Sir Richard Bishop's assertion that his guitar is bleeding seems a little hasty. For all we know, it could very well be his calloused fingers retaliating against While My Guitar Violently Bleeds' closing track's 25-minute running time, but hey, allusion is the cousin to ignorance, and I'm willing to overlook his pain if he is (art is suffering, buddy, so lick your wounds: "Zurvan" is a doozy). And while While My Guitar Violently Bleeds is here to test your patience, Sir Richard Bishop is so good at what he does, fiddling with his guitar chords until they finally succumb to his will, that it hardly even matters anymore (most notably in the beautiful, melody picking of "Mahavidya"). He's so good in fact, that it's amazing he made a record at all. He seems best fit for Central Park, staring at the pavement with his bucket of change and raggedy guitar, while we stare blankly at his fingers and say, "This guy should be famous."
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