Like many of you, I'm generally in favor of very harsh punishment for those who torture or abuse children. Really.
But there must be some accommodation made in the law to account for those times when your child plants a horrible song in your head that simply will not go away.
Then I would be just as guilty.
And, really, she was right...if you think about it...
Yes, but Bowie goes home to Iman...
A long, long time ago I was told by Q Magazine to buy David Bowie's album "Heathen." I did. I liked it, there were some good parts, but in general it lacked what only an American would understand to be "oomph." I haven't really listened to it since.
It has been nearly a decade, but a week ago, through a sinewy path that leads through the Nine In Nails iPhone app, Cabaret Metro, and the Beeb I came to find out that Peter Murphy has a new record out.
Stay with me.
Peter Murphy is one of those musicians whose careers I greatly admire because he has always done his own thing. He has a sound and an approach that is his. He became well-known fronting the seminal band "Bauhaus" and has had periodic success since then as a solo artist. While I don't spend time seeking his work out or posting to his MySpace page, I am predisposed to being interested in his new releases, when they make it into my radar screen.
After seeing a minor kerfuffle of activity about Mr. Murphy I did the most basic of research to find out that, in fact, he does have a new-ish record out. It's called "Ninth" and the online reviews seemed good. I recall being quite juiced to see him fronting Trent and Atticus on "Reptile", especially in a more casual live setting. So I bought "Ninth", the new album from Peter Murphy. And I have not been disappointed.
Those of you old enough to remember Bauhaus or "Cuts You Up" will find in this record a harder, edgier Peter Murphy. His voice remains the throaty cello, his annunciation selective based on the melody and rhythm of the song. The subject matter of the record is, frankly, lost on me except to say that it doesn't disturb or dismay. I have really enjoyed listening to it this weekend.
It hit me on the way in this morning that this is the record I wanted to hear from David Bowie when I bought "Heathen;" something a little more to the edge of his oeuvre, but embodying what makes him great. "Heathen" is a good record. But "Ninth" is a great one.
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