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Nina Simone's Gum is about how something so small can form beautiful connections between people. It is a story about the meaning we place on things, on experiences, and how they become imbued with spirituality. It is a celebration of artistic process, friendship, understanding and love. 'This is such a beautiful f*@king book. Thank you, Warren.
Jul 1, 1999 · On Thursday 1 July, 1999, Dr Nina Simone gave a rare performance as part of Nick Cave's Meltdown Festival. After the show, in a state of awe, Warren Ellis crept onto the stage, took Dr Simone's piece of chewed gum from the piano, wrapped it in her stage towel and put it in a Tower Records bag. The gum remained with him for twenty years; a ...
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INTRODUCTION BY NICK CAVE'Warren has turned this memento, snatched from his idol's piano in a moment of rapture, into a genuine religious artefact.'NICK CAVE'Such a mad, happy book about art and music and obsession. I'm so glad I got to read it. It made the world feel lighter.'NEIL GAIMAN'In praise of meaning-rich relics and magical things. Totally
Feb 28, 2022 · That eerie enchantment comes aglow in Nina Simone’s Gum: A Memoir of Things Lost and Found (public library) by Australian musician and composer Warren Ellis — a strange and shimmering book, alive with the deepest questions of what makes us who we are and why we make the life-stuff we call art, using the chewing gum Ellis once pried from under Nina Simone’s piano as a lens on memory ...
INTRODUCTION BY NICK CAVE'Warren has turned this memento, snatched from his idol's piano in a moment of rapture, into a genuine religious artefact.'NICK CAVE'Such a mad, happy book about art and music and obsession. I'm so glad I got to read it. It made the world feel lighter.'NEIL GAIMAN'In praise of meaning-rich relics and magical things. Totally
Oct 11, 2021 · But Nina Simone’s gum is the holy of holies and Ellis’ separation from it, as it prepares for its starring exhibition role, is the basis of this beautifully-told inquiry into meaning and meaninglessness. Throughout this remarkable book, all those who come in contact with the gum become pathologically obsessed with its protection.
NINA SIMONE: THE PIANO, THE VOICE, AND THE BLACK PRIDE. Gianni Del Savio. 2019 - Vololibero. BLACK IS THE COLOR. Andrew Stroud. 2005 - Xlibris. THE SOUND OF SOUL. Phyllis Garland. 1969 - NTC/Contemporary Publishing .
