the elated denunciations of john fahey

a thread has emerged of people making the kind of elated denunciations of john fahey that he might have made himself about other musicians e.g. "why is john fahey so boring?” this is reassuring - it means at least some people understand him (at least a little).




anne-marie mieville (jean-luc godard’s ex-wife and editor) says the following in her book 'images en parole' (or is it marcel C. who says this, or is it just back cover gossip written by some hack at the publishers).

 'L'auteur avait hésité. La parole ou les paroles. Puis le pluriel avait disparu. Il indiquait sans doute un flot trop vague et trop immense. Déluge des télévisions, sports et politique. Et il ne s'agissait pas de cela. Pas du tout. Simplement de ce qu'il peut y avoir de singulier dans la parole. La parole donc, seule et singulière, sachant et pouvant seule rendre compte et conte des multiples singularités des images. Seule contre toutes. Parole qui vient et va. Qui vient pour une fois de l'image sans lui dicter la loi. Qui va ensuite en direction de l'écriture. À travers champs sans rendre la monnaie. [...] Alors s'impose une lecture lente, loin des e-mails et des portables tchotchobizoubizou. M. C.' 

what is said, google autotranslate (with a little polishing by horsemouth) gives us this...

'The author has hesitated. The spoken word or words. Then the plural was gone. It indicated a flow too vague and too immense. A Flood of televisions, sports and politics. And it was not about that. Not at all. But simply that there may be singular in the word. The word, therefore, alone and singular, knowing and alone able to account for and tell the many singularities of the images. Only one against all. Word coming and going. Who comes for once from the image without dictating the law. Who goes next in the direction of writing. Across the fields without giving change. [...] Then is necessary a slow reading, far from the e-mails and the laptops/ mobiles(?) ciao kisses . M. C. '

from the flickering pages of this book shown in godard’s film  the image book (to be shown in the cinema for one night only), and by pausing, horsemouth can make out the chapter headings ____alisateur en chien de berger, cérémonie dans la cité, rève, la merde, by its position behind the title page the introduction/ dedication (signed marcel C.).

This is of course exactly the kind of sententious toss horsemouth likes to read about the relationship between word, words and images (by professionals in the field). maybe he will go and see the movie (sunday december 2nd) - or maybe he will be too poor.