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G. Gregory Smith’s Gargoyle, or, Several Scottish Voices Gathered Together in Pittenweem and Grooving with Robert Wyatt

Posted on May 10, 2021 by Bill Herbert

https://standupandspit.wordpress.com/2021/05/09/chic-murray/ – I love this outburst of Greenockian absurdism, particularly the moment where Chic claims he’s gone wrong, so runs through the whole poem again, again emphasising both its almost complete lack of sense and its entirely coherent structure. It’s … Continue reading →

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The Academy of Errors?

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Bill Herbert

News of the death of the very playful, very questioning ‘scul?tor’ George Wylie has made me think again about this wry, almost Socratic strain in the Scottish mind, as evidenced by figures as diverse as Wylie himself, Ivor Cutler, Chic … Continue reading →

Posted in current emanations | Tagged Chic Murray, George Wylie, Ivor Cutler, MIB, Montaigne, Norman MacCaig, R.D. Laing, Toy Story, Vincent D'Onofrio | Leave a comment

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G. Gregory Smith’s Gargoyle, or, Several Scottish Voices Gathered Together in Pittenweem and Grooving with Robert Wyatt

The Academy of Errors?

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