This week on The Clientele Podcast, Robin Allender talks to singer and guitarist Alasdair MacLean about his lyrics and literary influences. They discuss Alasdair's brilliant collection of lyrics, Exhaust Fumes, Magnolias and Light, and the spoken word Clientele songs ‘Losing Haringey’, ‘The Green Man’ and ‘The Museum of Fog’.In the episode, Alasdair mentions The Clientele beer, which is called Conjuring Summer In and is brewed by Ocelot Brewing Company:http://ocelotbrewing.com/P. S. Someone on Twitter jokingly asked for a reading list for a previous episode so I thought I’d make a note of all the books mentioned in this episode!Jealousy, Alain Robbe-GrilletGradiva, Wilhelm JensenUlysses, James JoyceThe Waste Land, T. S. EliotExhaust Fumes, Magnolias and Light, Alasdair MacLean‘Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge’, Jorge Luis BorgesThe Dark is Rising, Susan CooperThe Owl Service, Alan GarnerAstercote, Penelope LivelyThe Mabinogion The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. TolkienThe Good Apprentice, Iris MurdochRed Shift, Alan GarnerCreate Dangerously, Albert Camus‘Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote’, Jorge Luis BorgesScarp, Nick Papadimitrou‘Axolotl’, Julio CortazarThe Dedalus Book of Surrealism: The Identity of ThingsThe Hand of Fatima, Georges LimbourNadja, André BretonParis Peasant, Louis AragonLast Nights of Paris, Philippe Soupault‘Free Union’, André BretonA Cornish Childhood, A. L. RowseThe poetry of Joë Bousquet, Robert Desnos and Paul Éluard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.