Peter Hammill spent forty-five years declaiming stentorian English experimental rock. Gary Lucas traded avant-blues tongues with Captain Beefheart and co-wrote the explosive ballads that branded Jeff Buckley.
Their unlikely collaboration ought to fail. Lucas draws ghostly delta guitar shapes in air, while the Van Der Graaf Generator frontman, who usually appears shrouded in incense clouds of cathedral organ or sepulchral piano, stands naked, intoning significant statements.
Momentarily their trajectories overlap, incandesce brilliantly, and drift apart again.
Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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John Robins, Comedian
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Stuart, Chortle
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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World Without End, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Meninblack, Twitter
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Bosco239, youtube
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter