For me, it’s Papa Gene’s Blues:
“I have no more than I did before,
But now I have all that I need;
For I love you and I know you love me”
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Was this a breakthrough case or was he one of those older punk artists who decided being anti-vax was punk? COVID’s taken out a lot of those.
I have no idea.
Mensi and the Angelic Upstarts were antifascist though, so hopefully it isn’t unthinking anomie.
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Oh thanks for that. Lovely tune. I’ve developed a taste for late 6Ts early 7Ts country rock (burrito bros, Gene Clarke etc.) and I’ve been listening to him today and enjoyed it.
It is a sad thing that so often my Saturday music listening of late has been informed by a dead musician (it’s been a fearful winnowing) but at least I have listened to many musicians I had neglected and celebrated their great lives.
And right now I’m going back to listening to Robbie Shakespeare tracks. I haven’t celebrated his greatness enough this week. I couldn’t believe he was so young. He has been there all my life.
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I remember when the Vampire Chronicles had a huge resurgence in the early 1990s. I never realized the first book was published in the late 1970s.
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I think it’s because goth as a subculture was kind of on the ascendancy during the 1990s, so a bunch of younger goths were getting into older gothic literature…
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Well, young at the time. We’re not so young any more.
I wonder whether the rise of Goth led to the Interview with a Vampire movie, vice-versa, or did the two feed each other.
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The roots of goth predate the films (books from the around the same time), but they certainly were a ready audience for the films and books. But the goth scene was never as influential as punk, I’d argue.
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The Castle of Otranto etc. enters the conversation…
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Optical fibre changed the telecomms world. Ever wondered where it originated … ?
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Nooooooo!
Much too soon…
I’ve been inspired, taught, and righteously enraged by so much of her work. 
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Super sad news… Here is an interview she did with Laurie Anderson and Theaster Gates a few years ago…
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And the effing WaPo can’t get the capitalization correct.
ETA, from the author of the article:
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Theaster Gates is a hero, himself!
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I was not familiar with his work prior to hearing that interview! Interesting work he does!
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One of his projects, in my old neighborhood:
Here’s a brief summary of a selection of his many accomplishments:
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Awesome! Thanks!
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