Issue #45 ‘Dear Nick, I was at your In Conversation event in Antwerp. There was a man with a light and a microphone, but suddenly he was ...’
Issue #44 ‘I’m non-binary, which (sorry if you already know this) means I feel neither male nor female. To most of the people who know me in this shitty country town, ...’
Issue #42 ‘As one ages, does the reduction of sexual desire affect their general desire for creation, the ability to create or the whole cognitive and sensual involvement of being? { } How is ...’
Issue #41 ‘Dear Nick, a couple of years ago I found myself in the midst of a heated debate about how each of us imagined God’s voice. At least a couple ...’
Issue #40 ‘How can I reclaim songs of yours which I have, until recently, associated intensely with a really terrible relationship? I want them back, unharmed. Can you help me?’
Issue #38 ‘I was first introduced to you by my stepfather in the early 80s. I was around 8 years old. I would later find much solace during a difficult time in The ...’
Issue #37 ‘It’s Wednesday, 21.49 and it starts to rain. I light a cigarette and smoke on my balcony and listen to a vinyl. I contemplate the rain and realize that despite ...’
Issue #36 ‘How would you describe a stereotypical Nick Cave fan? We all have a perception of you, how do you perceive us?’
Issue #32 ‘You’ve written at length in song, poetry & prose about love. What is love? Why do love songs so frequently move us? Perhaps a list of your top 10 love songs?’
Issue #30 ‘I have just finished watching One More Time With Feeling. How is Susie doing? I am just feeling a great desire to give Susie a big hug from afar, and ...’
Issue #29 ‘What is your earliest memory and has it in any way framed or spoken to any past or ongoing thematic concerns?’
Issue #28 ‘How do you deal with evil? The casual, everyday evil, like throwing tobacco in the eyes of a beautiful animal in a zoo?’
Issue #26 ‘I am 10 and have been surrounded by and listened to your music as long as I can remember. I saw you in Hobart in January 2017 and I’ll be there ...’
Issue #24 ‘In your response to an audience question in Brisbane, I am bothered that you dismissed the idea of leaving a legacy – that it didn’t matter what you left behind. ...’
Issue #23 ‘Three and a half years ago I lost my wife and I was left to take care of my (then 2 year old) daughter. She’s a happy little girl but ...’
Issue #22 ‘Considering human imagination the last piece of wilderness, do you think AI will ever be able to write a good song?’
Issue #21 ‘Dear Nick – and All Ingrates Who Don’t Appreciate Nocturama, Issue #20 might be a fun little read but please kindly note that you’re all in my burn-book now for ...’
Issue #18 ‘How did it work out for you – facing the mob in Wangaratta when you did your “In Conversation” event, with no idea of what would happen? You took such a ...’
Issue #17 ‘Hang on a minute. 72 hours to the end of the world, and you contact Rachel to send out an email? One would imagine that, however well you hopefully treat her, ...’
Issue #16 ‘What would be a list of 10 of your most favourite pieces of music, by artists other than yourself? And number 11 must be a Gun Club song.’
The Red Hand Files
