Nick Cave has praised John Cooper Clarke in the latest entry on his Red Hand Files website, calling the performance poet and musician “a brilliant, brilliant man”.Responding to a new set of fan questions on his regular Q&A site, Cave was asked for his thoughts on Clarke.He answered by incorporating a separate fan question (asking if he liked haiku poetry) and a request from another who asked Cave to tell a joke (“we need a laugh”, they added).In response to all three questions, Cave cited Clarke