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     Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 958 Registered: 03-2006 |
I rented the Nick Cave-penned Outback western, The Proposition (excellent, btw, if you like good, bloody shoot-em ups) and it made me wonder: has Cave said anything publicly about Grant's passing? Of course it's his business - he may not want to talk about it - I'm just curious. I really hadn't seen anything. They were, I'm led to believe, fairly close at one point, having been roomies. Didn't Grant kick him out for his junkie ways? | ||
| Donat Member Username: Donat Post Number: 183 Registered: 11-2004 |
I don't think Grant would've kicked Nick out for his junkie ways. | ||
| Hugo Member Username: Hugo Post Number: 14 Registered: 06-2005 |
There's an interview of Nick Cave by Grant floating around on the Internet. In it Nick alludes to Grant throwing him out of his apartment, if I remember correctly. | ||
| Jerry Clark Member Username: Jerry Post Number: 456 Registered: 08-2004 |
Here's the interview: http://www.jturner.dircon.co.uk/gb/gm&nc.htm Was Cave at Grant's funeral? | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 756 Registered: 04-2005 |
Hopefully, Nick didn't hold a grudge that Grant had "stolen" the one good song out of Nick's old guitar--"Cattle and Cane." | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 959 Registered: 03-2006 |
That was a great interview - you can tell, amidst all the friendly rivalry, the high regard they held each other in. And, I love the bit about stealing the one good song from the guitar. It shows that, even to great songwriters like them, the process is a complete mystery. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 759 Registered: 04-2005 |
Poor Nick got stolen from a lot by the Go-Betweens! There's that great story in David's book about how Lindy found Nick's stash of H lying around in the kitchen and used it. By the way, I read many accounts of Grant's funeral, and not one mentioned Nick Cave being in attendance. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 962 Registered: 03-2006 |
Hey looky there, Kurt - you're exactly 200 posts behind me...oops, make that 201... Poor Nick - usually you just have to deal with roommates eating your yogurt or drinking all your beer... Maybe Nick is still harboring a grudge over being tossed out in the cold. Such a thing would be hurtful, I'd imagine. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 760 Registered: 04-2005 |
If you really put your mind to it, LK, I think you can hit the hallowed 1,000 post mark today. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 963 Registered: 03-2006 |
That's a pretty heady goal, man...I'd have to strip my posts of actual content even further...hard to imagine them having even less meaning! | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 761 Registered: 04-2005 |
It's easy--just start 37 new threads! Who likes <artist>? x 37 Of course, if you do it that way, we'd have to put an asterisk by your 1,000 posts. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 964 Registered: 03-2006 |
Hey, good strategy...Not sure I could think of that many bands, though. When I came out with, "Who likes Right Said Fred?" people would know the jig was up! Don't want no asterisks, either...Btw, the rumors that I've written all my posts while on human growth hormone are largely untrue. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 724 Registered: 05-2005 |
Right Said Fred's I'm Too Sexy is a pop classic LK. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 965 Registered: 03-2006 |
Right, said LK. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 726 Registered: 05-2005 |
No, really! | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 762 Registered: 04-2005 |
Sorry, Padraig, we're not buyin' it. | ||
| Donat Member Username: Donat Post Number: 188 Registered: 11-2004 |
From what I could see, Cave wasn't at the funeral. Though given the way he looks now, I probably wouldn't have been able to recognise him! | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 728 Registered: 05-2005 |
Yeah, I didn't see him there either. Kurt, LK, I really, really, really do think Right Said Fred's I'm Too Sexy is a great novelty pop song. | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 763 Registered: 04-2005 |
Actually, it probably is. We all remember it, right? But youre a brave man to admit to liking it! | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 967 Registered: 03-2006 |
Sounds like a description I can agree with - it's definitely a great novelty song - way better than "How much is that doggie in the window?" but maybe a few notches behind "Troglodyte" by the Jimmy Castor Bunch. Definitely fun to sing along to... Completely unrelated subject: how close do you live to Brisbane, Padraig? Reading about people's visits to Grant's haunts makes me wanna go myself and pay my respects. I'd even drink a Long Island Tea at that bar he frequented, though I don't really like them... Maybe I could corral some of my 'Murican pals like Kurt and Randy and Jeff and form a delegation. Any interest, Kurt? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 731 Registered: 05-2005 |
I'm in Sydney LK. It's 1000 ks south (625 miles). I'll do my best to get up to Brisbane when you guys make it over. I presume you'd be in Sydney too though? | ||
| Donat Member Username: Donat Post Number: 193 Registered: 11-2004 |
I'll come up with rough Go-Betweens DIY tour of Brisbane when I bother to pull my finger out. There's a lot of things one could do, I'm just trying to think of the more interesting things you could do in Brisbane. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 968 Registered: 03-2006 |
