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Have I mentioned how much I love "Up Jumped the Devil" by Nick Cave? No? Oh, let me remedy that. This is an unofficial music video, but I really enjoyed it...
( oh, poor heart. i was doomed from the start. doomed to play the villain's part. )
In my search for the video above, I found the video for "Stagger Lee". I had never seen it before, and it certainly wasn't what I was expecting. I thought it would be rough, dusty, dark, and inspired by the wild west. Instead, the video is terribly homoerotic. Oddly enough, I like it much better than the video I had imagined. And, in hindsight, the homoerotic nature of the song is clearly visible in the last portion of the lyrics, even if it is framed in the homophobia and violence of the subject of the song. Needless to say, DO NOT watch the video if you are going to be offended by lyrics containing violence, murder, and sex. There are a load of offensive words, too.
( it was back in '32 when times were hard )
I managed to read quite a bit this weekend! I'm nearly halfway through Geoffrey Ashe's The Discovery of King Arthur, and have put well over one hundred pages of Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South behind me. Both of them are fantastic, if anyone is looking for something to read.
( oh, poor heart. i was doomed from the start. doomed to play the villain's part. )
In my search for the video above, I found the video for "Stagger Lee". I had never seen it before, and it certainly wasn't what I was expecting. I thought it would be rough, dusty, dark, and inspired by the wild west. Instead, the video is terribly homoerotic. Oddly enough, I like it much better than the video I had imagined. And, in hindsight, the homoerotic nature of the song is clearly visible in the last portion of the lyrics, even if it is framed in the homophobia and violence of the subject of the song. Needless to say, DO NOT watch the video if you are going to be offended by lyrics containing violence, murder, and sex. There are a load of offensive words, too.
( it was back in '32 when times were hard )
I managed to read quite a bit this weekend! I'm nearly halfway through Geoffrey Ashe's The Discovery of King Arthur, and have put well over one hundred pages of Elizabeth Gaskell's North and South behind me. Both of them are fantastic, if anyone is looking for something to read.
