A friend of mine is a hardcore yard-saler. Every Saturday summer morning he's out there at 7:30 AM with his coffee and his marked up newspaper, cruising neighborhoods. He bypasses the babyjunk sales, the piles of women's clothes and shoes sales, the sales that are in the same location every week, the sales where everything is from the 80's...he has an eye, he's on a mission, and it's an experience shopping with the guy. He's got a house full of gorgeous "mid century" modern; furniture, art, knick-knacks...but his first love is records.
He noticed that at every yard sale with records he'd always see one particular album. Intrigued, he started buying them. He told me he thought it would be cool to have an art show where every artist was given a copy of Leo Sayer's "Endless Flight" album, to see what they'd come up with. I became the first guinea pig.
Mr. Sayer has been in my studio for a few months now, waiting in his joyful suspendered leap for a little love to be thrown his way. Today, I heard the call, and began. Oh Leo. You make me feel like painting.
Little known fact: he is now the bass player in U2.
Posted by: Randy Burns | June 02, 2007 at 12:12 PM
Would you believe I have been to the big Goodwill three times with absolutely NO Leo Sayer sightings! It's like now that we WANT to find him, he's hiding.
I'm made uncomfortable by the thought that somehow the universe finds me unworthy of this Leo Sayer album...and is therefore hiding it from my view. Grumble. I'm, like, SO worthy! ;D
I will endeavor!
Posted by: Mish | June 17, 2007 at 10:16 PM