This is very spooky! I had not thought about Ivor Cutler for years. My girlfriend at university was a great fan and I loved his quirky humour (which she also had).
While I was ironing just now I was listening to Neil Ardley’s A Symphony of Amaranths. One track has Ivor Cutler reciting Edward Lear’s The Dong with the Luminous Nose. I thought to myself, “I must refresh my memories of Ivor Cutler.” Then up crops your post!
I actually used to listen to “a radio programme called Monday Night At Home, in the late 1950s and early 1960s.” I had forgotten about it.
“Ivor and Mark E Smith of the Fall both exist in singular universes full of mottled language and jagged juxtapositions. They are originals and outsiders, consistent only to their own logic.”
Fascinating, Alastair, thank you. I absorbed Ivor Cutler’s work via friends and family being massive fans. He was a true original. So much I didn’t know about him.
Thank you kindly, tiny bits and bobs on Ivor yet not the full picture of a cult figure, ekh, yours definitely adds to it, BRAVO!!!
P.S. Apologies, if I may please, top of your awesome passage: I‘m seeing close proximity between Ivor‘s and Billy Childish’ universes more than and opposed to Mark E. Smith‘s one ( whoops, didn’t mean to upset you, but could hardly contain myself )
Ah lovely to read this and remember him. I hope we still have such unique talent among us for years to come. A real individual.
thanks, Margaret. Glad you enjoyed it.
You have also prompted me to read that book by John Burnside that is staring at me from my bookshelf.
Steady on! Ivor did that, not me.
This is very spooky! I had not thought about Ivor Cutler for years. My girlfriend at university was a great fan and I loved his quirky humour (which she also had).
While I was ironing just now I was listening to Neil Ardley’s A Symphony of Amaranths. One track has Ivor Cutler reciting Edward Lear’s The Dong with the Luminous Nose. I thought to myself, “I must refresh my memories of Ivor Cutler.” Then up crops your post!
I actually used to listen to “a radio programme called Monday Night At Home, in the late 1950s and early 1960s.” I had forgotten about it.
“Ivor and Mark E Smith of the Fall both exist in singular universes full of mottled language and jagged juxtapositions. They are originals and outsiders, consistent only to their own logic.”
I love that!
Thank you, Michael. Glad you enjoyed it. Ivor works in mysterious ways!
Brilliant piece, Alastair
Thanks, Steve!
This was brilliant. Thank you. I saw him at the Edinburgh Fringe in the 80s, and still have a strong memory of him.
Thanks, Mike. I appreciate it. Yes, once seen, never forgotten.
Fascinating, Alastair, thank you. I absorbed Ivor Cutler’s work via friends and family being massive fans. He was a true original. So much I didn’t know about him.
Thanks, Wendy, I appreciate it.
A delight!
thanks, Tim!
Thank you kindly, tiny bits and bobs on Ivor yet not the full picture of a cult figure, ekh, yours definitely adds to it, BRAVO!!!
P.S. Apologies, if I may please, top of your awesome passage: I‘m seeing close proximity between Ivor‘s and Billy Childish’ universes more than and opposed to Mark E. Smith‘s one ( whoops, didn’t mean to upset you, but could hardly contain myself )
Plus, Bruce Lindsay’s book: Ivor Cutler: A Life Outside the Sitting Room is good .
Thanks, Uncle M. Feel free to invite Billy Childish comparisons if you think them appropriate.
Great read Alastiar.
Thanks, Ellie.
Alastair,
Thank you for this.
Wonderful,
Thanks - I had fun. Glad you enjoyed it.
I wonder where “radio” is now? That irresistible urge to discomfort the listener by using words alone…
Ah, happy memories of late night John Peel and being woken by the midnight news from a Radio 2 RP-voice…
You were sleeping through Peel? Presumably Extreme Noise Terror weren’t in session.