8
Jul
2010
Bill Callahan brings the Letters to Emma Bowlcut
A writer ain’t too much to love
Yes, the Cold Blooded Clarity site owes its name to the Smog song, ‘Cold Blooded Old Times’. The story telling of how father left at eight, nearly splintering the gate should suggest that Bill Callahan knows how to pull a story together.
Alongside the great music, Bill has released a few books of art sketches but now, ‘Letters To Emma Bowlcut’ is set to add another string to the bow of smiling Bill C.
We’re not sure what a novelette is but supposedly this book is one of them so we’ll know it soon enough when we get our hands on it. The book features 62 letters from an unnamed person to a woman he saw at a party.
It sounds like the sort of “upbeat, punchy” material we readily associate with Bill Callahan so we’re definitely looking forward to it and seeing how it flows from seduction to despair.
Not that we’re used to that sort of thing of course, we’re merely wanting to look on for the observational benefits!
Who knows why we love Bill Callahan, the songs, the stories, the voice, the contrariness…..but we do and we’re looking forward to see if Bill can translate us to a different world with his book the way he manages to do with his music.
What’s your favourite Bill Callahan song?
(We’ll say, ‘I Break Horses’)
It’s hard to argue with that song but there are so many great songs to choose from.
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My favourite Bill song this week is Eid Ma Clack Shaw last week it was River Guard and the week before that it was I Was A Stranger next week I will have another one. The mind id always turning.
Can’t argue with “I Break Horses”, also a personal favourite. Would also make a mention for “Dress Sexy At My Funeral”, wonderful combination of the macabre and humour. A hint of love that was once strong but went wrong somewhere along the way.
‘Dress Sexy’ is definitely amongst our faves too.
‘Held’ and ‘Morality’ are probably two of our faves at the moment as well but as Dubcentral says, there are so many, it is easy to see why it changes so often.