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Jarvis Cocker Pours Hot Chocolate Over Unsuspecting SXSW Attendees [Idolator At Sxsw]

I'm hoping to keep the "nyah, I was there and you weren't" reportage from this year's South By Southwest Festival to a minimum, but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that yesterday I attended Jarvis Cocker's "Saying The Unsayable," the Pulp frontman's discussion of lyrics in popular music and their function. Cocker wielded a pointer during the lecture, which started off answering the question "Why are these lyrics good?" with the tautological rejoinder "Because they are," and went on to look at ...

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21:30 on March 18 2009

Jarvis Cocker, Echo And The Bunnymen to kick off SXSW 2009

NME — Echo And The Bunnymen, Jarvis Cocker Glasvegas, Late Of The Pier and The Bronx are among the acts who are set to play live on the first day of the South By Southwest fest... more info
Jarvis Cocker Jarvis Echo & The Bunnymen Glasvegas The Bronx
08:11 on March 19 2009

Jarvis Cocker gives songwriting lecture at SXSW

NME — Jarvis Cocker performed an acoustic version of his Pulp hit and praised the song-writing techniques of David Bowie and Leonard Cohen during his lecture on the role of lyr... more info
Jarvis Cocker Jarvis Pulp Leonard Cohen
17:00 on March 19 2009

Jarvis Cocker Pours Hot Chocolate Over Unsuspecting SXSW Attendees [Idolator At Sxsw]

Idolator — I'm hoping to keep the "nyah, I was there and you weren't" reportage from this year's South By Southwest Festival to a minimum, but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention that... more info
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