Tag Archives: Serge Gainsbourg

infinite deferral

King Stitt. An art of deferred meaning, and in its way a kind of sacred sadness. A belief that the present is by nature fundamentally awake and responsive, open-ended to the risk of new meaning. What is defined is really … Continue reading

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Broke bank: ballads of bonnie and clyde

Its a type of calling. A kind of priesthood. Except the fire and brimstone has been replaced metaphorically by the Biblical intonations of the high priests of economics. They have either found them and dusted them off from a new … Continue reading

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chopin of dissonance: nocturnes on renunciations of reality

For sixteen prolific years in France prior to splitting with George Sand, Chopin had produced an uninterrupted stream of masterpieces on such a consistently brilliant level of craftsmanship and invention that it is well-nigh impossible to talk of a bell … Continue reading

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GUYS and PUPPETS and DOLLS

Poupee de Cire, Poupee de Son was the winning entry in the 1965 Eurovision song contest sung by France Gall. The song was filled with Gainsbourg’s trademark  double entendres and clever word-play and arrangements. Ironically, Gainsbourg is somewhat hitting the … Continue reading

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EXILE BY THE RIVERS DARK: OU EST LE SOLEIL

”His profile, pitched in a precisely preconceived profile of a pose, the enormous ear, the prominent nose. His chin – smooth, not yet his signature unshaven chin— juts serenely, sagely, slightly upturned. The lips, sensual-soft, poised in mid-exhale. As if … Continue reading

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