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‘In my headphones it sounds like the f*cking Smurfs’: Mark E. Smith vs. Kevin the Sound Engineer
04.03.2015
12:26 pm
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Honestly, would you expect anything less from Mark E. Smith after watching this hilarious short video? I mean, really? That’s how the magic is made, right?

If you turned this video into a drinking game and took a shot of whiskey every time Mr. Smith said “fucking”... you’d be on the floor, smashed to the gills, in 1 minute and 38 seconds.

Kevin and his assistant just go with the flow. When you sign on to work with Mark E. Smith, I think this is pretty much exactly what you expect it’s gonna be like. I’m sure if Smith turned out to be a nice guy it would be… disappointing.

 
via WFMU on Twitter

Previously on Dangerous Minds:
For H. P. Lovecraft’s birthday: Mark E. Smith reads ‘The Color Out of Space’
Mark E. Smith As A Mancunian Jesus
Mark E. Smith: A Guide to Writing
Mark E. Smith: A brief tour of Edinburgh
The Fall’s Mark E. Smith does his Courtney Love impersonation, 1994
‘Becoming a hermit solves nothing’: The Fall’s Mark E. Smith writes Tony Friel, 1977
Kicker Conspiracy: Mark E. Smith reads football scores in his inimitable Mancunian drawl
The Wit and Wisdom of Mark E. Smith
The Pint-sized Mark E. Smith: Coming to a bar near you

Posted by Tara McGinley
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04.03.2015
12:26 pm
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As far as Morrissey is concerned, what do Mark E. Smith and Robert Smith have in common?
01.10.2013
03:34 pm
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Via Rock Speaks Quotes from the NME 1980-1994:

The only thing I’ve got in common with Mark E Smith is that Morrissey was once asked which one of us he’d shoot, and he said he’d put one in front of the other and shoot both of us.

Robert Smith

And the same last name, too, of course.

With thanks to Post Punk Tumblr!

Posted by Tara McGinley
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01.10.2013
03:34 pm
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For H. P. Lovecraft’s birthday: Mark E. Smith reads ‘The Color Out of Space’

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Howard Phillips Lovecraft was born today in 1890, the cult writer who has been described as the 20th century’s greatest practitioner of horror fiction. Lovecraft has influenced and inspired such diverse writers and film-makers as Stephen King, Sam Raimi, Robert Bloch, Alan Moore, Tim Burton, Neil Gaiman and Mark E Smith.

To celebrate Lovecraft’s birthday, here is Mark E Smith reading “The Color Out of Space”.

Originally recorded by the BBC in 2007 as part of series of tales for Christmas, Smith briefly explained his choice:

“I’ve been a fan of HP Lovecraft since I was about 17. I chose to read this story because it’s very unusual for him; it’s not like his other tales. They are usually about people who live underground, or threats to humanity – which I like as well – but The Color Out Of Space is quite futuristic.”

Smith’s reading makes Lovecraft’s tale sound like the lyrics to one of his songs for The Fall, which only adds to the tale’s eerie quality.
 

 

Posted by Paul Gallagher
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08.20.2011
05:18 pm
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