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me, myself and I - with a black eye
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oh, and the reason for the preparation and mystery...
well I guess it's time to share: I had the pleasure of being interviewed for Fanny's awesome Mademoiselle Blythe blog
and the great collector interview #7!!!!
read all about it here!
thank you so much, Fanny, it was a real pleasure!
and if you don't hear this enough, I will say it again: you do such a great job on the blog!!
Practical Photography Interviews Wedding and Landscape Photographer Pete Barnes
I submit a good amount of photos (usually landscapes) to the UK magazine, Practical Photography and they asked if I could do a bit for there 20 questions section. So this was from around the July/August 2011 issue I think. Text below if you cant read it above. Thanks for looking!
Pete Barnes Factfile
Age 30
Occupation Freelance Photographer
Experience 5 years
Website www.petebarnesphotography.co.uk
20 questions
Photographic history
First camera?
Canon Powershot A95 (PnS). Took it travelling round the world on the off chance I might take some photos, came back and became a photographer, eventually.
First photo? I remember an arty shot of a tree when I was in my teens, someone said I’d missed my calling, as I was going down a science route at school.
Best lesson? “Never Never go, Never Never know” A thai woman flogging me a bike tour said that and it stuck with me, try anything, especially if it scares you.
First copy of PP bought? Just looking at my back copies on the shelf I have May 2006 but sure I got them before then.
Famous disaster? More near misses than disasters, usually falling in water doing either weddings or landscapes. I have a friend who routinely drowns his camera on photo outings, his impromptu dives are always good value.
Photographic interests
Favourite subject? Landscapes, nothing like being in a beautiful location with no one about and perfect light, the photos seem to take themselves when it all just clicks
Favourite location? I love going to the Lake District whenever I get chance, anywhere with some mountains.
Favourite aperture? f/16 seems to be my go to aperture for landscapes, although I’m partial to f/1.2 at weddings!
Dream assignment? Probably something to do with capturing the Himalayas although I’d like to retrace my round the world trip again with all my gear!
Dream camera? I lust more for lenses to be honest, I wouldn’t say no if canon decided to send me their 1Ds MkIV whenever it comes along (possibly with some tickets to Katmandu!)
Features and accessories
Feature you couldn’t live without… Has to be LCD screens. The instantaneous nature of digital is awesome. I never really shot with film but can’t imagine waiting for prints would be my bag.
Most useless feature? I hate to say it but I don’t use the video function on my 5D MkII like I should, really need to get into it, especially after learning they shot the last episode of House with one!
Feature wishlist? (Features you’d like to see introduced…) As a Canon user I’d like to see a bit of catching up with Nikon in terms of off camera flash, it’s coming along with the 7D but a built in radio based system like the new TTL pocket wizards would be pretty sweet.
Accessory you couldn’t live without? My Lee filters, the grads are fantastic. I also love my IPhone (uncommon for IPhone owners I realise)
Most useless accessory… The lens hood on the 16-35 is pretty pointless
Influences and inspirations
Why photography? On a personal level, It’s about capturing a moment which you can be transported back to whenever you look at it and remember all the emotions and minute details you may forget if a photo wasn’t taken. Plus it’s always good to create something people enjoy, as is the case with any art.
Biggest photographic influence? Being self-taught I never really went into a great deal of depth about individual photographers as such. I have a range of influences, I am influenced by the massive amounts of inspirational photos on sites like flickr that come out daily. I check out flickriver every morning, I find this can provide plenty of influence and inspiration from a collective of photographers (amateurs and pros alike)
Biggest non-photographic influence? Parents, family, friends, very difficult to pick. If I turn out anything like my old man I’ll be pretty happy.
Photographer you most admire? I’d say Ansel Adams, his whole approach to photography and the environment was really quite special and his photos were stunning.
Favourite photo? Ansel Adams shot of The Tetons and the Snake River, first time I saw it I was just blown away, it’s good to have a standard to aspire to.
Larsen #17 Mars-Avril 2016, p. 38.
