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Chris Lawrence · 03.06.2019, 06:45 PM

It's from Ulysses (1922):

Her secrets: old featherfans, tasselled dancecards, powdered with musk, a gaud of amber beads in her locked drawer. A birdcage hung in the sunny window of her house when she was a girl. She heard old Royce sing in the pantomime of TURKO THE TERRIBLE and laughed with others when he sang:

I AM THE BOY
THAT CAN ENJOY
INVISIBILITY.

Phantasmal mirth, folded away: muskperfumed.

The Gainsbourg connection is very curious though, could have been on their radar. The line is etched in the run-out groove of the Flower 12" attributed to "J.J." so they were definitely aware of the Joyce origin.

03.06.2019, 06:45 PM	#2
Chris Lawrence Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: southwest canada Posts: 1,896	It's from Ulysses (1922): Her secrets: old featherfans, tasselled dancecards, powdered with musk, a gaud of amber beads in her locked drawer. A birdcage hung in the sunny window of her house when she was a girl. She heard old Royce sing in the pantomime of TURKO THE TERRIBLE and laughed with others when he sang: I AM THE BOY THAT CAN ENJOY INVISIBILITY. Phantasmal mirth, folded away: muskperfumed. The Gainsbourg connection is very curious though, could have been on their radar. The line is etched in the run-out groove of the Flower 12" attributed to "J.J." so they were definitely aware of the Joyce origin. __________________ http://www.sonicyouth.com/mustang // original folk blues ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .i'm the boy that can enjoy invisibility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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