04-22-2005, 09:36 PM
http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/news/0501201.html
You can listen to it online!
This interview aired awhile back-it's part of WNYC's Soundcheck Series...this interview is 53 minutes long and highlights Syd Barrett and Nick Drake, both with parallel short-lived careers....it's really a good listen!
...a little synopsis on the interview-
Entitled "Spirits of a Generation", the programme makers give the following synopsis:
Bohemian poet, artist and visionary, musician Syd Barrett joined the band Pink Floyd in 1965. His story is captured in a new documentary that tells of his dramatic rise to fame and his premature departure in a haze of drugs and psychological trouble. Host John Schaefer speaks with the director and producer of the documentary, John Edginton. He'll also speak with Patrick Humphries, biographer of the British songwriter Nick Drake, who died in 1974 at the age of 26 from an "accidental overdose" of anti-depressants. Drake released only three albums during his lifetime, rarely performed live and gave only one official interview, but his work spawned a following on all sides of the Atlantic.
The show lasts for 53 minutes, and is an interesting look at these relatively parallel careers. The first 20 minutes concentrates on Drake, and his tragically short life. The rest of the show concentrates on Syd's story, with John Edginton talking around the events depicted in the "Pink Floyd And Syd Barrett Story" DVD which has now been released in the US and Canada. Included are a handful of excerpts from the DVD, with the band talking about Syd. Some of the facts related in the interview aren't 100% accurate, but still, an interesting way to spend 30 minutes or so!
Barbie
You can listen to it online!
This interview aired awhile back-it's part of WNYC's Soundcheck Series...this interview is 53 minutes long and highlights Syd Barrett and Nick Drake, both with parallel short-lived careers....it's really a good listen!
...a little synopsis on the interview-
Entitled "Spirits of a Generation", the programme makers give the following synopsis:
Bohemian poet, artist and visionary, musician Syd Barrett joined the band Pink Floyd in 1965. His story is captured in a new documentary that tells of his dramatic rise to fame and his premature departure in a haze of drugs and psychological trouble. Host John Schaefer speaks with the director and producer of the documentary, John Edginton. He'll also speak with Patrick Humphries, biographer of the British songwriter Nick Drake, who died in 1974 at the age of 26 from an "accidental overdose" of anti-depressants. Drake released only three albums during his lifetime, rarely performed live and gave only one official interview, but his work spawned a following on all sides of the Atlantic.
The show lasts for 53 minutes, and is an interesting look at these relatively parallel careers. The first 20 minutes concentrates on Drake, and his tragically short life. The rest of the show concentrates on Syd's story, with John Edginton talking around the events depicted in the "Pink Floyd And Syd Barrett Story" DVD which has now been released in the US and Canada. Included are a handful of excerpts from the DVD, with the band talking about Syd. Some of the facts related in the interview aren't 100% accurate, but still, an interesting way to spend 30 minutes or so!
Barbie
