I dont know anything about the image itself, other than it was taken in 1967.In South Parade Halifax.
For some reason (?) on some browsers,this don't play to above audio automatically...if you don't hear it ;here is a direct link for it.
you may find Michael's facebook here
I have started loading images of the night here although one long video is a pig to download/takes ages...& is not on yet.I also have quite a bit of audio (example above) tho I havnt got around to doing anything with it yet.
thanks again to Bob Piper for your help.I will wrap up an audio cd for you at the end of this week. .John Cooper Clarke was as funny as fuck! A grand night.
+I'm am checking out the http://godisamanc.wordpress.com blog today........
A video I took of John Cooper Clarke in Hebden Bridge last Sunday night
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She was explaining it to me this week.I asked for a translation.........she said....
"ye tonynho,
BULLET in Portuguese can mean bullet or candy, hall is a breath mint, eucalyptus, so they prefer halls mentolyptos xxxxxxxx"
(When I say Friend.I mean friend).As with several other
people on the internet .........i have been talking to her for nearly ten
years, on various platforms.The irony of the internet is that although its quick
to find people:but equally quick to "lose" them.In some respects,it's harder to
keep in touch this way.But we have!
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17 comments:
ha. i like...i think i have heard him perform before, maybe not...his voice is familiar to a CD i got of international performance poets...what a way to celebrate her life eh?
If only I could understand a single word!
Yo no lo hace usted Señor Kurt entender?????
I like the poem - both funny and sweet and full of love and admiration for a good mother.
Enjoyed the audio. What a sweet tribute for a Mom.
I couldn't understand a word either but appreciate the fine tone and emotional reading.
I did like both poems. Wondering about that sign the little boys are holding though.
Listening to poetry in the author's own voice is a special kind of performance art. It was an interesting contrast to hear it first, like on radio, and then watch it on video. Makes the brain work differently. Your opening photo is an arresting image.
These are so neat, though I had a hard time figuring out what the first guy was saying too.
The story of the poster and your friend being there to translate it is sweet.
Kathy M.
I like the photo of the kids. It is haunting and thought provoking.
Wonderful. It could have been so solemn, but to bring humour to this tribute to his mother, is more meaningful.
I do like that first photograph!
He really, really loved his mother! His voice does sound familiar, thanks for sharing such an awesome poem.
The South Parade image is stunning. Photography as art in its highest form.
I've not come across Michael Garry before but I would love to get the chance to see and hear him perform. Great poem for his mam.
That memory of a father at Stalled at 12 is quite remarkable. Thanks for providing the link which I have now passed along to others.
Wow..... John Cooper Clarke looks exactly the same as he always did! But then he never was very steady on his feet. I remember seeing him in Leeds with the beautiful but doomed Nico around '83.
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