R.I.P. Mark
Drink a long draft down for the Hip Priest!
I couldn't let this chap's passing go unremarked on EE. Throughout
its manifold manifestations spanning 4 decades The Fall remained a truly
exceptional band. Ever uncompromising and fiercely independent, Mark E Smith's eschewal
of music biz expectations endured as a signature of the Prestwich Wizard. Commenting
late last year on the BBC's erroneous announcement of his passing (on the occasion
of his 60th birthday - fellow Pisceans he and I), Mark remarked: 'obviously it was the BBC, the idiots. It
was stopped in minutes by Fall fans'. Well now Fall
fans Earthwide will greatly mourn the death of a true legend. As a mark of respect
to this maverick genius I'm posting here an entertainingly combative Fall interview,
irascibly conducted by Charles and Jon and presented in After Hours fanzine (#2,
1979)…Hip Hip Hip Hip, Hip Priest!
