Nick Cave Predicts the End of Western Civilization with “Higgs Boson Blues”
With “Higgs Boson Blues”, Nick Cave simultaneously bemoans and embraces the existential crisis caused by hyperreality.
Danielle DeRise
Danielle DeRise is an adjunct professor of writing, humanities, and literature at three colleges in Virginia. Her class themes range from the ethics of food to the spectacle of capital punishment. “Mercy Seat” is her second favorite Nick Cave song.