Now don’t get me wrong, I love Regina Spektor. She is brilliant and stunning all the same, and VBS’s recent episode of Practice Space introduces us (well, me…maybe you already knew) to her playful side; also showing her love for the grand piano. That being said, when checking out VBS, the channel has an amazing knack for corrupting one’s time. The best part is that within a click of the mouse you go from a simple world where quirk equals art to the grim depths of what many believe the unknown to be. And then, another click and you’re watching Nick Cave and Jim Sclavunos talk about their new band Grinderman.

Sclavunos, when asked about what it is like working with Nick Cave, responds along the lines of “his legacy is going to prove to be very important.” I bought a book of his poetry some years ago, and while I’m still young - at the time of the purchase I was very young. The collection of poetry, King Ink, made no sense to me whatsoever. Not simply in the sense that it was of literary providence, but rather…I just didn’t ‘get it.’ I’m older now (hopefully, an obvious statement) and Nick Cave still makes no sense to me on countless levels.

Every time I hear Nick Cave speak, or read an interview I get the feeling that he is someone that the world will look back on, years from now, and shrug in awe the way that many recently did so with the recent departure from this world of Kurt Vonnegut. I did not know him (remember me saying earlier that I am young?) but after the onslaught of online exposure I can only conclude that the man was something I was about forty years too young to have experience with a semblance of first hand exposure. Nick Cave will be Kurt Vonnegut for many.

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