Hey - two of my idols. I'm obviously not the only one who connects the two.

Both do have the violence as beauty aesthetic that comes out with Morrissey in work such as Your Arsenal. Both also have a strong streak of disillusioned patriotism.

There's a surprisingly original and coherent statement. Mr Pallett is not talking through his hat either. However, to claim that the tragic dramas of the writer and singer are 'a lie' discloses some shortage of life experience.

The BBC reported on a poll by a panel of leading authors, of best writers. The Norwegian Nobel Institute organised the poll, and Salman Rushdie, Norman Mailer and Nadine Gordimer were among the authors to give their views on what were the best and most important novels, stories and plays in history. Milan Kundera, John le Carre, John Irving and Carlos Fuentes were also among the writers to cast votes. Authors from more than 50 nations took part.

They named 17th-Century Spanish story Don Quixote, a satiric romantic farce, as the best work of fiction ever written, followed by works of Shakespeare, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. Books by Dostoyevsky cropped up most often on the shortlist of the top 100 works, with four entries. Shakespeare, Kafka and Tolstoy each had three works on the list, while Faulkner, Flaubert and Garcia Marquez, Homer, Thomas Mann and Virginia Woolf had two.

Need I say more?
   

... or more or less, in this interview, too [ookami.co.uk].

I'm never sure of my html, so I'll put the link down raw, too, just in case:

http://www.ookami.co.uk/html/interview_with_quenti n_s_crisp.html

Interesting, funny reading. Thanks for the link.

Yet another intellectual who does not actually understand Morrissey on the simplest level. Saying Morrissey's music is "malevolent" is about as accurate as saying Morrissey is a carnivore. Joy, love, humor, and life are just as prominent in his work as sorrow, illness, despair and death. Surely this is obvious?

-- Worm

...why does Owen Pallett go by the name "Final Fantasy" when he clearly looks and dresses like Link from "The Legend Of Zelda?"

Which one is Owen Pallet, then? I mean, there´s only 247 members in the Arcade Fire...

Where do I find the reviews on the new Ford Escort?

Sure, he gets some attention because he's gay. But the attention he's been getting from the music press is valid for the right reasons. He makes some great original music that may sound like RPG music sometimes. He has a great smooth voice, and he creates layers upon layers of great sound like Johnny Marr did with the Smiths. Will he get over with the Moz faithful? I think it's an easy transistion.

Is a wonderful performer. Listen to his new album, 'He Poos Clouds'. A beautiful, winsome, well-crafted collection of songs and one of my albums of the year so far.