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Chez Marc (Morgan) Wathieu
Fruit d’une énième collaboration avec l’infatigable Benjamin Schoos et sa galaxie Freaksville, Marc Wathieu évoque avec nous le projet The Loved Drones, sorte de spin-off de Miam Monster Miam, son passé dans la variété et nous présente ses 3 objets fétiches joliment surréalistes à l’image de la musique qu’il propose désormais.
Après The Tangible Effect of Love né il y a 3 ans sur Freaksville, c’est cette fois sur le label Gonzaï Records que sort en vinyl Good Luck Universe, 2e effort studio des Loved Drones mixé par le londonien Man from Uranus et sur lequel collabore le joueur de cithare Simon Rigot. Un sacré cocktail volontairement protéiforme mêlant musique instrumentale, ondes psychédéliques et kraut rock accompagné de clips compilant d’étranges images. Un univers intergalactique qui contraste avec celui que Marc alors Morgan, a connu dans les années 90 qui l’a conduit, notamment via le tube Notre mystère, nos Retrouvailles vers des contrées plus pop et fm. Mes premiers projets (Les Tricheurs et La Variété avec Bernard Dobbeleer et Rudy Léonet - ndlr) étaient résolument rock et j’ai eu une période de 4 albums comme chanteur en solo, dans ce qu’on appelle en France de la variété. Mais cela n’a pas changé ma nature, du coup, ce que je propose aujourd’hui avec The Loved Drones peut paraître surprenant mais pour moi, participer à l’aventure Freaksville qui propose des projets d’une tonalité garage underground pop en français, me semble cohérent. C’est très DIY comme fonctionnement, toujours un peu bancal au niveau de l’organisation mais toujours humainement très enrichissant et il se passe toujours des choses un peu dingues comme quand à un de nos concerts dans un petit club à Londres, on voit Martin Gore (de Depeche Mode – ndlr) dans le public. Cela fait partie des joyeuses coïncidences qui résultent probablement de la bizarrerie du chemin qu’on a choisi.
VINYLE MÉGOTS
Autre bizarrerie observée, ce drôle de vinyl qui orne la table du salon. C’est une œuvre réalisée par ma compagne, la peintre Charlotte Beaudry qui, connaissant ma passion de digger de disques, en a réalisé un en céramique qu’elle a appelé Kick Out The Jams en l’honneur de l’hymne pré-punk de MC5 et qu’elle a surtout agrémenté de mégots de cigarettes. Je trouvais ça très transgressant comme choix artistique de synthétiser ce monde de freaks qu’est le rock avec 2 symboles presque fétichistes. J’ai une formation aux Beaux-Arts et je donne actuellement cours de graphisme dans une école d’art donc être entouré d’une artiste à la maison est forcément très inspirant.
UNE TASSE
J’aime ces drôles d’accident de la vie, à l’image de cette tasse. À première vue, ça n’a l’air que d’une tasse, mais je l’adore vraiment parce qu’un jour, bêtement en faisant la vaisselle, elle est tombée de ma main, a heurté le sol mais a rebondi et a atterri à nouveau dans ma main. Au-delà de la jonglerie improbable, j’étais persuadé qu’elle allait se casser et non, elle a fait naître un petit trou, presque artistique. C’est un objet qui incarne le côté complètement invraisemblable de certaines situations. Le coup de chance incongru, symbole d’un moment hors de notre espace-temps.
MA GUITARE
Pour terminer, Marc Wathieu nous parle d’un échange au départ surprenant, mais qui au final s’est avéré payant. Adolescent, sa première guitare était une Fender Stratocaster, mais il se rend compte rapidement qu’elle ne rend pas le son escompté. Un de ses amis liégeois lui propose un jour d’échanger celle-ci avec une gui- tare venant de Paris... J’ai d’abord été très surpris quand j’ai vu qu’elle était rose. Une Fender aussi mais une Telecaster Esquire spécialement fabri- quée (pour ne pas dire trafiquée) par le (désormais célèbre) luthier franco-américain James Trussart. Elle a surtout suivi toutes les étapes de ma carrière et mon fils Maxime l’a même aussi utilisée avec son groupe (The Mash avec lequel il a fait la 1re partie d’Indochine à Forest - ndlr). Ce qui est drôle, c’est que bien avant que je ne travaille avec lui, Jacques Duvall me l’avait dédicacée en me disant que j’étais l’avenir du rock n’ roll (rires).
