MEDUSA

[Charlie W]

I have just finished reading the book MEDUSA THE SHIPWRECK, THE SCANDAL, THE MASTERPIECE by JONATHAN MILES.

I just wondered whether anyone could shed any light as to why this story and piece of art actually entered into the Pogues story from the album cover of "Rum Sodomy And The Lash" to the Spider sung "Wake Of The Medusa."

Thanks

Charlie

[philipchevron]

I have just finished reading the book MEDUSA THE SHIPWRECK, THE SCANDAL, THE MASTERPIECE by JONATHAN MILES.

I just wondered whether anyone could shed any light as to why this story and piece of art actually entered into the Pogues story from the album cover of "Rum Sodomy And The Lash" to the Spider sung "Wake Of The Medusa."

Thanks

Charlie

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0826 ... 0826429165

[DzM]

I fixed your link for you. Now I'll get my tithing if someone buys that book.

And for US shoppers: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082642 ... 0826429165

[philipchevron]

I fixed your link for you. Now I'll get my tithing if someone buys that book.

And for US shoppers: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082642 ... 0826429165

Thank you, I did try to do that, but as my portal was the "I Put A Spell On You" download, I had my doubts about its efficacy.

[DzM]

I fixed your link for you. Now I'll get my tithing if someone buys that book.

And for US shoppers: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082642 ... 0826429165

Thank you, I did try to do that, but as my portal was the "I Put A Spell On You" download, I had my doubts about its efficacy.

Ahh. I give you an "A" for effort on that.

When you follow one of those links it makes things YOU buy for the next 24 hours tithe me, but things you point other people to will not tithe me unless you pointed them to the same URL you followed. It's all to do with cookies from Amazon. I'd bore you with lots of detail, but it would bore you.

Ummm. And Medusa. As Philip pointed out, that book provides some level of background. An incredibly brief version, from my memory and filled with errors, would be that Marcia Farquhar suggested that the painting would make an awesome album cover. And later on Jem thought it'd make a spiffy song (which it did). And for reasons all my own I thought it'd make a useful theme for a web page. And it's also a really awesome painting. And the event itself was a tragedy brought about by greed and incompetence.