The 7th of October marks the anniversary of Edgar Allan Poe's death.
The cause of his demise is still inconclusive. One of the possible reasons for his death was rumored to be rabies, which was the inspiration of a 1997 spoken word album entitled Closed on Account of Rabies: Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe, now long out of print. I am lucky enough to own a copy of the CD and it has become one of my seasonal favorites.
See the Youtube link below to listen to Iggy Pop's dramatic reading of "The Tell-Tale Heart."
The art work looks like the same artist who designed the cover of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas".
ReplyDeleteGood eye! It is Ralph Steadman who did both of those illustrations.
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