BTW, thank you lil. It was incredibly nice meeting you. You have no idea. Also: I wonder if you have heard the Higgs Boson Blues? http://grooveshark.com/s/Higgs+Boson+Blues/5308So?src=5 I can't get it out of my head...When people ask how it all began, I always say it began with the Higgs-Boson.
Nick Cave is kind of an amazing and dark (less so now than in the beginning and middle of his career) poet. His musical catalog spans quite a range, -a you might love one album but hate the next. His newest album in particular (Push the sky away) is extremely poetry-centric and mindbogglingly good imho. I think it's all up there on grooveshark, and if you check out the whole album I strongly suggest looking up the original track order on the web and listening in that order :) I saw him perform this live and it was electric.