Nick Cave celebrates 300th entry of Red Hand Files by asking his fans a question
Nick Cave has celebrated the 300th entry of his Red Hand Files blog by asking his fans a question of their own.
READ MORE:Â Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds âWild Godâ review: the once dark prince lets the light inIn the 299th entry, a fan, Simon, suggested that Cave mark the 300th File by asking the blogâs fans a question, as opposed to the usual format of a fan asking him a question.
Simon said, âI realise this could be a bit of an everyone-answering-at-once shit-show kinda thing, but this Q&A relationship has worked out more than fine thus far, and I think weâre grown up enough to deal with it sensibly.
âThis is a one-time deal â one shot, one question. After this, weâll be back asking the questions again forevermore.â
Cave replied by thanking Simon for his âencouraging wordsâ and calling his idea âexcellentâ â he then posted a question, and said heâd print his favourite answer in the 300th issue.
The question is as follows: âI have a full life. A privileged life. An unendangered life. But sometimes the simple joys escape me. Joy is not always a feeling that is freely bestowed upon us, often it is something we must actively seek. In a way, joy is a decision, an action, even a practised method of being. It is an earned thing brought into focus by what we have lost â at least, it can seem that way. My question is, where or how do you find your joy?â
He finished off, âI very much look forward to your answers. It may take me a little while to read them all as I am about to begin tour rehearsals with The Bad Seeds â now, there is an unadulterated, full-blown joy right there! See you in a few weeks!
Meanwhile, Caveâs Bad Seeds bandmate Warren Ellis spoke to NME earlier this month, and touched on Caveâs personal struggles â two of Caveâs sons, Arthur and Jethro, have died in the last seven years. He said, discussing Caveâs recent work, âClearly, Nick has a very personal slant on these records â particularly the last few. They have been very different to anything heâs ever done. Heâs lost two of his kids; thatâs something I could never understand. Iâve been around him when itâs happening and made the records with him, but Iâve never had something like that happen to me.
âAll that I could do was go in and work with him on the records. You wade in and do what you can, and try to do the right thing by the person. The best that you can do is to be there. Itâs been a real privilege to have been involved in those records and to be with Nick.â
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds released their most recent album, âWild Godâ in August. In a four-star review, NME said, âOnce the godfather of goth, now a freewheelin’ preacher of joy, Cave elevates above the grief on this colourful 18th album,â adding, âBad Seeds records are infamously loaded with gothic doom and gloom. Of course, this ainât a poptastic LOLfest, and still coloured with the many shades of a life so challenging and weathered. But never has Cave been so freewheelinâ than on the giddy âFrogsâ, âJumping for love and the opening sky aboveâ as âKris Kristofferson walks by kicking a can in a shirt he hasnât washed for yearsâ. With a lust for life, the once-dark prince is letting the light in.â
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Nick Cave celebrates 300th entry of Red Hand Files by asking his fans a question
Nick Cave celebrates 300th entry of Red Hand Files by asking his fans a question
Nick Cave celebrates 300th entry of Red Hand Files by asking his fans a question
Nick Cave celebrates 300th entry of Red Hand Files by asking his fans a question
Nick Cave celebrates 300th entry of Red Hand Files by asking his fans a question
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