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What's Welsh for Zen?: The Autobiography of John Cale (Revised)
What's Welsh for Zen?: The Autobiography of John Cale (Revised) | John Cale
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John Cale was born in the Brecon Beacons, in a household where nothing but Welsh was spoken. He made his way to New York via Leonard Bernstein's music workshop at Tanglewood, and then entered the 60s scene there, joining The Velvet Underground. This is his story, through the 60s and beyond.
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"I am the man in the book you're reading
Waving to you from the page
I am the man in the book you're reading
Staring into your eyes
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Books crawl down from the shelves
Read themselves to you
Read themselves at you
In the library of force"

?️ John Cale
? Library of Force (Featuring Man in the Book Excerpt)
? M:FANS
?️ https://youtu.be/gC4wK7FEihI?si=eR-6s3GPIizf01fV

Another bookish song, though a bit unsettling ?

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Cathythoughts 😳 I like it though. 2d
Bookwomble @Cathythoughts It's good, isn't it? 😊 I love John Cale 🖤 2d
Leftcoastzen Oh goodness, I love Cale too ! Might be a tad dark for me currently.😄 2d
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Bookwomble @Leftcoastzen M:FANS is pretty dark. I love his perversity, though, in leaving the Velvet Underground as he said Lou was taking it too mainstream, and then his first solo album, Vintage Violence, is such a perfect pop album. Maybe slip that one on? 😊 2d
Suet624 Oh, I had no idea he had an autobiography! 2d
Bookwomble @Suet624 It's been on my to-buy list for years - I should get around to buying a copy! 2d
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"Life and death are just things
That you do when you're bored."
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"We are already dead, but not yet in the ground."
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"Fear is a man's best friend."