BIOGRAPHY

Kirk Lake's writing has appeared in numerous publications around the world.

His various CDs, LPs and 7"s of the late 1990s are firmly enrolled in what Pere Ubu's David Thomas has referred to as "The Brotherhood of the Unknown" that misunderstood and overlooked gang that gather in used record racks in the very worst parts of town. Have a look you might find one yourself.

In recent years he has concentrated on academic research and on sourcing material for museums, television and film productions and other creatives.

He is the UK editor of the culture and entertainment website outsideleft.com

He lives in London.

THE RUFUS WAINWRIGHT BOOK

Kirk's current major project is a book on the artist Rufus Wainwright due for publication by Orion in the UK in Spring 2009.

In seeking to explain how the artist works and where his place lies in the tradition of the arts and popular culture, the book will contextualize his work referencing subjects as diverse as the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, opera, gay liberation, Canadian folk, neo-Conservatism, drug addiction and Hollywood musicals.

This is certainly not a dry academic work. It will be an intelligent approach to music biography that befits the integrity and complexity of the artist's work but one that will also be able to embrace the self-deprecating humour and flamboyance that embodies Rufus Wainwright the person.