Mary Ann checking in...

[Globaltruth]

I'm really glad you enjoyed bits of it; the story doesn't have a happy ending, he died of cancer a few years back, documenting his decline in a most haunting, direct and graphic way. He excelled at seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary and maintained his wry and detached perspective until the end.

Sadly more of a fan of Schubert than Diabate so I'll stop whiffing on about him in this place...

[handsomefortune]

stop whiffing on

well i'm glad you whiffed on globaltruth, as i watched the whole thing and was rivetted!

i enjoyed ian breakwell's observations, the film footage, poetry, as well as him 'seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary' and 'his wry and detached perspective', all very welcome.

i too particularly enjoyed the trip to wapping! i worked briefly in 'elephant studios', and wonder where ian breakwell's studio, number 82, was/(is)? in relation to the music studio ....(when he said 'wapping was damp and quiet'...i thought no, not where i was it wasn't)! i nevertheless instantly recognised exactly the atmosphere and 'quiet' he described simultaneously! (terrific wharehouses - hate to think what buildings stands there now.....)

seeing ivor cutler mentioned, i just wanted to mention bruce lacey, who worked with cutler (amongst many others) in 'the alberts' apparently. i discovered cutler on john peel's radio programme in the 90s, and lacey while looking at counter culture 'happenings' on my fine art ba in the 90s ....but i've only just linked the two, using ye olde wiki....! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Lacey, as with ian breakwell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Breakwell - fascinating people to learn of, find out more about, as relatively unsung 'eccentrics'. though perhaps this doesn't adequately sum up the unique visions implied of course.

thanks again

[Globaltruth]

The Alberts, first of the anarchist music groups - I spent time at Bruce Lacey's studio in Hackney and also saw their simply extraordinary film (is it on the Internet somewhere ?), shown at the Electric Cinema, Portobello Rd to an audience of 2. That was me and the lovely (some may say long suffering) Mrs GT.

They are on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_O_R9eR-9E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qGMCeqwW8g

and, as you can hear, were a huge influence on both the Bonzos and the Temperance 7.
It appears Mr Lacey is still extant at a very ripe old age which is excellent news.

I'll maybe provide a bit more info another time but need a thread starting over on the Forum Arts & Ideas thread...(on unsung eccentrics perhaps to include Les Grandes Dames Edith S and Miriam R too)


need to get this thread back to the music...