Thelema –“The Tyger”
Death metal version of “The Tyger” from the 2009 album by the Belorussian band, Thelema. Listen to the podcast about Thelema. Go to the next video from the William Blake Jukebox: David Axelrod – Holy...
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Blakespotting: “Tyger” Woods
In the first of what will be an irregular series, Blakespotting posts (the title comes from an excellent paper by Mike Goode published in 2006) will look at Blakean memes as they disseminate and settle...
View ArticleJohn Tavener – The Tyger
John Tavener’s beautiful rendition of “The Tyger”, composed for Philip Sherrard’s birthday in 1987 and here performed by the Choir New College Oxford. Go to the next video from the William Blake...
View ArticleTangerine Dream – Tyger
For me, this manages to miss just about any sublimity of Blake’s original, but for any Tangerine Dream/Blake fans, the 1987 album Tyger would be essential listening. Go to the next video from the...
View ArticleZoapod 12: Blake’s Poems – The Lamb and The Tyger
Zoapod 12: Blake’s Poems – The Lamb and The Tyger Length: 7 min 21 sec. This podcast provides an interpretation of two of Blake’s most popular poems from Songs of Innocence and of Experience. This...
View ArticleAllen Ginsberg – The Tyger
Allen Ginsberg singing Blake’s “The Tyger” with a simply marvellous (and utterly unrelated) tiger dance by Shereé Go to the next video from the William Blake Jukebox: Talladega Nights – The cut worm...
View ArticleBurning Bright (trailer)
A woman is trapped in her home with her autistic son; her stepfather pilfered her money for his tiger safari park; a hurricane is causing devastation; and somehow there’s a tiger on the loose in her...
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The nation’s favourite poem? Blake’s “The Tyger”
Yesterday (October 7) was the UK National Poetry Day. Among a few of the more pleasant surprises was the choice of Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, the short song “Eternity”: He who binds to...
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From the Collection: Spider-Man and Tigra
As I’ve been preparing for a talk in Manchester on Blake and comics, entitled “Here be Tygers”, I thought I’d share this little oddity from Marvel Comics. Part of the Marvel Team-Up series, Spider-Man...
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From the Collection: The Punisher – The Tyger
First of all, a quick confession. Frank Castle is probably my favourite Marvel… character. I nearly wrote hero, which seems intentionally the wrong word, and yet also anti-hero is never quite right for...
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