{"id":321,"date":"2006-03-10T23:06:54","date_gmt":"2006-03-11T04:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/?p=321"},"modified":"2006-03-11T20:05:39","modified_gmt":"2006-03-12T01:05:39","slug":"ivor-cutler-rip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2006\/03\/10\/ivor-cutler-rip\/","title":{"rendered":"Ivor Cutler, R.I.P."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Photo by Mikey Delgado<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n

I am sad to report the death a few days ago of Ivor Cutler<\/a>. If the character of a nation is measured in part by its eccentrics, then the UK (and the world) is a slightly poorer place for his passing.<\/p>\n

Cutler was a multi-talented creator whose work was championed by such heavyweights as the Beatles (Lennon was a big fan, and Cutler appeared in Magical mystery tour<\/em>) and John Peel<\/a>. It was through Peel, in fact, that I initially heard of Cutler and came to acquire (at import prices) the brilliant A wet handle<\/em>, a collection of 83 (obviously short) poems with odd bits of harmonium wheezing at the end of each piece. (You can listen to samples over at Last FM<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

I’ve always loved those poems; they’re wonderfully punk in their lo-fi recording and those crazy poetic gems are like surreal haiku snapshots. Sub-Evil<\/a> and I used one of these (“Baked beetles”) in one of our KUMM<\/a> liners.<\/p>\n

I never met him (and only ever bought the one CD – I’m not a very good repeat customer, even when I really like the stuff), but I’m sad that he’s gone just the same. Go write a short, silly poem, and then have the courage to share it. It’s the least we can do.<\/p>\n

As Charlie Fowler said…
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Andy Kershaw was also a big fan<\/a> and will replay one of Cutler’s sessions for Peel on his BBC 3 radio show Sunday night<\/a> and that should be available for a week in their Listen Again system<\/a>. WeatherGirl<\/a>, Sub-Evil Boy<\/a>, and I will also play some Cutler on our KUMM show<\/a> on Sunday (2-4pm, U.S. Central time).<\/p>\nNo tag for this post.\n\t

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