This is the soundtrack to the cult television show "Fishing with John," starring John Lurie. Taking the loose framework of a PBS nature show and twisting it into a hilarious beatnik riff on culture shock, cryptozoology, manliness, booze, frenetic dancing, and the nature of sport, the six extant episodes stand as one of the weirdest TV experiments ever. With guests like Tom Waits, Willem Defoe, Dennis Hopper, and Jim Jarmusch, and wild expressionist music by Lurie's many amorphous jazz combos, it's settling nicely right now with the mixture of whiskey and cough syrup fueling your helpless narrator's feverish battle with Mother Nature herself, also nicely reflecting the over-arching theme of the show. Perhaps tomorrow will find me more lucid, or perhaps floating face down in an icy bog somewhere.
"John assumes the hounds position."
ReplyDeleteseriously good show. perfectly captures what an ice-fishing trip with Defoe would be like.