David Solomonowicz
Larsen Mars-Avril 2016, p. 38.
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An interview by Graham Gremore for QUEERTY
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Troopers: "Wanna be a bounty hunter? Show us what you can do."
Asuka: "I just beated Boba Fett. See his helmet?"
We have recently been to London where we've shown our film "Aleppo. Notes from the Dark" at the Frontline Club. We also gave an interview about it to the BBC World News. If you wish to see it, you can find it here: vimeo.com/92959490
There's also an interview we gave to BBC World Service - soundcloud.com/bbc-world-service/aleppo-film
I'd love to bring our film to the audience in the US but I lack the contacts (Poland is too far away from the United States..). If you would have any hint of advice - would you let me know?
Many, many thanks.
Hier ist der Link zu Teil 1 des Somalia-Interviews.
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TNIG: Interviewer
CH: Chloe Holland
TNIG - Hello Chloe, you look great. How are you doing after being eliminated?
CH - I'm hella pissed. But you know what, it's their loss. They WILL regret it.
TNIG - Do you feel like you should've been eliminated?
CH - Hell no! If anything it should've been Madge, that chick doesn't even want to be a model for the life of her. And worst of all Alexandria is still there over me.
TNIG - How was it living in a house full of cameras?
CH - Not fun to say the least. I need my space and having a camera in your face 24/7 isn't cute. Growing up in Atlanata... Let's just say I lived in the gated community. It's hard being a classy women when your being caught on camera at your worst moments.
TNIG - Who were you closest to in the house?
CH - Camille. Well, I was close with her from the start. We just clicked, we're both rich bitches... need I say more? From day 1 we told all the girls how it was and they were all scared of us. A couple of days before I left we got in a huge fight. I heard Camille talking behind my back, saying I had the worst photos out of all the girls and I wasn't happy. Apparently now she's friends with Alexandria. I swear that bitch can run her damn mouth! .
TNIG - What was your favorite photoshoot in the compettion?
CH - "Nighty Nite". I loved that shoot! I owned it that week. I showed the girls that I was compettion. The rest of the photos weren't my favorite... Oh, don't even get me started on that "Groupies" shoot. That's was a hot mess. Alexandria was trying to not only control the set, but touch up me and Madge's makeup... fix the lighting and even try to pose me and Madge! We got into a huge fight on set and I could tell Madge was scared of us shitless. Poor girl.
TNIG - Are you going to continue modeling now that you are eliminated?
CH - Hell yeah! Just because I didn't win doesn't mean I still can't be a Top Model, can I get an amen from the choir? I think the judges were just blinded by how beautiful I am. I'm pretty sure the producers just picked my worst photo this week on purpose.
TNIG - Who are you rooting for to win?
CH - Ummm. Honestly, I'm not rooting for any of them to win. But I think it's going to be down to Ralph and Logan at this point.
i was visiting some friends and i ran across this boss ass chic, i loved her style and i had to feature her here! hopefully we'll see more of her looks again soon ! ;)
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Ms Skolnick being interviewed by local newscaster about the extension of Shillmans famous January Coat Sale due to the impending snow storms coming to Washington DC.
. Ms Skolnick went to the fur department to borrow this fur piece for the interview. Once again she must stand out.
Two Farrah's on Two Interview Covers
Mattel's Black Label Farrah Fawcett Doll... Fawcett played Jill Munroe in Charlie's Angels and went on to garner Emmy & Golden Globe nominations for her work as Francine Hughes in The Burning Bed, she was also nominated for a Golden Globe for her work in Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbra Hutton Story. Fawcett received the Cable Ace Award for her performance in Double Exposure: The Margaret Bourke-White Story along with other nominated works.
