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A good sample of Guy's work as a photographer is contained here.

Followed by all the remaining studio albums up until the plane crash... Original "Street Survivors" cover, reissued later as:

To dry out from the complex sounds of Radiohead... back to basics!

You can easily judge by yourself 😜, as the full show is already available on YouTube (see below). From my perspective, it was a good concert, particularly from a visual perspective, also sound wise. And with the plus of being sort of a mythical “comeback”. From a musical standpoint, it was a good mix of pop-rock oriented songs (which I like most, particularly their first three discs) and those heavy rhythms and hypnotic electronic riffs, which, in the latter case, sounded too powerful and abstract for my taste. And no “Creep”, as expected. All in all, I enjoyed the show. Although I would very much prefer a REM comeback 😜 (which is as likely as the return of the dinosaurs 🦕). BTW, the stadium was packed, and this was just the first of four shows in Madrid.

Although to some extent this is not totally unexpected, I am deeply saddened by the news of the passing of brownie, for many years one of the most knowledgeable, respected and generous members of this board, and who I considered a good friend. I used to interact with Guy quite a lot in the past, both on and off organissimo, exchanging info and minutiae on our favorite musicians (he was also a fan of Tete Montoliu) and hard-to-find recordings. I visited him twice at his home while in Paris. He and his wife were among the nicest persons I have ever met. I had the chance to see and wander through his invaluable LP and CD collection (at some point he sold his vinyls). And, like in Flurin’s case, Guy also guided me through second-hand jazz CD shops in Paris. Last time I was in contact with him was during the pandemic; he had been diagnosed with Parkinson and already had some difficulties for typing. As I could follow by his scarcer posts on the board, the disease evolved unfavourably. The world is a colder place without him and I will truly miss him. However, wherever he might be, I am pretty sure he will be enjoying some Lester Young, John Coltrane or Clifford Brown, while smoking a good cigar and tasting a cup of and old vintage Armagnac. Tete was “el Gran Señor de Catalonia”; Guy was “le plus grand gentleman de Paris”.

Tomorrow night, first concert of Radiohead's European comeback tour: A lot of expectations...

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I always had the same thoughts: Washington DC, Sweden, UK, Toronto, Southern California… why not merging all of them in one international EKE society? Nowadays, communications across different states/countries/continents are easy… In any case, I perfectly understand the reasons behind this proposed decision at the DESS AGM… Sad but true…

In advance of the November 4 concert in Madrid...