There was a nice thread on the old board regarding the White Chalk lyrics. As I recall The Devil had an entire Dostoyevsky passage quoted in the lyrics. But didn't she acknowledge this in the album notes? Of course, my crappy WC CD didn't come with any notes so I can't verify this now. Someone on atforumz found this I think.
And When Under Ether is a passage/line in TS Elliot's (masterpiece) poem 2 (East Coker) of his masterpiece poem Four Quartets:
"Or when, under ether, the mind is conscious but conscious of nothing"
http://www.tristan.icom43.net/quartets/coker.htmlIt would be nice to collect these in one place since these do come up every so often:
1. PJ lyrics inspired by literature (ITD - JD Salinger, Flannery O'Conner, WC - Dostoyevsky, TS Elliot)
2. PJ music inspired by others (Dylan, Beefheart...)