Fragments of a Cale Season

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...