PUNK! Reed by way of Bowie, Cale by way of Reed, Cage by way of Cale. Also . . . Alan Moore, The Velvet Underground, Nico, Brecht / Weill, Jaques Brel, Scott Walker, Eno, 'the Dylans' ( Thomas & Bob ), Serge Gainsbourg, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Lee Hazlewood, Johnny Cash, Patti Smith, Suicide, Iggy Pop, Television, Pere Ubu, Can, John Barry, Harry Nilsson, T Rex, Howling Wolf, Leonard Cohen, Marianne Faithfull, Jimmy Webb, Cole Porter, John Lennon, The Beatles, Syd Barrett, Jonathan Richman, Ian Hunter, Cockney Rebel, Robyn Hitchcock, Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyatt, Nick Drake, Bob Lind, Daniel Johnston, Hank Williams, Roxy Music, Gavin Friday, Agnes Burnelle, Ute Lemper, Noel Coward, The Residents, Devo, The Doors, Joy Division, Fred Neil, David Ackles, Paul Simon, T Bone Burnett, Nick Lowe, Ian Dury, Ray Davies, Ronnie Lane, Andrew Loog Oldham, The Rolling Stones, Lee Scratch Perry, PIL, W.C. Fields, Vivian Stanshall, Pat Fish, Frank Sinatra, Chet Baker, Neil Young, Bert Janch, Shane McGowan, Elvis Costello, The Handsome Family, Van Morrison, Billie Holiday, The Jesus And Mary Chain, Big Star, Momus, Andy Warhol, Picasso, Cecil Collins, Duchamp, Max Ernst, Andre Breton, Magritte, De Chirico, Delveaux, Edvard Munch, Rene Halkett, Bruce Conner, Wallace Berman, Peter Beard, Joseph Cornell, Tony Fitzpatrick, Joe Coleman, Robert Wilson, Robert Anton Wilson, Ken Kesey, Alan Watts, Ram Das, Terrance Mckenna, Brion Gysin, Genesis. P. Orridge, Aleister Crowley, Pablo Neruda, George Melly, Dennis Potter, Neil Bartlett, Oscar Wilde, Steven Berkoff, Antonin Artaud, Joe Orton, J.G.Ballard, Henry Miller, Nick Tosches, Barry Gifford, Albert Camus, Franz Kafka, Anne Sexton, Hermann Hess, Angela Carter, Charles Bukowski, Thomas De Quincey, Paul Auster, Hal Willner, Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Leutremont, jeremy Reed, Joseph Cambell, Hakim Bey, Cocteau, Bunuel, Welles, Godard, Lynch, Herzog, Cassavetes, Kubrick, Anderson, Roeg, Cammell, Polanski, Anger, Crononberg, Maddin, Jodorowski, Scorcese, Wenders, Surrealism, Dada, the German Expressionists, the French Symbolists, the American Beats, PUNK! ( I could go on! )
David J has been getting away with it since 1979 and is still at large.
"And, of course, that is what all of this is - all of this: the one song, ever changing, ever reincarnated, that speaks somehow from and to and for that which is ineffable within us and without us, that is both prayer and deliverance, folly and wisdom, that inspires us to dance or smile or simply to go on, senselessly, incomprehensibly, beatifically, in the face of mortality and the truth that our lives are more ill-writ, ill-rhymed and fleeting than any song, except perhaps those songs - that song, endlessly reincarnated - born of that truth, be it the moon and June of that truth, or the wordless blue moan, or the rotgut or the elegant poetry of it. That nameless black-hulled ship of Ulysses, that long black train, that Terraplane, that mystery train, that Rocket '88', that Buick 6 - same journey, same miracle, same end and endlessness."
Nick Tosches, Where Dead Voices Gather
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'Candy On The Cross' video directed by Mitch Jenkins. 1992.
'The Devil's Muse' video featuring David J with Fauxnique. Film by David Jude Thomas.
'The Bottle, The Book or The Dollar Bill' video with the Glossines.
David J performing 'Time' at The Key Club in Los Angeles on October 20, 2007.
With Kitten On The Keys, Zoe, Joyce Rooks & Tom Vos.
David J with Fauxnique live in San Francisco, Jan 2, 2007.
A two part film of David J reading 'Cash On The Kick
Wheel' at Richard Margolin's 'Rock n' Roll House' in
Encinitas, California.
This farewell event took place on April 15, 2007,
three weeks prior to the beloved landmark's
demolition.
( Filmed on the fly by Scott Saw )
( See blog: 'End Of An Era' )
'Cash On The Kick Wheel' part 2.
TOUCH THE SPIDER! are back out of their gloomy cellar
to release their second CD.
SOULS FOR SALE
Once again the spiders spark a fire of despair, depression, anguish and hate. 15 tracks provide a disturbing insight into moral depths of human being – lost souls trapped in a spiderweb.
Wow can't believe it's a year we went to hear those wonderful singers sing in that bar in Porto together. That was a fab night! Thanks for the memories Hon! Much Love, Suzi xxx
THE RETURN OF THE BAT
Specimen will bring their special brand of glam mayhem, The Batcave to London again.
After last year’s wildly-successful 25th anniversary Batcave event, The Batcave returns to its original spawning ground of London’s West End on Sunday July 19 for another night of blasphemy, lechery and blood.
Specimen (Fresh from a fantastic show at Leipzig’s Waves Gotik festival), the original Batcave instigators will headline the lurid frolics at the Embassy Club, (29 Old Burlington St, London W1S3AP) Also on the bill are original Batcavers Sexbeat, with DJs Hamish and Cavey Nick, cavorting from decks to decadence with the usual brutal, trouser-dropping surprises & suitably confronting & barbaric entertainment.
The 2009 Batcave will feature installations from exciting new artists of the ‘Dark London Underground’ and visuals from the upcoming ‘Welco
Hi David, how about Seattle soon??? Not too far from L.A. I'm very inspired by your continued artistic endeavors. Here's a new diddy that I put together for a band I dig. Peace, ~MSW ..
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