Tim Booth became the mid-wife for this manuscript when Seth Brakes's attorney had instructions to pass this directly on to him if anything happened to Seth, and unless you've been hiding under a rock, you will know that something has happened to Seth Brakes.
Did Seth really choose to send it to Tim because a psychic told him to? Tim can't think of any other plausible reason.
To his knowledge Tim met Seth two times. Once at a party and once at Brian Eno's house where he dropped in on one of Brian's acapella nights. He was not in a great condition and found it hard to sing Gospel and Folk songs he was unfamiliar with. Tim guessed like most Indie band singers singing was not his forte.
Perhaps Seth related to the fact that Tim is a (generally) sober singer, and sobriety is rare in the music industry. He had said complimentary things about James in past interviews, which suggests he admires them, but still, Tim was greatly surprised t
