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Arts + Letters Links for Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Billy Bragg on Anger, David Byrne reviews the Kindle, The Return of Leonard Cohen, and Trent Reznor discusses Chris Cornell and artistic ethics.

iseevoices
Globe-trotting web journalist (and friend of the ‘Trope) Matthias B. Krause forwarded this link:
Produced by a couple of Svens (Haeusler, Müller), iseevoices is a series of interviews featuring notable people opining upon tightly-focused themes.1

A sample — Here is Billy Bragg discussing “Anger” (and the value of a cup of coffee in the morning):

(Via iseevoices.com )
David Byrne Journal: 08.25.09: The Kindle Experience
David Byrne — one time Talking Head (and these days a regular one-man battalion of artistic endeavors) on why, when it comes to books, paper still beats plastic.
(Via journal.davidbyrne.com )

Leonard Cohen’s return : The New Yorker
Sasha Frere-Jones with a short piece on Leonard Cohen for the New Yorker.
And for you my lucky Veritrope readers, here is the documentary that S.F.J. is referencing to in his article:

(Via www.newyorker.com )

Trent Reznor Still Mouthing Off About Chris Cornell – Where’s The Beef? – Stereogum
Stereogum had this post the other day about the Trent Reznor fixation with Chris Cornell’s latest “work” (which they’ve discussed to hilarious effect previously). Some of it seems to be professional rivalry, but he makes a larger point about the role that established artists can play in setting a tone for people just starting out that I think is worth considering.
(Via stereogum.com )

Note to anyone looking for a new band name: I think “A Couple of Svens” is available. [↩]

NIN | JA

New Beginnings for Old Friends

Being in a band is a bit of an emotional tightrope walk.

Trying to make any art can be difficult. It’s hard enough to write one good song on your own — let alone to do it with a group of people, each with a different aesthetic.

And let’s face it: Most musicians tend to possess, kindly put, an independent streak and so — almost inevitably — there is a residue left by the day in/day out friction from collaborating on any body of work. If you’re lucky, that creative process is followed by rehearsing, recording, and touring. Sprinkle on top of that whatever “personal demons” existed beforehand and you’ll see that, for all the clichés of a band being like a dysfunctional family, it’s inevitable that there is some truth to it.

Is it really any wonder that so many bands quickly lose their balance and fall off the wire?
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Trent Reznor Producing New Janes Addiction?

This could be interesting…

NIN and Jane's?

UPDATE:
LOOKS LIKE THE RUMORS ARE TRUE! Click Here for More Details.

From Rolling Stone — Trent Reznor Producing New Janes Addiction?:

“Over the past few days, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has been posting clues on his blog alluding to a new project. The photos, posted under the title ‘a look at something else that’s going on,’ have obsessive fans frantically attempting to unravel the puzzle. (Some superfan went as far as to look at the iPhone coordinates pictured on one image and pinpoint the location of a studio.)

The first picture was a photo of Reznor, producer Alan Moulder and NIN veteran-programmer Atticus Ross, leaning over a mixing console. Next came a picture of Jane’s Addiction bassist Eric Avery working on a lap top, then Jane’s Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins, and today we’re treated to a picture of Reznor in the studio with Dave Navarro, guitarist for Jane’s Addiction.”

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