I thought this news was worthy of being a YM in it's own
right. My thanks to George
and Jonathan for making my
day.
Alicia: Talk to your mom before you read this...I told her
because you were already at
work when I called.
AND AWAY WE GO...
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Jonty.Fiorano-at-btinternet.com (Jonathan Flower)
writes:
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This week I wrote in Yogmael
that George was coming to
my City in England called Bristol to do an interview on my
local radio station called GWR FM on
96.3. Earlier in the
week I rang the station to see if they would consider me for
asking George a question and they said they
probably would.
WELL THIS AFTERNOON THEY RANG ME AND I SPOKE
TO GEORGE FOR OVER 5 MINUTES!!!!! :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
He
arrived by helicopter before being whisked to the studio.
The interview will be played on this station I think a week
tomorrow
ie: 7th June and I will let you know how it goes,
but for now (from what I can remember) this is how our
conversation roughly
went: -
George: "Oh Jonathan Flower, hello, how are you?"
Jonathan: "I'm fine thanks, how are you?"
George:
"Alright thanks. I knew another Jonathan Flower
when I was at school but he was about 6 feet tall and 12
years old!"
Jonathan:
"I've spoken to another Jonathan Flower who
works in a Watches Of Switzerland branch in London"
George:
"Must be the same one I knew, there can't be
many Jonathan Flower's, I've spoken to two now!"
Mel (The
Interviewer): "What's your question Jonathan?"
Jonathan: "Back in 1990 you released an album; Listen
Without
Prejudice Volume One - by the very nature of
this title there would have to be a Volume two, yes?"
(George then went
on for a little while about the fact that
he had intended to release a Volume Two shortly after
Volume One, but there were
problems with Sony,
contracts etc so it didn't happen)
George: "But maybe one day I'll do a Volume Two, but
it will
be very different from Volume One"
Jonathan: "It's a little incomplete at the moment if you
have just Volume
One"
George: "Yes your right, I think I will do it one day"
I then said that I was a REAL fan and that we
had met
before!
George: "Oh where was that?"
Jonathan: "In London"
George:
"Whereabouts?"
Jonathan: (shyly) "Well, near your house" (It was right
outside! - I didn't want to rub
it in that I knew where he
lived!)
George: "The Sun gave out my address a few years
ago, so everybody knows"
Jonathan:
"Can I ask you one other thing?"
George: "Yeah, OK"
Jonathan: "There are about 800 people all
over the
world who would love to know if you read Yogmael"
George: " Yes I do, I look at all the sites to see
what's
happening"
Mel: "What's Yogmael?"
George: "It's an internet site".
Can't
remember exactly what happened at that point
but George asked: "Is Yogmael the one with the ae?"
Jonathan:
"Yes it changed it's spelling some time back"
George: "Yeah, it's a cosher one!"
Jonathan: "Oh
yes, definitely"
George: "Have you checked out my site?"
Jonathan: "Yes I have"
George:
"What did you think of it?"
Jonathan: "To be honest I've had a few problems with it,
but it's probably my
computer" (I was being polite!!)
George: "I'm not surprised, but we're working on it and
it's getting better.
Keep looking"
Jonathan: "I will. Can I be cheeky and ask you something
else?"
George: "Er,
(pause) OK then"
Jonathan: "I'm going to be in London a week tomorrow and
my girlfriend has asked me to ask you
if we can come
round for a coffee!!"
George: (Laughing) "Well I'm actually going to be in the
States
unfortunately"
Jonathan: "Never mind, just leave the key under the mat!"
George: "Oh yeah OK then
I'll do that, don't worry, no
one's listening!"
Jonathan: "OK thanks George, cheers"
George: "See
ya!" (Laughing)
I know it sounds daft to say that that lasted over five
minutes, but it did and he was so easy to talk
to despite
the fact that inside I felt nervous at first. I'll record the
whole thing next Saturday and see what I missed out.
Anyway
all Yoggers rest in the knowledge that he does
read Yogmael (Amanda knew this anyway) and all those
with a George Web Page
(Brent etc) - he's watching you!
I left 6 things for George to sign at the studio which I am
picking up on Monday:
-
Waltz CD single
- Star People '97 CD single
- Fast love 12" (record to sign on with a gold paint pen)
- Fast Love
12" cover
- Older CD insert booklet
- Wedding Card to Jane (my wife-to-be) and myself
Hope this was interesting to
everyone!
Best wishes
JONATHAN
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To Wrap it Up:
Words somehow escape me at the
moment...
"Searching for some peace of mind..."