Call me a romantic, call me an idealist, call me a goddamed fool; but as far as I am concened Graeme Downes (left) and The Verlaines' music is - and should remain - sacrosanct. Which makes it all the more bewildering when considering how we got to the point where skate-pop-punk-dorko meatheads Elemeno P (right) ended up recording a cover of The Verlaines' seminal 1983 single Death and the Maiden.

I'm possibly a little over-sensitive about this one - this song bears a lot of meaning to me personally - so I'll leave you to make up your own minds about it. (Not to mention that Downes must surely have given consent - and in doing so tacit approval - for the attempt).

Elemeno P - Death and the Maiden [from Trouble in Paradise] (1.93 MB mp3: right-click and Save As to download)

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Click on the picture of Dr. Downes for a link to Too Much Beauty in One Fell Sweep: The Verlaines' tortured songwriting genius Graeme Downes, a feature by Dave Fisher which was originally published in Filler Magazine, July 1999.

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"God," writes a friend, "you really need a new blog post. It's really disturbing seeing that fucken guy's picture everytime I go to your blog."

Yeah, sorry for the lack of posting this week; I've been sick as a motherfucken dog. Hopefully you'll forgive me when you hear that coming up on Drinks-After-Work, we will be featuring (1.) insightful discusion of two recent movies; (2.) debate on the pros and cons of two particular coffee-based cocktails; and (3.) the first in an ongoing series of articles (hopefully) illuminating the world of tequila-drinkin'.

Labels: Friday farce, music