posted by davidt on Tuesday November 23 2010, @01:00PM
Kewpie sends the link to the post in the forums by joe frady (via Morrissey reddit):

Linder's Isherwood to Morrissey's Garbo...

Linder has written an excellent biographical essay for 'Frieze' magazine, issue #135, November-December 2010. It's titled 'A Northern Soul'.

It begins: "I've recently found solace in Christopher Isherwood's auto-biographical writings from the late 1930s, written when he was trying to reconcile his affiliation with Swami Prabhavananda with driving fast cars with Greta Garbo through Hollywood. Exchange Garbo for Morrissey and Hollywood for Heysham, and you get close to my life at present." (Linder is currently studying the Sikh science of Nád Yoga, classical Indian music and learning Gurmukhi, a sacred Sikh language)

Further on, this: "As a 16 year old I began to read books by Germaine Greer, Eva Figes, Kate Millet and Betty Friedan, Mary Daly, Barbara Walker, Penelope Shuttle, Marion Woodman and Nor Hall, and to look at the work of the artist Penny Slinger. Without them I may have stayed on the council estate and dropped Valium like Smarties. Later, Morrissey and I read Daly's book 'Gyn/Ecology: the Metaethics of Radical Feminism' (1978) and laughed; it was glorious, she took a hammer to the pronoun and smashed it to smithereens. Morrissey was the only person that I knew then who truly understood the importance of language; he's still vigilant now, never uttering a syllable that he hasn't held up to the light and studied."

The whole piece is a wonderfully enjoyable read (not yet available on-line); fascinating biographical detail as well as enlightening consideration of her recent 'Darktown Cakewalk' work.
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  • I think she's truly amazing and inspiring. I can see how she and Morrissey connect.
    hand in glove -- Wednesday November 24 2010, @11:39AM (#359344)
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  • "Morrissey was the only person that I knew then who truly understood the importance of language; he's still vigilant now, never uttering a syllable that he hasn't held up to the light and studied."

    Anonymous -- Friday November 26 2010, @10:32AM (#359378)
  • Linder is a very talent artist and individual. Sounds interesting.....

    Best Wishes for 2011
    Hazard
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    Anonymous -- Sunday November 28 2010, @04:04PM (#359465)
  • wonderful woman (Score:1, Insightful)

    I love the way she writes.

    I also love that wilting northern accent of hers.

    What a marvellous woman.

    B.
    Anonymous -- Monday November 29 2010, @05:20AM (#359485)


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