@doublism its literally just tequila and cranberry juice (and ice and fruits if you so feel like it… i have seen one version where it says sprite too but i dont really know where that came from none of the others say that) went slightly insane on it one time last year
Dance me to your beauty with a burning violin Dance me through the panic til’ I’m gathered safely in Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove Dance me to the end of love
You do not have to love me just because you are all the women I have ever wanted I was born to follow you every night while I am still the many men who love you
I meet you at a table I take your fist between my hands in a solemn taxi I wake up alone my hand on your absense in Hotel Discipline
I wrote all these songs for you I burned red and black candles shaped like a man and a woman I married the smoke of two pyramids of sandalwood I prayed for you I prayed that you would love me and that you would not love me
“Everybody has experienced the defeat of their lives. Nobody has a life that worked out the way they wanted it to work out. We all begin as the hero of our own dramas, in centre stage, and inevitably life moves us out of centre stage, defeats the hero, overturns the plot and the strategy and we’re left on the sidelines, wondering why we no longer have a part, or want a part, in the whole damn thing. So everybody’s experienced this. When it’s presented to us sweetly, the feeling goes from heart to heart and we feel less isolated and we feel part of the great human chain, which is really involved with the recognition of defeat.”
— Leonard Cohen on why people enjoy listening to melancholy songs (from a BBC radio interview in 2007)
Oh no, it’s another road trip travelogue. At the beginning of August, my two best buds and I drove up to Montreal from New York and had an extremely charming time. Here are my notes, featuring narwhals, toilet plants, a garbage barge, a graveyard, several breakfasts, Leonard Cohen, Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, “luxury rubbish,” Blink-182 (Syd wanted to note that we all sang along), dirt bowls, nickel-sized hail, and disco water. Please forgive my awful French.
I’ve done so many lettering and calligraphy pieces over the years, like you guys wouldn’t believe. I’ve sat down and sifted through them and picked some 100+ artworks for a brand-new compilation zine.
For your enjoyment and inspiration, you get 100 pages of black-and-white lettering. It’s FREE up on my Gumroad — although, as per usual, I would really appreciate tips!
Anyway, I hope you enjoy, and please spread the word!
Ectopic Ents is proud to announce the long-awaited vinyl reissue of the second Foetusalbum,ACHE, to coincide with it’s 40th anniversary. Released under the moniker You’ve Got Foetus On Your Breath, the ACHE album was originally released in 1982 on JG Thirlwell’s Self Immolation label, whilst he was resident in London. It was recorded at Lavender Sound studio in South London and engineered by Harlan Cockburn.
On its release it was acclaimed by the music press, John Peel and even cited by Leonard Cohen on more than one occasion. Over the years the album has become a highly sought-after collectors item.
The 2022 reissue was meticulously remastered by Josh Bonati and is pressed on white vinyl in a limited run of 1000. The album is packaged with a reproduction of the original promo poster from the album and a download code for the album in either high quality 320kbps mp3 or wav files. In addition, each order includes a 5″ x 5″ sticker of the album cover art personally signed by JG Thirlwell.
“Ache is possessed by a bristling, maniacal intelligence which spews out a jostling, surreal collage of subverted musical and verbal cliches, wired word associations, epigrams and sheer invective with frantic urgency and gleeful black humor. Ache is one of the most violently compelling records I’ve heard in ages.” Mat Snow,NME12.11.1982
We have just published a brand new lyric video for the classic Foetus track ’Instead…I Became Anenome’ to coincide with the 40th anniversary white vinyl re-issue of the second Foetus album ACHE, originally released in 1982. The song is the final song on the acclaimed album and the lyrics were quoted by Leonard Cohen on more than one occasion.
Foetus ACHE white vinyl reissue will be released on May 6 2022, on the Foetus website and JG Thirlwell’s Bandcamp page.
The video was created in 2022 by JG Thirlwell. You can watch it here at the JG Thirlwell YouTube channel. While you are there please subscribe to the JG Thirlwell YouTube channel.
No formato a 45 rotações este foi o primeiro disco de Leonard Cohen que comprei. Um máxi-single, que recordava 'The Sisters of Mercy’ no lado B (ainda hoje a canção dele de que mais gosto). Foi uma verdadeira surpresa, em 1988, encontrar semelhante viço pop e um tão atual trabalho com sintetizadores numa canção de Cohen. Que, convenhamos, vinca bem os jogos de contrastes com a sua voz. Nascia ali um clássico.
A big 1988 surprise, a Leonard Cohen song so powrfully driven bu synths. But pay atention to how the vocals mark the contrasts…
