Not Waving but Drowning Not Drowning, Waving takes their name from the poem. The underground '90s emo-hardcore act I Hate Myself recorded a song with the same name on their album 10 Songs. A track on Julian Cope's 1991 album "Peggy Suicide" was titled "Not Raving but Drowning" after the poem. The poem was also set to music by singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt on his debut album Little with a spoken introduction from a Stevie Smith recording. Singer and songwriter Tanita Tikaram set the poem to music in her song titled "Not Waving but Drowning" which appeared as a b-side to her single "I Might
The Drowning Pool (film) The Drowning Pool (film) The Drowning Pool is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, and based upon Ross Macdonald's novel of the same name. The film stars Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Anthony Franciosa, and is a sequel to "Harper". The setting is shifted from California to Louisiana. Los Angeles-based private investigator Lew Harper (Paul Newman) flies to Louisiana to do a job for his ex-flame, Iris Devereaux (Joanne Woodward). She believes the family’s ex-chauffeur is the person who is blackmailing her with the knowledge that she has cheated on her husband. The husband does not care,