69 - Cormac McCarthy's Suttree (Guest: Jesse Cash of ERRA)
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- čas přidán 23. 03. 2021
- Nick chats with Jesse Cash, guitarist and vocalist of the progressive metal band ERRA, about Cormac McCarthy on this latest episode of the Books of Some Substance podcast.
The book at hand is Suttree, a tale of a troubled man who has left an affluent past to live in a dilapidated houseboat and hang out in the quote-unquote underbelly of society.
The two discuss McCarthy’s masterful use of both complex and simple sentences, the vague origin of Cornelius Suttree’s deeply embedded pain, and also whether or not an artist needs misery in order to create.
ERRA’s new self-titled record is available now via UNFD. And you can learn a thing or two about shredding by following Jesse Cash on Instagram.
Got them links:
ERRA: www.erraband.com/
UNFD: unfdcentral.com/releases/erra/
Jesse Cash on Instagram: / jesse_cash
Books of Some Substance: www.booksofsomesubstance.com/
BOSS Instagram: / booksosubstance
BOSS Twitter: / booksosubstance
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ERRA is an American progressive metalcore band from Birmingham, Alabama, formed in 2009. The band was named after the homonymous Akkadian god of war and plague. The band has released five studio albums and three EPs to date. Their latest album, titled Erra, was released on March 19, 2021.
Cormac McCarthy is an American writer in the Southern gothic tradition whose novels about wayward characters in the rural American South and Southwest are noted for their dark violence, dense prose, and stylistic complexity.
Suttree is a semi-autobiographical novel, published in 1979. Set in Knoxville, Tennessee over a four-year period starting in 1950, the novel follows Cornelius Suttree, who has repudiated his former life of privilege to become a fisherman on the Tennessee River. - Zábava
One of my favorite books ever! Read this while I lived in Knoxville, and it was really enthralling reading it while being able to walk throughthe locations mentioned in the book
Would love to walk through more cities/plains/deserts of McCarthy's worlds to get a greater feel for them. Cheers.
I know this is an old video, but Jesse got me into reading, particularly Murakami and McCarthy, so to find this years later brings a much needed warmth rn. Great conversation with one of the best musicians I’ve discovered
Awesome. Glad you found it.
I just read this for the second time. God, I love this novel so much and it’s rare to find people discussing it. Thanks so much. Two of my favorite scenes. 1: after the river girl dies and suttree runs into a king Lear esc storm and asks the storm “am I a monster? Are there monsters in me?” A beautiful moment after years of suffering, one of final introspection which is so rare in Cormac. My second is at the end after a hallucinogenic incredibly written dream over demons and angels and monsters and past lives. The priest tells him god was watching over him but stutter replies “you have no idea what watches over us”
Two that come to mind are:
"My life is ghastly", he told the grass.
and
"I am a mouse in a grassbole sleeping. But I can hear come whicket and swish the clocklike blade of the cradle..."
Not only is the most recent album in my Apple music the new ERRA album, but I’m currently half way through re-reading Suttree. Very weird how things can line up. Thank you for making my day!
Synchronicity!
I just listened to almost 20 hours and CZcams snatched the channel. Ugggh
I love this book so much!!
It is a damn fine book. Damn fine.
My only issue with the ending interpretation is that he talks to Gene’s sister right after he finds the body. They have a full conversation about Gene being in prison.
That ending interpretation is just silly.
Fair enough.