tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22073066.post115264385205614397..comments2023-06-03T06:16:38.027-04:00Comments on Estoreal: If You Go, Don't Be SlowRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22073066.post-1152784330977003342006-07-13T05:52:00.000-04:002006-07-13T05:52:00.000-04:00That sounds pretty much like the description of hi...That sounds pretty much like the description of him I heard from some Cambridge locals when I lived there in the early 90s - quiet, kept to himself, visited the pub sometimes and doesn't care to talk about "that old band he was in". Fair enough.<BR/><BR/>Rock mythology aside, it would be great if somebody put together some kind of retrospective of his artwork - he always showed promise there, and it probably meant more to him than the music. Just about the only public thing he did in the last few decades was approve a limited-edition run of some prints. It'd be interesting to see them.brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06006548038282645948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22073066.post-1152726952063911412006-07-12T13:55:00.000-04:002006-07-12T13:55:00.000-04:00Thank you, brendan, and I'm glad of the chance to ...Thank <I>you</I>, brendan, and I'm glad of the chance to direct readers to <A HREF="http://leptard.blogspot.com/2006/07/black-holes-in-sky.html" REL="nofollow">your post mentioning Syd</A> which includes a couple of very worthwhile links...most especially a response posted to the Guardian's <A HREF="http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/culturevulture/archives/2006/07/11/long_gone.html" REL="nofollow">Culture Vulture blog</A> by a reader called Lonelysven:<BR/><BR/>"Growing up in the late 80s in Cambridge, there was a very noisy mentally unstable man who would rush around the city centre shouting insane rants. He looked like Barrett, was around his age and locals began to believe it was him, as he fitted the 'looney in the attic' profile.<BR/><BR/>"A friend of mine thankfully dispelled this rumour because she lived in a house next door to him, in a Cambridge suburb.<BR/><BR/>"Although he had no desire to make close friends he was a polite, affable man who could always hold down an intelligent conversation. He was supposed to have had mental problems but he held a stable job as a gardener (I think for one of the University grounds) for most of his later life.<BR/><BR/>"He had no desire to dispel the myths surrounding him, but there is very little evidence of his erratic behaviour once he left the music business.<BR/><BR/>"His neighbour always suspected he had a very sane desire not to be famous and succeeded most of his life in pulling it off.<BR/><BR/>"Now that is legendary."Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01714171897239398438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22073066.post-1152693980470434312006-07-12T04:46:00.000-04:002006-07-12T04:46:00.000-04:00Thanks for this fine post, especially that great e...Thanks for this fine post, especially that great evocation of the opening of <EM>Astronomy Domine</EM>. Amazing how powerful that tune still is, across the years.brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06006548038282645948noreply@blogger.com