Comments on: Trend Watch: Writers Who Sing; Singers Who Write

By: Flavorwire » Our Favorite Writers Turned Musicians

Flavorwire » Our Favorite Writers Turned Musicians — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:01:17 +0000

[...] Pop’s Préliminaires album. We first wrote about the crossover between writers and musicians back in 2009, but with the release of Houellebecq’s new single, it seems high time for another look at the [...]

By: Emily Temple

Emily Temple — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:56:58 +0000

Quite right – the book came out in 1994. A new edition came out in 2002, so that’s where that came from. My bad.

By: K

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:33:54 +0000

I’m curious how Moody’s The Ice Storm could have been released in 2002, fully five years after the Ang Lee movie it inspired.

By: Rich A

Rich A — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:02:06 +0000

Exene Cervenka (X) did some poetry with Patti Smith–at least that’s what I think I saw one summer day at the Whitney Museum in NYC (yeah, it was visual art, too! Framed and handwritten). Paul McCartney published a book of poetry, but it was horrid, so perhaps it doesn’t qualify. And that reminds me: John Lennon wrote “In His Own Write”

By: rob

rob — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:19:32 +0000

I second Joe Pernice and John Wesley Harding.

Nick Cave? Yes, but I find little difference between his prose and songs — except his songs are edited better.

By: Dobbs

Dobbs — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:12:55 +0000

A few more for you: Nick Cave, Joe Pernice, Dr. Frank, Patti Smith, John Wesley Harding…

By: the internet

the internet — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:22:04 +0000

Carles and Tao Lin are the same person smart guy