Noel Cruz not only repaints the dolls but styles/cuts and perfects each dolls hair to resemble the celebrity he has repainted.
Farrah as painted and styled by Noel Cruz for www.myfarrah.com in a beautiful dress by Jason Wu.
See the new YouTube Video featuring Farrah's by Noel Cruz
Photo/Graphic Layout & web sites ncruz.com & myfarrah.com by www.stevemckinnis.com.
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We continue our series of posts interviewing "recycled art" crafters & artists. This week, we interviewed Cindy Fortin from the blog Upcycled Design Lab as she is one of our active crafters and she bring nice ideas from all kind of materials to the Recyclart community. If you think you deserve to be featured in the next interview, please, drop us an email.
Tell us a little more about you? Who you are? Where are you from?
Hi my name is Cindy. I live in the beautiful state of Colorado with a wonderful guy two dogs and a cat. For several years I worked in corporate America but for the past 10 years I have enjoyed part time employment and more time to pursue things I enjoy.
Why do you craft?
The short answer is it keeps me sane. It is the best therapy I know of.
How did you learn?
My mother taught me to sew and my father made me all kinds of great toys and Halloween Costumes when I was kid. I also like to experiment.
Since when are you working with recycled & upcycled materials?
I guess I have been upcycling since I was a kid. I can remember making puppet heads from empty ivory soap bottles. I also made my prom dress from the fabric that was used on the sets from one of our high school plays.
What are your can’t-live-without essentials?
Not sure but I do find myself using E6000 glue on a lot of projects. :)
How would you describe your style? Are there any crafters/artists/designers that you particularly look up to?
I would describe my style as Upcycling 101. I like to use my imagination and work with lots of different materials. Most of my projects are easy to intermediate skill level and don't require a lot a specialty tools or training. I also like to use common items so that others can easily duplicate the projects.
How is your workspace, how do you make it inspiring?
I tend to work all over the house. I am lucky enough to have a room dedicated to crafting and creating but most of the time my projects tend to spill out into other rooms.
What sorts of things are inspiring you right now? Where do you look for inspiration?
I am inspired by things I need or want. If I need something I try to figure out a way to make it with things I have on hand.
When do you feel the most creative?
At night I tend to fall asleep designing projects in my head.
We live in such a mass-produced, buy-it-now society. Why should people continue to make things by hand?
Creating and making things is part of human nature. I think that sustainable living and DIY are only getting started.
We follow your work since a long time and we saw that you work with different kind of materials, do you have a favorite medium to work with?
I don't really have a favorite medium. I like to cut, paste, hammer, sew, melt, mix, paint, dye, mold, tear, bleach, stain, bend, disassemble and reassemble things.
What are your tips for people who'd like to start crafting?
Make time for it and dive in.
What is your favorite thing to do (other than crafting)?
I enjoy reading, hiking and working on my blog.
Thanks a lot Cindy for this interview! :)
To see all the posts by Cindy, it's here.
Como foi a sua infância?
Ryuuji: Bem... Eu não diria que foi uma infância normal pra uma criança...
Mas... enfim, o meu pai sempre foi muito rígido, aulas disso aulas daquilo... artes marciais, etiqueta, música... ¬¬'
Eu nunca fui a escola normal como as outras crianças, nem os meus irmãos só as minhas irmãs, e eu u não gostava muito dos meus tutores...
Eu sempre arranjava briga com as crianças da minha idade e até maiores, e levantava a saia das meninas e das minhas professoras...
Eu: nossa...
2 - Se você pudesse voltar no tempo e mudar alguma coisa, o que seria?
Ryuuji: Eu não gosto muito de ficar lembrando... passo...
3 - Quanto você pesa?
Ryuuji: Sei lá, deveria saber?