So, you're in Brisbane, Donat? It's just a half-formed fantasy at this point, Padraig, but still something I'd really like to do. And, though a lot of the impetus would be to tour GBs-related sites, there'd also still be the desire to see the country in general, so Sydney would be essential, I'd think. This is further pipe dreaming, but maybe if enough of us went, we could get some management endorsement/participation - maybe meet a Go-Between or two - a Wilsteed, a Morrison, maybe a Forster... | ||
| andreas Member Username: Andreas Post Number: 260 Registered: 04-2006 |
Hardin, a very nice dream. nearly impossible to realize. but that would fantastic to meet all of you guys and tour through australia and visit the GB's related sites. i don't want to stop dreaming.... | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 970 Registered: 03-2006 |
Andreas, you're innocent when you dream. You've got to always keep a diamond in your mind... You never know, it might just be an attainable goal...it is a great picture, isn't it? 20-30 GoBees obsessives, sloshed out of their minds on Long Island Teas, drunkenly singing "Bye Bye Pride" at the top of their lungs in GM's favorite bar...a good time would be had by all. Some kind of international incident would be sure to occur...at the least, a few arrests... | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 283 Registered: 07-2005 |
A wives invites and what about Kids. Ok LK no gritty northern reality needed | ||
| jerry hann Member Username: Jerry_h Post Number: 284 Registered: 07-2005 |
Or should I say are wives invited and what about kids as well. Bad grammar sorry | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 971 Registered: 03-2006 |
I would say that wives and kids are definitely included. Some of us might not get "yard leave" to go otherwise! Australia's a big draw... Maybe for the pub crawling portion of the events the kids might be left behind, or do they allow children in pubs in Oz? They're quite tight-assed about in the US... Talking about this like it's a real thing, but hey, maybe that's the way to make it happen! | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 767 Registered: 04-2005 |
I would imagine all the ex-Go-Betweens would go way out of their way to avoid the plague of obsessives as described by LK. Is there anything worse than a pack of (mostly) middle-aged fanboys? | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 739 Registered: 05-2005 |
LK, a lot of The Go-Betweens' history lies in Sydney. Darlinghurst Nights not least. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 972 Registered: 03-2006 |
True that, Padraig...when I round up the other, what was Kurt's term, middle-aged fanboys, we'll have to hit Sydney, too...hey, K may have coined a new term: MAFB's...maybe if we convince Forster one of us is a MILF, he'll agree to meet with us! Even just going to Australia for its own sake, notwithstanding the GBs, Sydney seems pretty indispensable... | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 745 Registered: 05-2005 |
LK, what does MILF mean? Here's a link to Right Said Fred's video for I'm Too Sexy. I'd forgotten how, well, gay it all is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjCj_2tuCTc | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 975 Registered: 03-2006 |
Mom I'd Like to...er, Flip...sorry, probably an Americanism.... As for the RSF, thanks for sharing... | ||
| John B. Member Username: John_b Post Number: 15 Registered: 10-2006 |
If such a MAF trip ever come close to the final planning all ex-GoBees would make sure that this message board is closed instantly. LK, research shows that MILF also stands for Moro Islamic Liberation Front. But I am not sure whether that would strengthen the position regarding a meeting with RF and others | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 771 Registered: 04-2005 |
LK, please never use that acronym again on this board, unless you really did mean Moro Islamic Liberation Front. | ||
| Little Keith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 982 Registered: 03-2006 |
Sorry if I offended your tender sensibilities, Kurt. | ||
| Michael Bachman Member Username: Michael_bachman Post Number: 279 Registered: 01-2005 |
A Go-Betweens tour of Brisbane and Sydney would be cool! I wonder how much plane tickets are from Detroit? I have contemplated going to a Twin Peaks Festival which are held yearly east of Seattle where the pilot was shot as well as the movie Fire Walk With Me. The series was shot in LA with a few remote original location shots of North Bend and Snoqualmie, WA. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 675 Registered: 03-2005 |
I wouldn't want to fly anywhere that the pilot was shot. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 760 Registered: 05-2005 |
That's what I was thinking! | ||
| Peter Azzopardi Member Username: Pete Post Number: 155 Registered: 09-2004 |
I knew a guy from Geelong (Australia) who met his wife at that Twin Peaks festival. An odd couple to be sure. | ||
| Pádraig Collins Member Username: Pádraig_collins Post Number: 765 Registered: 05-2005 |
Welcome back Pete! Hopefully see you in Melbourne in a few weeks. | ||
| Peter Azzopardi Member Username: Pete Post Number: 158 Registered: 09-2004 |
I'll be here. | ||
| Randy Adams Member Username: Randy_adams Post Number: 676 Registered: 03-2005 |
Good to see you on here Pete. Hardin's idea of a trip to Oz sounds great to me. I've been reading "Pig City" during some of my spare time here. But we'd definitely have to hit up Sydney and Melbourne too as they have such deep history as music cities. And each of us can spend his or her time quietly muttering "thank god I'm not as weird as the rest of these geeks!" |