Comments on: Review: Jeremy Reed’s West End Survival Kit

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:19:41 +0000

Thanks for this great review of a great poet. Jeremy Reed is a writer whose genius deserves more recognition.

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By: jojo

jojo — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:37:35 +0000

Jeremy Reed is genius. The Ginger Light are incredible to see live. There is nothing else like them about. Great review of WESK

By: Simon Sellars

Simon Sellars — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:33:40 +0000

Johnny and Jim, I hope you enjoy West End Survival Kit – it had a big effect on me. It’s smart writing, you’ll love it!

By: Jim Lawrence

Jim Lawrence — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:37:47 +0000

Simon, thanks for turning me on to Reed. I’d not heard of him or his work previously, so I look forward to reading him soon.

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By: johnny strike

johnny strike — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:43:17 +0000

this looks like a very interesting piece. thanks for posting it. it’s gone to the top of my internet reading list, just below the wonderful ‘death in paris’ by carl weissner over at reality studio that i’m giving a very close read. i’ve enjoyed reed’s books on brian jones, comte de lautreamont, and de sade. I see at his wiki page there are quite a few more titles to add to my list, especially the one on anna kavan.

By: Simon Sellars

Simon Sellars — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:36:10 +0000

Greg, Julian Cope! Yes, you’re right… And yes, Lucky Leif is a great album, big Eno influence on it. Seek out, too (if you haven’t already), Calvert’s Captain Lockheed debut record.

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:31:07 +0000

Thanks for prompting me to read about Robert Calvert (from Pretoria …). Lucky Leif & the Longships gets the odd play around here, but now I shall have to dig up more. The Kid From Silicon Gulch sounds quite Burroughsian …

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:11:32 +0000

Reed is a great chameleon, looking like Nikki Sudden, Mick Jagger, Julian Cope … His poetry sustains my attention; I especially like his wonderful novel-length poem series on Elvis Poetry.

I am currently reading his biography of Anna Kavan — energised by learning that she visited her mother in Monterey, Constantia, Cape Town, in the late 1940s … just down the road from me.