Gaps
Gaps. There remain so many gaps. It is a rare that I post a photo of myself. However, trawling through the American Archive, I found this from 9 years ago and thought “Why not?”
I had more time after retirement to pursue a life-long enthusiasm for music and became quite involved in Manchester’s Northern Quarter arts and music scene. Gideon Conn has featured on these flickr pages several times in the past. He had received an unexpected message from some guy in LA who was interested in an international musical collaboration. Gideon knew I was about to be flying to Los Angeles so he said “Why don’t you meet up with this bloke? See what he is all about and we’ll take it from there” Although I have liked an occasional track, rap is not really my scene. However, it sounded an interesting proposition so the deal was done.
So it was that I met and hung out for the day with O’Shea, aka Ice Cube. What became of the collaboration? Nothing, not least because Gideon moved more and more into his artistic painting career and away from his musical career.
Nevertheless it was a good day in LA. Here is the commemorative photo.
EDIT LATER IN THE DAY :
AHEM : Dear chaps and chappesses. What is the date today?? Oh my goodness it is April 1st. DOH!!!!! Hides behind the sofa to avoid direct hits from rotten tomatoes, rotten apples and probably worse.
Flickr Explore # 111 on Thursday, April 2, 2020
Gaps
Gaps. There remain so many gaps. It is a rare that I post a photo of myself. However, trawling through the American Archive, I found this from 9 years ago and thought “Why not?”
I had more time after retirement to pursue a life-long enthusiasm for music and became quite involved in Manchester’s Northern Quarter arts and music scene. Gideon Conn has featured on these flickr pages several times in the past. He had received an unexpected message from some guy in LA who was interested in an international musical collaboration. Gideon knew I was about to be flying to Los Angeles so he said “Why don’t you meet up with this bloke? See what he is all about and we’ll take it from there” Although I have liked an occasional track, rap is not really my scene. However, it sounded an interesting proposition so the deal was done.
So it was that I met and hung out for the day with O’Shea, aka Ice Cube. What became of the collaboration? Nothing, not least because Gideon moved more and more into his artistic painting career and away from his musical career.
Nevertheless it was a good day in LA. Here is the commemorative photo.
EDIT LATER IN THE DAY :
AHEM : Dear chaps and chappesses. What is the date today?? Oh my goodness it is April 1st. DOH!!!!! Hides behind the sofa to avoid direct hits from rotten tomatoes, rotten apples and probably worse.
Flickr Explore # 111 on Thursday, April 2, 2020