and it's I find him to be an artist who's made his reputation and continues to use base shock value as his artistic milieu. I, for one, have grown tired of "shock value".<BR/><BR/>Good for you for leaving too. There way too much to do and experience than to waste even a second on pointless, messageless shlock.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I was so hot for Nick when "...and the Ass saw the Angel" came out and I found it to be an interesting tale BUT I had also read up on my Southern Gothic literature so I saw it for what it was - taking a medium and running with it, perhaps a bit too far. I'll take Carson McCullers or Flannery O'Connor or even the fey li'l Truman Capote anyday over the writing of Mr. Cave. I hope he forsakes his influences and finds his OWN path. I still carry a bit of a torch for him...the forgotten workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17086238656608309023noreply@blogger.com