Holy shit, Julian Cope turned 50 years old. Clearly, that is a sign that a higher being (pun intended) is responsible for making sure Cope came equipped with a guardian angel. You see, Julian Cope should have died about 25 years ago; a notorious supporter of the hallucinatory arts, Julian Cope seemed hellbent on rivaling the excesses of his heroes. The problem was that his main heroes happened to be acid casualty victims like Syd Barrett, Roky Erickson, and Skip Spence. And for all intents and purposes, Cope was himself close to the edge of madness too, something that’s well documented in his autobiographies Head On and Repossessed. Both are very good reads and entertaining even if you’re not familiar with the man’s work.
Here’s a clip of Cope getting into it with a drunk female heckler at a recent show.
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