Back when he was fronting the Birthday Party, Nick Cave sang the praises of his own ecdysiast skills on 'Nick the Stripper' -- and now that it's mid-life crisis time, he's revisiting that stance. The hirsute Aussie wants to show residents of his old hometown of Victoria what he's made of -- literally -- by, shall we say, erecting a semi-nude statue of himself on horseback on one of the town's main streets.

While residents haven't been consulted as to their collective opinion about the notion of Cave playing Lady Godiva in their presence, the singer isn't asking taxpayers to foot the bill. He's not exactly willing to pay his own way either; he's asking for donations so that he can amass the fifty grand or so necessary to have himself (and little Nick) immortalized in bronze. Somehow, we're betting that the Victorians won't go for the idea -- and will end up sending a message to Cave and the horse he'd like to ride in on.

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