NP: Scott Walker

[Dave Monroe]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:00 AM, Henry <scuffling at gmail.com> wrote:
> Did anyone see this movie?  "Make It Easy on Yourself" and "The Sun Ain't
> Gonna Shine Anymore" were great "blue-eyed soul" hits in the 60's, but how's
> his post-pop stuff?
>
> 'SCOTT WALKER: 30 CENTURY MAN' review in NYT today:
>
> http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/12/17/movies/17scot.html

I've really wanted to, but out here in the sticks, well ...

... well, I'll have to get a friend to find it online, so ...

So while I've taken to closing sets with the Bros.'s gloriously
heartbreaking "Stay with Me," Walker "brother" (they of course weren't
actually related) number one's been digging something really other
than else, even other than Jacques Brel (fave SW solo track, his cover
of JB's "Jackie"; have also been spinning solo Gary  and, uh,
h'''''''').  His "recent" albums, Tilt (1995) and The Drift (2006)
have been pretty damn harrowing.  Note also ...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0152015/

Pola X = Pierre, ou les ambiguities X = Pierre, or the Ambiguities
(Herman Melville), screenplay draft ten (X) ...