It’s Monday…
Well, it may be one of the more intriguing headlines I’ve had to write. But, for those of you kicking your heels in the Auvergne region of France next week, you may want to pop along to a discussion, hosted by the very talented
I’ll hand over to the very French BowieNetter, Jerome Soligny, who knows a bit more about Adeline than I do…
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Hi fellow Bowienetters,
Adeline L is a very sweet and shy friend. We met in 2002, in Nîmes, where David Bowie was playing on that famous summer night. She was wearing a Brian Eno t-shirt, circa 1973. She seemed to know everything about glam rock, and, to some extent, more about it than I do. She still does. We don’t see each other much as she lives in deep France and I’m a harbour boy.
But still, every time David Bowie, Bryan Ferry, Morrissey or Lipstick Traces play somewhere, we’re both around. I don’t exactly know what she does with her life and when she talks, she quotes much smarter things than I do. Well, I’m just a harbour boy after all.
I know she’s some student in history of art and that she’s just finished a thesis about Cocteau. Not the Twins. Meaning, she’s an art girl whose heroes I’m (and you must be) kind of familiar with. As far as I understand, she’s organising this nice conf/debate around David Bowie’s record covers, with Bowie fans and, possibly, a few arty people. So, if don’t live far from her (and even if you do actually), I’m sure you’ll have a great time there. I’m afraid I won’t be able to make it. Guess I’m too much of a harbour boy.
Peace to you all from the grey waves, Jerome.
PS : To complete Blammo’s piece about the France boat, (06.12.2006 SNIPPET: ZIGGY’S LAST STAND ABOARD THE SS FRANCE) I wanted to say that one of my treasured possessions is an autograph David Bowie signed while on that very cruise, for the father (maybe uncle) of a good friend of mine, then working on the ship. David was asked to sign it for “some kid who loved his music”. Hey, you wanna know ? The harbour boy still does.
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If it’s any indication as to what the evening may be like, I’ve seen some of Adeline’s paintings of David Bowie, and indeed Brian Eno, and they’re quite lovely…Not that that necessarily makes her a good speaker of course, but she clearly has very good taste.
The evening kicks off at 20:30hrs on Monday June 26 at: Centre Jean Richepin, rue Jean Richepin, Clermont-Ferrand…and it’s free to get in.
Let us know how it went if you do manage to get along.