Eu: Sim...
4 - Alguma vez você já amou e perdeu?
Ryuuji: Acho que não...
5 - O que você faz para ganhar a vida e por quê?
Ryuuji: Recebo dinheiro dos meus pais...
6 - Que tipo de música você gosta?
Ryuuji: J-Rock e Metal
7 - Quantos anos você tem?
Ryuuji: Mais do que você imagina...
8 - Qual é a coisa mais irritante do mundo?
Ryuuji: O Alan estudando pra prova da faculdade.
Alan: Como se isso te afetasse em alguma coisa...
Ryuuji: Afeta sim, você fica muito chato e não me dá atenção.
Alan: Como se eu fosse obrigado a te dar atenção...
Ryuuji: É obrigado sim, você é meu melhor amigo...
Alan: Melhor amigo, e não babá...
9 - Qual é a sua palavra favorita?
Ryuuji: Nunca parei pra pensar...
Eu: É melhor você nem pensar, deve ser a mais obscena possível...
10 - Você tem algum hobby interessante?
Ryuuji: Apertar bundas
Eu: Isso não é um hobby
Ryuuji: é sim U.U
11 - Qual é a coisa mais romântica que alguém já fez por você?
Ryuuji: Que eu considere romântica... Nada.
Eu sou muito exigente ÙuUy
12 - Como você relaxar no final de um longo dia?
Ryuuji: Eu gosto de ficar deitado no colo do Alan com uma coberta e assistindo tv :3
Alan: Você é pesado e as minhas pernas ficam dormentes ¬¬'
Ryuuji: Mas pra mim é confortável, isso que importa ~.^
Alan: ¬¬'''''''''''
13 - Você tem obsessões?
Ryuuji: Eu diria que eu sou um pouco obcecado pelos meus dois irmãozinhos (Keiko e Kaoru).
Não que eu não goste das minhas irmãs...*fala baixinho meio pensativo* mas ultimamente eu ando um pouco obcecado por outra pessoa .... É, além dos meus irmãos acho que não...
Eu: Tem certeza?
Ryuuji: eu não diria que sexo é uma obsessão... Tá mais pra uma.... Diversão frequente... 8D
Eu: e.e e bota frequente nisso...
14 - Qual é a sua nacionalidade?
Ryuuji: Japonês
15 - Que idiomas você fala?
Ryuuji: Depende do lugar que eu estou, me adapto a qualquer idioma...
16 - Se você pudesse ter qualquer animal de estimação no mundo, o que seria?
Ryuuji: Uma onça
17 - Qual é a coisa mais aleatória que você se encontrar fazendo todos os dias?
Ryuuji: Eu durmo...
18 - Favoritos, rápido, vai! Livro, filme , jogo, bebida, cor?
Ryuuji: Não gosto de ler, a não ser revistas pornô Interessantes, American pie (todos), jogos de corrida e GTA, Qualquer bebida alcoólica , preto e dourado
19 - Qual é a coisa mais sentimental que você possui e por quê?
Ryuuji: A minha mãe me deu um colar de chave, ela disse que era pra eu colocar todos os meus sentimentos e dar pra pessoa que eu amo... Mas isso jé faz uns cento e poucos anos e até hoje eu não encontrei alguém que eu realmente amo... Ela vive me ligando pra perguntar se eu achei... ¬¬''
Isso pode ser considerado sentimental?
Eu: Hum, pode...
20 - Você está em um relacionamento?
Ryuuji: Não...
21 - Qual foi a sua pior lesão?
Ryuuji: Sei lá, foram muitas...
22 - O que te assusta mais?
Ryuuji: Sei lá... o Alan irritado e.e''''
23 - Algo que a maioria das pessoas não sabe sobre você?
Ryuuji: Que eu consigo ser romântico e carinhoso?
Eu: Eu não consigo imaginar isso cara...
24 - Você tem algum animal de estimação?
