tony dushane
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Nick Cave Monday #10: “The Carny”
When we die, “The Carny” will be our soundtrack. Us humans, who have been jonesing for beliefs and answers about the afterlife in this existence…. We will enter a red tent and DJ will drop the needle on the second…
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Nick Cave Monday #9: “Papa Won’t Leave You, Henry”
Nick Cave scared the crap out of me. The year was 1992 and I was used to grunge and punk rock and loved the bodies hurling into each other. There were bands like The Dwarves who would get naked, bleed,…
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Nick Cave Monday #8: “Into My Arms”
I have dedicated “Into My Arms” to every woman I have fallen in love with. They were only able to rent this song while they had my heart.
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Nick Cave Monday #7: “No Pussy Blues”
Some men on their 50th birthday buy a convertible, grow a mustache, shag a yoga instructor and enter what society calls a midlife crisis. Nick Cave had the greatest midlife crisis ever, which included growing a mustache straight out of…
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Nick Cave Monday #6: “The Weeping Song”
Do you ever have one of those days where you just need to cry your eyes out? There’s no better soundtrack for your sobs than “The Weeping Song.”
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Nick Cave Monday #4: “The Mercy Seat”
There’s one song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds that pretty much sums up every era of the band, and that’s “The Mercy Seat.” Nick has said it’s one of his favorite songs to perform because they can do…
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Nick Cave Monday #2: “From Her To Eternity”
“From Her To Eternity” is one of Nick’s sexiest songs. It was the title track on the first album from The Bad Seeds and really defined what was going to come with this new project from Nick and the guys.…
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Nick Cave Monday: “Stagger Lee”
Welcome to Nick Cave Monday, a new blog where The Rumpus lets me gush about the greatest musician in the world.
