Fragments of a Cale Season

a heap of broken images

Saturday, November 23, 2013

Fairweather Friend

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I've always been disappointed in "Fairweather Friend". Cale's closing tracks tend to be memorable; this isn't. Cale wr...
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Monday, October 28, 2013

The Ostrich / Sneaky Pete

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"The world has lost a fine songwriter and poet… I've lost my 'school-yard buddy'." - John Cale I know this isn't...
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Sunday, October 27, 2013

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night

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I've made clear that I find Words for the Dying an affront. The instrumental and choral arrangements by Cale and Eno don't seem int...
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Sunday, October 6, 2013

She Never Took No For an Answer

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When you think of the Sex Pistols' unlucky and incapable replacement bassist Sid Vicious and his unluckier girlfriend Nancy Spungen, you...
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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Hungry for Love

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Caribbean Sunset is another contender for "strangest album". Despite the Jimmy Buffettesque name and hilariously 80s cover (dig t...
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Saturday, September 28, 2013

Memphis

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And now for something completely different. Mr. Cale has always had an eclectic taste in covers (Axton/Durden/Presley's "Heartbre...
Friday, September 20, 2013

If You Were Still Around

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Another Music for a New Society cut, you say? Yes, yes. Bear with me. I've been thinking about it a lot for reasons that will soon bec...
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