Ryuuji: Não, eu diria que eu gosto de ser o bichinho de estimação *Mostra a língua* ~.^
Eu: e.e'' então eu vou colocar uma focinheira em você...
25 - O que você acha desta entrevista?
Ryuuji: Interessante... mas eu acabei perdendo o programa de garotas de biquíni
Eu: ¬¬''''
Taggeados:
Na tag do Kaoru AQUI
Well, it went rather well so let’s see what the outcome is! Nice Iced Mocha in the Sun with a friend in one of my old favourite haunts for afters. Hope you are all having a pleasant day/eve/night x
Ms Skolnick being interviewed by local newscaster about the extension of Shillmans famous January Coat Sale due to the impending snow storms coming to Washington DC.
Ms Skolnick started the interview by saying, "Hello my Shillman customers" as she smiled at the camera. When asked about being a dowdy store and how sales were, Ms Skolnick gave the interviewer kinda a sharp edge of her tounge and went on to say that sales were way up.
I've been tagging my dolls, and quite often come across a doll or two I have never photographed. The Interview Silkstone Barbie is one of them.
An interview by Steve Turner 1971
We came together to talk about Grapefruit, Yoko's book of poems, and ended up talking about Jesus. Somewhere in between, we mentioned the Beatles. John and Yoko are currently facing the plight of 'super-stardom'. Within two weeks they had become the third set of artists I had met who were complaining of being sold as people rather then for their art or for their music. James Taylor was the first, complaining of being used only as a headline or a photograph to sell more newspapers, and Pete Townsend was equally determined that "he won't get fooled again" into being a "superstar".
"Being misunderstood", John explained, "is being treated as if I'd won the pools and married an Hawaiian dancer. In any other country we're treated with respect as artists, which we are. If I hadn't bought a house in Ascot I'd leave because I'm sick of it. It's only because it's such a nice house that I'm staying. I'm a fantastic patriot for Britain. Ask Yoko - I never stop selling it! But she finds it hard to love England when they never stop shitting on her."
Yoko feels very much the same way and is waiting rather apprehensively for the response to the paperback edition of Grapefruit. She's been feeling misunderstood for the past fifteen years and has come to the conclusion that she must be the supreme optimist to ever carry on. "I just get this feeling that it's going to be the same thing again, but I have to go on knocking on the door."
John says: "An artist is not usually respected in his own village, so he has to go to the next town. It's a bit of that with us really. I think it's also like Dylan Thomas and Brendan Behan - they both died of drink. Artists always die of drugs, drink and all that. Like Jimi and Janis -it's just that they're so misunderstood and tortured that they kill themselves. I refuse to do that. I've found the way out. You are here, live for the day, minute by minute. That's the essential way."
"You are here", meaning that this is all we can know of life's purpose, is the pervading message behind the art of both John and Yoko, The message is short but conclusive. In his song God, John lists fifteen people and philosophies that he no longer believes in and claims that he has now arrived at a position where he only believes in, "Yoko and me/that's reality". When I asked him what he considered reality to be, he answered, "Reality is living, breathing, eating and dying". So, outside of the undeniable fact of our own existence they claim that there is no need for questions or answers. As far as any ultimate reason, purpose or meaning to this life is concerned, John states, "There isn't an end product to life or a reason for it, it just is, It's not a game, though," he assured me, "it's very serious."
"You are here", is the statement they offer, and "what you can do while you are here" seems to be the message behind Yoko's poetry. They all take the form of a simple instruction, often of a single line and are divided into sections titled Painting, Event, Dance, Film, Object etc. When life itself has no meaning, there is no reason why the activities we perform during that life should have any ultimate meaning either. This would seem to be the philosophy behind the poem Line Piece, which says "Draw a line/Erase a line" or Map Piece - "Draw a map to get lost". Probably the best poem in this line, once you have an understanding of the underlying philosophy, is the one line ‘Lighting Piece‘. Here it is important to see both the meaninglessness inherent and the allegory between the match and our lives. The poem says simply "Light a match and watch till it goes out" Without purpose we seem to have been brought down to the level of a matchstick, and our lives are as a flame which burns awhile and then extinguishes. The matchstick is then discarded.
