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Artist:
TOSCHES, NICK
Title:
Fuckthelivingfuckthedead
Label:
DSA (FRANCE)
Format:
CD
Price:
$14.50
Catalog #:
DSA 54082
Fuckthelivingfuckthedead
is the recording of a Nick Tosches poetry and music performance given at Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, March 2001 as part of the Exhibition "Les Années Pop" (the Pop Years) with
Frank Funaro
(percussion) and
Catherine McRae
(violin). Along with
Greil Marcus
and
Lester Bangs
, Nick Tosches belongs to a generation of American writers whose literary works have a deep and strong relation to rock'n'roll. Born in 1949 in Newark, New Jersey, Nick Tosches' early works were articles about rock music (
Creem
magazine) before he decided to become a full-time writer of poetry and prose. He wrote some books about music (
Hellfire
- a biography of "The Killer"
Jerry Lee Lewis
,
Country: The Twisted Roots of Rock'n' Roll
), a famous biography of
Dean Martin
(
Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams
), and some novels (
Power on Earth
,
Cut Numbers
,
Trinities
- which has been translated in 9 languages, including Chinese, and
The Last Opium Den
). His last two books are
In the Hand of Dante
and
Blackfire
, a biography of an obscure music-hall artist from the 20s,
Emmett Miller
. Fuckthelivingfuckthedead features a guest appearance by
Patti Smith
singing her own "Wild Leaves," a song she wrote for her friend
Robert Mapplethorpe
. This CD (digipak edition) features a 52-page booklet with English lyrics and their French translation made by
Julia Dorner
.
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