MINUTES of a MONDAY #112
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BRAIN FOOD: The Kindness of Some
“And the Damon Albarn story was bizarre. There I was on Jools Holland and at the end of the Jools Holland show they take a picture of all the musicians and Damon Albarn refused to be in that photo, because I was on the episode with him. His management went and spoke to the producers of the show, and he’s a big deal, so they went along with that, which is bizare too, because they should have told him not to be such a prick.
And so, I was then held back in my dressing room, while all the musicians were lined up around Jools Holland for the photograph, with Damon, and then he was led out to his car and off he went home and I was brought out for the second photo.
But it was very petty stuff. So, here you are, I’m a grown man at that stage, I’ve had a proper job in the army, and here I am in the music industry and suddenly it seems so childish. This is like being back at school.
And there I am at the Q awards, and the Gorillaz (Albarn’s band) are up for the same award, and I get it. But Keith Flint of The Prodigy, what a punk rock star, a guy you’d think would be the most unfriendly, and he just came up, grabbed me, put his arms around me and said: “Good for you mate, I’m so thrilled for your success.”
And it was a hug that mean a lot to me at the time. He was an amazing, kind human being.”
James Blunt on the playground antics of some, and unexpected warmth of the late great Keith Flint in the business of show.
SOUL FOOD:
“I'm suspicious when I go to someone's house and everything is beautiful and perfect. Authenticity often means mistakes.”
Grayson Perry
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APPENDIX:
“There is a Scandinavian saying which some of us might well take as a rallying cry for our lives: The north wind made the Vikings! Wherever did we get the idea that secure and pleasant living, the absence of difficulty, and the comfort of ease, ever of themselves made people either good or happy? Upon the contrary, people who pity themselves go on pitying themselves even when they are laid softly on a cushion, but always in history character and happiness have come to people in all sorts of circumstances, good, bad, and indifferent, when they shouldered their personal responsibility. So, repeatedly the north wind has made the Vikings.”
Harry Emerson Fosdick from The Power to See it Through
A.O.B.
That’s it for #112 my friend.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you got a nugget or two from this weeks offering.
Every wondered why Steve Job’s 2005 graduation address at Stanford is still so popular? Well, I take a stab at why in Article #17, which you can find here.
Have a great week & mind how you go out there - Niall