Yoko of course, is no newcomer to the art world having been associated with such avant-garde artists and musicians as Andy Warhol and John Cage. Warhol has explained his own art as being, "to stop you thinking about things". Francis Bacon, another contemporary artist who shares the same philosophy, has said, "Man now realises that he is an accident, a completely futile being and that he can only attempt to beguile himself for a time. Art has become a game by which man distracts himself."
In these cases, art has lost its power of Man communicating ideas and emotions to Man. It merely becomes a game to amuse ourselves with while in death's absurd waiting rooms. I feel that it is absolutely necessary to understand the thoughts of John and Yoko before their art becomes understandable.
"People seem to be scared of being put on", says John, commenting on a recent review of Grapefruit."I don't understand people who say they don't understand it because even a seven year old can understand it,"says Yoko. I commented that it's not the how of the instructions that were misunderstood but the why? Yoko explained: "You see, we live and we die. In between that we eat and sleep and walk around - but that's not enough for us. We have to act out our madness in order to be sane."
I asked John whether he'd been influenced a lot by Yoko's ideas. "Yeah, it's great, It's amazing that we think so alike coming from different ends of the earth. She's come from a very upper class scene, going to school with the prince and all that shit, and I'm from wherever! It just shows that colour, class and creed don't come in the way of communication. You don't even have to speak the same language. We made a calendar with some Grapefruit quotes on and some from my books. The ideas behind it were quite similar. Yoko was a bit further out than me when we met - and I was pretty far out, you know - but she really opened my head up with all her work."
I wondered whether he found a great difference between the poetry that he puts into his songs and the poetry that Yoko writes. "The last album I made was very much the same as Yoko's poetry, There weren't many words to it. It was pretty simple and so is the one I've just made which is called Imagine. We work well together in music too, except when I'm doing completely straight rock. But things like Revolution Number 9 would make a good background for her voice." John reminded me that his meeting with Yoko hadn't been the factor that made him write his songs of personal statement. He was writing the same kind of song back in his days as a Beatle, but again he was famed for just 'being a Beatle' rather than for the content of his work. "Help was a personal statement, In My Life was a personal statement and so was I'm A Loser. I was always on that kick but they were just considered to be 'pop' songs at that time. That's why I gave it up. It was all Beatles."
Halfway through our interview, John went out of the room for a few minutes and returned with a magazine which had been sent into the Apple offices for him, the cover contained his picture and the inscription 'Dear John', indicating an open letter to him which was inside. "You ought to see this, This is a message to me from the Jesus people. This is the Jesus freaks in America." He then sat down again and began reading aloud:
"Dear John, I've been through a lot of trips with you. When I was down I put your records on and you'd bring me back to life. We've been up mountains together and I know you know where it's at. But the main reason I'm writing to you is to tell you of a friend I met last June. He said that he is the way, the truth and the life. I believed him and gave my life to him. I can see now how he can boast such a claim. Since then I've heard that you don't believe in him, but you can see in your eyes that you need him. Come on home Johnny, Love a friend."
"I think they've got a damn cheek, I think they're madmen. They need looking after." I reminded him that this same suggestion had often been levelled at himself and Yoko. "That's my opinion you know, You asked me what I thought and I think they're crackpots."
As our earlier conversation had been on the topic of prejudice and how to remove it from society, I asked John whether he wasn't himself guilty of prejudice here. "I don't think it's a prejudice I just think it's a lot of bullshit, I think it's the biggest joke on earth that everyone's talking about some imaginary thing in the sky that's going to save you and talking about life after death which nobody has ever proved or shown to be feasible. Why should we follow Jesus? I'll follow Yoko, I'll follow myself." John's opinion of the Jesus Freak cult, is that they are following in the same tradition that he and the rest of the Beatles followed when they enlisted with the Maharishi. "It's the same as I did when I went looking for gurus, It's because you're looking for the answer which everybody is supposedly looking for. You're looking for some kind of super-daddy. The reason for this is because we're never given enough love and touch as children."
