{"id":189992,"date":"2025-10-04T18:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-04T18:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/189992\/"},"modified":"2025-10-04T18:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-04T18:59:10","slug":"nick-cave-has-just-delivered-another-stirring-sermon-on-the-state-of-the-world-in-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/189992\/","title":{"rendered":"Nick Cave has just delivered another stirring sermon on the state of the world in 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nick Cave<\/a> can always be relied upon to cut through the bullshit. If there was any such thing as a manual to navigate the onslaught of constant \u201cFFS!\u201d that is the world in 2025, then it would be likely to be found within The Red Hand Files, the section of the Australian singer-songwriter and Bad Seed leader\u2019s website where he answers fan queries. His replies have covered everything from what he did on holiday to how his grief over his son Arthur\u2019s death 10 years ago has morphed over time. He talks on the small questions, the big questions and the biggest questions.<\/p>\n

A few days ago, Alistair from Australia asked Cave, \u201cI\u2019ve had several disagreements with friends about where you stand on things. Where do you\u2026 stand?\u201d and Cave answered with typical wisdom.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI acknowledge that this may be, to you and your friends, an unhelpful admission, but I\u2019m not entirely sure where I stand on anything these days,\u201d he began.<\/p>\n

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Cave has no problem in sharing the fact that he\u2019s not sure which direction his political stance is currently facing in his response.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am neither on the left nor on the right, finding both sides, as they mainly present themselves, indefensible and unrecognisable,\u201d he continued. \u201cI am essentially a liberal-leaning, spiritual conservative with a small \u2018c\u2019, which, to me, isn\u2019t a political stance, rather it is a matter of temperament. I have a devotional nature, and I see the world as broken but beautiful, believing that it is our urgent and moral duty to repair it where we can and not to cause further harm, or worse, wilfully usher in its destruction.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later in his reply, after explaining that he is \u201ccomfortable with doubt\u201d and \u201cconstitutionally resistant to moral certainty, herd mentality and dogma,\u201d Cave states that he has little concern about where people stand. \u201cI\u2019ve met some of the finest individuals from across the political spectrum,\u201d he says. \u201cIn fact, I take pride and immense pleasure in having friends with divergent views. My life is significantly more interesting and colourful with them in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He signs off his note in rousing form. \u201cI am beginning to understand where I do stand, Alistair,\u201d he writes. \u201cI stand with the world, in its goodness and beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n

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And with that, another considered missive from the maverick sage of rock\u2019n\u2019roll concludes. Cave And The Bad Seeds recently announced their only UK show of 2026<\/a>, to take place at Preston Park in Brighton, where Cave lived for years. The show is sold out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nick Cave can always be relied upon to cut through the bullshit. If there was any such thing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":189993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,341],"class_list":["post-189992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/189993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}