Cave on Cash

Yes, it's all Nick Cave all the time. Here's a wonderful piece by Cave on Johnny Cash at the time of the Man in Black's passing.

I lost my innocence with Johnny Cash. I used to watch the Johnny Cash Show on television in Wangaratta when I was about 9 or 10 years old. At that stage I had really no idea about rock'n'roll. I watched him and from that point I saw that music could be an evil thing, a beautiful, evil thing.

For me it was very much the way he began the show. He'd have his back to you in silhouette, dressed all in black, and he'd swing around and say "Hi, I'm Johnny Cash". There was something that struck me about him, and about the way my parents shifted around uncomfortably.