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A review by captainfez
Nina Simone's Gum by Warren Ellis
5.0
Let's get something out of the way up front.
Warren Ellis is a fuckin' delight.
Like, a we're pretty lucky to have him-level delight.
Nina Simone's Gum is a rare thing: a shortish book that seems to be filled to the brim with delight. It's about Ellis, but not really. It's about chewing gum, but not really. It's about a sense of the man as conveyed by a worshipful consideration of a legendary singer's ephemera.
It is inexplicably, joyfully Warren.
less common now, but just as essential – and part of the joy of those gigs is the fact that a bunch of their runtime is spent listening to Ellis introduce tunes in a rambling manner that involves drugs, God, soap, Elliott Gould and being real fuckin' bummed about death. It's what you'd get if Gandalf was both a beatnik and a leprechaun.
Consequently, it's not a surprise that the man's written a book. He's always had a loquacious streak, so this is the natural extension of that gabbiness.
To read the rest of this review, please visit my blog.
Warren Ellis is a fuckin' delight.
Like, a we're pretty lucky to have him-level delight.
Nina Simone's Gum is a rare thing: a shortish book that seems to be filled to the brim with delight. It's about Ellis, but not really. It's about chewing gum, but not really. It's about a sense of the man as conveyed by a worshipful consideration of a legendary singer's ephemera.
It is inexplicably, joyfully Warren.
less common now, but just as essential – and part of the joy of those gigs is the fact that a bunch of their runtime is spent listening to Ellis introduce tunes in a rambling manner that involves drugs, God, soap, Elliott Gould and being real fuckin' bummed about death. It's what you'd get if Gandalf was both a beatnik and a leprechaun.
Consequently, it's not a surprise that the man's written a book. He's always had a loquacious streak, so this is the natural extension of that gabbiness.
To read the rest of this review, please visit my blog.