Seán O'Hagan + Van Dyke Parks
As an interesting adjunct to the Van Dyke Parks post last month, surprising news now of a Skype conversation between VDP and Seán O'Hagan of High Llamas . No connection to the fast-developing News International phone hacking scandal here, the news was revealed by the Llamas' label Drag City . (By the way, the Drag City monthly newsletter is one of the most entertaining mailshots going, I recommend you sign up without delay.) Here's the video. http://www.dragcity.com/news/384 A few things of note. VDP's conversational style is as meandering and quixotic as his wonderful back catalogue. This is a man who you don't want to stick to the point. The time delay on Skype creates awkward pauses. Seán mentions in the first few minutes the anti-government public protest march in London, which he'd attended that day. This prompts VDP to muse on the role of government in society. Forget David Norris . Can we give this man Irish citizenship and get him running in th...