Re: (idm) Syd Barrett

From wells
Sent Wed, Oct 7th 1998, 16:13

At 10:21 AM 10/7/98 -0400, Philip Raffaele wrote:
>A lot of the songs he wrote on the madcap laughs are pure nonsense, but
>then again, most of the songs on ummagumma are too and if im correct,
>waters ended up writing a lot of those.(ie:several species of small furry
>animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict, by waters)
>i dont have to remind all of you that many insane people created the best
>art ever made,  with vangogh as an example, (but i read that the reason he
>went insane is because he drank so much absynthe.)
>
>just my 2cents.
>

irrelevant, but i thin van gogh went insane because paint used to be made
with lead in his days, and painters are wont to lick their brushes...

but then, i'm no art major, so i'm not sure.

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