Nick Cave: The Tunes They Are A Changin'
Mark Petracca, Cover, April 1992
They say he is a brooding auteur. A madman. A shaman. Yet, those who say those things have often held him in such high regard that they entirely miss his essence. These very same souls have held him up to their squinting eyes trying to dissect his many facets, hoping to understand.
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