Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Art Michael Gira Is Not Insane
Posted by Dave Segal on Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 10:34 AM
Angels of Light singer/songwriter Michael Gira has published a book of 20 drawings titled I Am Not Insane. You can obtain it here. 500 copies have been printed, all signed and numbered.
Tangent: Back in 1986 when he was fronting the awesome Swans, I interviewed Gira for Creem magazine. It was the scariest interview I ever conducted. The man's onstage/on-record demeanor truly was on another level of ferocity during those days.
We did the interview after the show in the dressing room of a now-defunct Detroit club, and dude was serious—and understandably spent. But he answered all my questions courteously. I got the impression that Gira was one of those pure art-for-art's sake artists, totally in this for cathartic self-expression. At the interview's end, I asked if he wanted to add anything further. He said in a deadpan, "Did we get paid yet?" It took everything I had not to burst out laughing.
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