fuckthelivingfuckthedead is a recording of a poetry reading given by Nick Tosches

Nick Tosches

Nick Tosches is an American journalist, novelist, biographer, and poet of Albanian and Italian descent.- Life :After different odd-jobs, Tosches started writing with poetry and rock-'n'-roll magazines, including Creem, Fusion, and Rolling Stone.Tosches' second book, a biography of Jerry Lee Lewis...

 at the Centre Georges Pompidou

Centre Georges Pompidou

Centre Georges Pompidou is a complex in the Beaubourg area of the 4th arrondissement of Paris, near Les Halles, rue Montorgueil and the Marais...

 in Paris

Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, on March 24, 2001. The reading was part of the exhibition "Les Années Pop". For a large part of the performance he is backed by a small ensemble of musicians. The album title comes from a line in "Wild Leaves/Passing".

Track listing

1. "Introduction [Instrumental]" - 2:06
2. "A Feast for the Eyes" - 4:12
3. "My Kind of Loving" - 1:01
4. "From the Dream-book of Artemidorus
   Artemidorus
   Artemidorus Daldianus or Ephesius was a professional diviner who lived in the 2nd century. He is known from an extant five-volume Greek work the Oneirocritica, .-Life and work:...
   
   " - 1:53
5. "Contrapasso" - 2:14
6. "Youth" - 3:07
7. "May the Gods Without Names Redeem Me" - 1:15
8. "L'Uccisore e la Farfalla" - 2:13
9. "Ptolemy II" - 1:25
10. "A Cigarette With God" - 10:33
11. "Sigh" - 2:07
12. "What the Coptic Guy
    Gospel of Thomas
    The Gospel According to Thomas, commonly shortened to the Gospel of Thomas, is a well preserved early Christian, non-canonical sayings-gospel discovered near Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in December 1945, in one of a group of books known as the Nag Hammadi library...
    
     Said" - 0:45
13. "In the Hand of Dante
    DANTE
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    " - 0:52
14. "Erebos" - 5:13
15. "Wild Leaves/Passing" with Patti Smith
    Patti Smith
    Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer-songwriter, poet and visual artist, who became a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses....
    
     - 6:00

"Wild Leaves/Passing" is a performance of Patti Smith's song "Wild Leaves

Dream of Life

Dream of Life is an album by Patti Smith, released in June 1988 on Arista Records. It was her first album after the dissolution of The Patti Smith Group. Lead single "People Have the Power" received some album-oriented rock airplay at the time, and later was revived by Bruce Springsteen as a theme...

" combined with a poem written by Tosches. All other texts are by Tosches and all other music is by Funaro and McRae

Personnel

• Nick Tosches – vocals, texts
• Frank Funaro
  Frank Funaro
  Frank Funaro is an American drummer who has played with Del Lords, The Brandos, Camper Van Beethoven, Joey Ramone, The Dictators, and Cracker....
  
   – percussion
• Catherine McRae – violin
• Oliver Ray – guitar on Wild Leaves
• Patti Smith – vocals on Wild Leaves