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Issue #159

‘I’ve always felt some sort of relation between you and Nick Drake. If you haven’t heard of him he was an artist from England who wrote only about 60 ...’

Issue #158

‘Not a question but just thank you for actually loving my favourite female poet, Stevie Smith (issue #157). ‘Oblivion’ has always been my story.’

Issue #157

‘As a quite handsome man, ‘from a certain angle and in a certain light’, how did you pull Mrs Cave?’

Issue #156

‘I’ve always had an affinity for songwriters who put a lot of craft into their songs like they’re building a wooden table, everything is where it should be. ...’

Issue #155

‘I heard your song, Carnage. Such a beautiful song. Such a beautiful, sad song. Many years I haven’t heard such a beautiful, sad song.’

Issue #154

‘In a Rolling Stone interview I read you said “They should stop reading Bukowski, and they should stop listening to people who tell them to read Bukowski” and also there ...’

Issue #153

‘I’m struggling a bit with the fact I’m turning 40 in a week. Some people say “You’re in the brightest part of your life”, others say you are ...’

Issue #152

‘Could you share a photo of Nosferatu with us?’

Issue #151

‘I’m writing to you on behalf of my Aunt Marnie as she can’t. She’s consumed by grief. She lost her only child, Tristan, to a stroke, aged 49. ...’

Issue #150

‘How to find yourself again when you feel like you have strayed so far from who you used to be?’

Issue #149

‘Should we separate the artist from the art?’

Issue #148

‘Dear Nick,

Thank you for sending her to me! I must say, it was a bit awkward at first; establishing a relationship with this new being of a ...’

Issue #147

‘My question is about how you perceive the utility of suffering. What is the value of suffering to us as individuals, and to us as a species as we go ...’

Issue #146

‘What can you tell us about Anita?’

Issue #145

‘I’ve decided to embrace the glimpses of grey that have appeared in my hair in lockdown and stop getting it coloured. Have you been tempted to let your crowning ...’

Issue #144

‘This is a spontaneous question: Is it you, that stepped into the vortex just 10 minutes ago? It’s a non-official account and my guess is, someone is cheating on us. ...’

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?’