The late, great Ray Lowry, from the pages of the NME...
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Sad, but inevitable news
The announcement of Iain Banks passing was hardly unexpected. Banks' had announced he was terminally ill two months ago with typical self-deprecating humour; 'I am Officially Very Poorly' was the opening line of that statement.
The news still made me sad, Banks' twisted storytelling has been a constant in my life since reading 'The Wasp Factory' more years ago than I care to recall. I've already said my piece on what Iain Banks meant to me here.
I was watering the plants when I heard the news and right after the bulletin came Public Image's 'Rise'. Somehow it felt right. It always was a fine song, now it will be inextricably linked in my mind to a fine writer too.
I'll miss both of him.
The news still made me sad, Banks' twisted storytelling has been a constant in my life since reading 'The Wasp Factory' more years ago than I care to recall. I've already said my piece on what Iain Banks meant to me here.
I was watering the plants when I heard the news and right after the bulletin came Public Image's 'Rise'. Somehow it felt right. It always was a fine song, now it will be inextricably linked in my mind to a fine writer too.
I'll miss both of him.
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