Every detail stands out. He's worked with American artists like Starship, Heart and El Debarge, yet he's a European from Vienna. We liked the fact that there was a built-in blend of American and European influences in him. It was definitely a global affair. On another level, the title emerged from the fact that life is made up of very disparate elements that combine to form a mosaic.
Painters have the ability to truly immortalize their own subjects.
To give immortality is an incredible gift. I also once read a Tex Avery comic. The name Wang Chung is strange, so it's no surprise that the inspiration for this English group's first top 20 hit, Dance Hall Days, was a little out of the ordinary. But there are other connections. The book deals with a man's lust for a young girl, and the growing paranoia this brings into his life.