Mark Linkous, the Virginia-born indie-rock fixture best known for his work in the lo-fi psych-folk project Sparklehorse, as well as for collaborations with artists ranging Read the full post.
Mar 8
2010
03:03 PM ET
Remembering Sparklehorse frontman Mark Linkous: 1962-2010
- Comments 17
- Add comment
they’re playing our song
they’re playing our song
they’re getting it wrong
ophelia in the creek
caught up in the sticks
somethings can’t be fixed
they’re playing our song
-sparklehorse
“Good Morning Spider” and “It’s A Wonderful Life” are two of the greatest albums I’ve ever heard. I’ve listened to them both two hundred times and I’ll probably listen to them again two hundred more times. In order to write and create such incredible music, it seems as if one has to feel things deeply, sometimes too deeply. The words ‘tortured genius’ come to my mind. I wish Mark hadn’t done that to himself, and to us, but all