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Oh yes, I agree. Itty bitty cd jewel boxes never do cover art any justice.

That photograph is striking and once again, an excellent cover for a Foxx cd.

Powerful image, and something about it for me seems to mirror the scenes in Wings Of Desire where the winged Bruno Ganz pauses atop a giant statue of an angel as he meditates on the life of the city below.

I was reminded of this too:

I'm quite fascinated by this phenomenon, which I hadn't heard of until reading this discussion.



I'm also fascinated by the whole 'doors in women' theme that seems recurrent in John Foxx artwork.

If I am being honest, I didn't like the image at first. I was expecting something like the cover of Quiet Men - leafy lanes, that kind of thing. However, the more I look at it the more I like it. The sky of course is fabulous.

My brain has been particularly slow and preoccupied this week so I have only just noticed that the angel is missing a wing.

Track from The Quet Man called Cathedral Oceans uploaded on [url=www.myspace.com/foxxmetamatic ]myspace player[/url].
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Cheers D!

The blog notice also states that this album is a limited edition - but doesn't say how limited (1000?)

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I love this reading, and I'm really looking forward to the album.

IMHO, Justin 'scanshifts' Barton has the perfect voice for The Quiet Man - his intonation and measured delivery really adds to the text and develops the rhythm and poetry to exactly the right degree. He has a wonderful air of resignation and detachment at times too, which brings another dimension to it.

Listening to it again now, focussing on the background music. Sounds quite beautiful - did I read somewhere it was specially written for the project, or is this material that John has in the archive that he's been waiting to finish off and release for years?