On another subject John very much sympathised with the attitude that Spike Milligan had presented when he ended his TV documentary with the question of whether it was he that was insane or the man who drills holes in pieces of wood for fifty years. "That is complete insanity....Don't you see that the society creates insane people to do their insane work, so that they can wank each other off on fucking yachts. That's what it's all about. And everybody's screwing holes in and going to school and going to work so that fifty people in Britain can fuck about on yachts."
After these comments, and as a leg-pull, I suggested to John that he ought to have his very own political TV show. Taking it rather more seriously than I had intended, he stated With firmness, "I am a revolutionary artist, not a politician". At least it gave me an extra understanding of what John Lennon thought about John Lennon rather than what critic and journalist number 5739 thought about John Lennon. It is precisely this assertion that he is an artist, which is the difference between Beatle John and the post-dream John, ("The dream is over... Yesterday I was the walrus/but now I'm John").
Song writing is now just one of his arts as he dabbles further into the field of film, sculpture and happening. Yoko is certainly the person who harnessed and directed the Lennon potential but his talent has been evident for years. His anti-organised religion attitude was evident from his early books and as he himself said, the personal songs go back as early as I'm A Loser on the Beatles For Sale album. Previous to meeting Yoko he seemed to be a philosopher in search of a philosophy and an artist in search of something to say. Now with Yoko, he sings the songs explaining the philosophy which has made Yoko's poetry a possible and indeed valid art form.
John and Yoko are two very warming people to be with. They both speak as if draining knowledge from the same mind, feeding each other with ideas. John hasn't lost the humour which was enjoyed so much in the Beatle days and he pounces on any opportunity to make a crack. When you see a copy of Grapefruit, only laugh at it if you feel that what you are doing that day has more meaning to it than Yoko's instructions. When you get John's albums, use them as reference works to gain an understanding of his wife's poems. And then next time someone tells you that John and Yoko are a couple of crackpots who could do with two years in the army, tell them that they're a couple of misinterpreted but nevertheless brilliant artists who are honest to their beliefs, and tell them that it was I who said so.
Nagarajuna in a pressmeet said Mahesh liked the movie and talked with him around 30 mins about tollywood industry .watch video here
7
“Hi hello, I’d like to welcome you to our seventh Dolly interview.
My next guest is very pretty. I hope she doesn’t steal my job. She seems to be one of the most put together dolls that we have seen so far.
I don’t know her name, but she has on a beautiful dress, perfect face and wait till you see these curls on the back of her head!”
Curly
“ I do pride myself on my beautiful curls.”
Interviewer
“Perfect! Then I shall call you Curly!”
Curly
“Wasn’t that the name of one of the Three Stooges?”
Interviewer
“Uh, why yes, yes it was, but even though he was a short bald man and you are a fancy antique Dolly with tons of hair, that is the name we are going with. Speaking of fancy, do I see the faint hints of a manicure? And pedicure?”
Curly
“Well, yes. It does get quite boring in the dolly case . . . we have to do something to pass the time.”
Interviewer
“But where on earth would you get nail polish?”💅
Curly
“Well, I don’t want to shock anyone, but Mo does get in quite a few bar fights, so if she comes home with a bloody nose . . . well we didn’t want anything to go to waste . . . “
Interviewer
“Great Scott! I’m gobsmacked! I had no idea things were so morbid and gross in the dolly case!”
Had an interview this morning at the green bus as my shoulder is geting no better so am having to look at going on the buses and forgeting the coach game for now. Seen parked on Hill Street is S881BYJ a Daf ND250 / Optare Spectra . So this week could well be my last week in the coach industry for the time being as time to face up to the fact i am having to stop doing it . Photo taken 10/02/14
Today we're interviewing Oky, a talented builder, reviewer, funny maker, and fellow blogger.
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