Issue #143

‘Dear Mr Cave,

Do you ever suffer from self-doubt?

A girl was falling in love with me, and while she courted me, she shared a part ...’

Issue #142

‘I am reading Camille Paglia’s ‘Break, Burn, Blow’ and I find it interesting that all of the “43 of the World’s Best Poems” contained therein are written in English ...’

Issue #141

‘You mentioned in Issue #140 that you have been writing poems. Can you send us one?’

Issue #140

‘CARNAGE is incredible. I saw Warren say the songs came together over two and a half days. How does that feel? To be working at that level of intensity with ...’

Issue #139

‘My dad passed away a couple of weeks ago and we gave him an Elvis themed funeral. No, we didn’t dress up in white jumpsuits, but his coffin had ...’

Issue #138

‘I read the Mark Mordue biography ‘Boy On Fire’ recently. I’m always interested in people’s stories and often ponder how and why some people’s voices get to ...’

Issue #137

‘In lockdown, how did you find the impetus to start something as monumental as Carnage? Lockdown has felt so draining.’

Issue #136

‘I have been reading Tolstoy’s ‘The Gospel in Brief’ and wondered if you had read this short book. What does Christ mean to you? I hear his name mentioned ...’

Issue #135

‘Dear Katrine and assorted Culties,’

Issue #134

‘I am off the acid, not for any particular reason. It’s funny though because I have all these tabs left over, and I didn’t want my wife to ...’

Issue #133

‘We need more info about CARNAGE!’

Issue #132

‘I want to thank you for releasing Live at Alexandria Palace and especially for playing those Boatman’s Call songs. I listened to that record repeatedly as a lonely, bullied ...’

Issue #131

‘This world is shit.’

Issue #130

‘How do you know when you have written something worthwhile? What is your process?’

Issue #129

‘How is your lockdown?’

Issue #128

‘What the fuuuuuuuuuck????? Cancelled tour noooooo.’

Issue #127

‘What is your view on the BBC decision on censorship of certain words in Fairytale of New York this Christmas?’

Issue #126

‘Hey first I wanna say really like your music i have lost my beautiful wife in cancer and my dear brother in covid 19 my question to you is how keep ...’

Issue #125

‘Do you like haiku poetry?’

Issue #124

‘So who are The Hyatt Girls?’

Issue #123

‘How do I know I’m on the right path?’

Issue #122

‘In this time of illness, cynicism and cruelty, do you receive many mean or vile messages? How do you cope with that kind of negative energy?’

Issue #121

‘In an interview from 1997 in Los Angeles, you introduced us to your “pet theory”: your creativity could only flourish in a state of loss and longing, and that it needed ...’

Issue #120

‘What do you think about NA? As a recovering heroin addict, I am having difficulty getting into the Narcotics Anonymous scene. I see how it can help but I feel ...’

Issue #119

‘I was thinking how much I wish I could write this story to you in Greek, my native language.

In June one of my best friends suddenly died ...’

Issue #118

‘I’m thinking about having a child but everything looks so grim right now. What’s your advice?’

Issue #117

‘Do you enjoy magic? Card tricks, stage illusions, that kind of thing.’

Issue #116

‘Nina Simone once said: Freedom means having no fear. Sometimes on stage, she added, she would reach that kind of state. How do you free yourself from fear?’

Issue #115

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Issue #114

‘If, for decades, an anchor served a ship, which one day decided to cut its chains and sail away, can the drowning anchor grow wings? And if so, will the ...’