Perhaps he is looking for alternative employment now he has been sacked....

Geoff 


Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2011 11:15:46 -0500
Subject: [HG-new] What do John Galliano and hurdy gurdyists have in common?
From: [email protected]
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Well, hopefully not rabid bigotry!! But perhaps an eye for haute couture. Lest 
we think that the worlds of gurdies and glam are light years apart and ne'er 
the twin shall meet, I pass along for your enjoyment the following anecdote 
from a colleague of mine who lives in Paris:

"Hi Vlad,

Discounting for a moment his recent arrest for anti-semitism...I thought you'd 
like to know that I saw John Galliano... buying a 19th c. hurdy-gurdy on the 
rue du Pont-Louis-Philippe last week.  Look for this and other archaic 
instruments in the haute-coƻture lines in a couple years!  But seriously folks, 
this could spark a whole reappraisal of the H-G.  I'd send my card to all the 
major pop-rock groups if I were you.  Classical composers, too.  It could be 
the Martenot waves of the 21st century!" (full disclosure: I've edited out some 
choice expletives and unsavory descriptions that might be considered gossipy.)

You never know where HGs may end up. Keep your eyes open!

And sorry for my radio silence for the last several months. I've only been 
getting the digest version since my new job and work on my DM thesis have been 
all-consuming. On the note of my new job, in case any of you are intersted, it 
is as an editor at Fine Woodworking magazine (Taunton Press), I've been with 
them since November and on the masthead starting with the most recent issue 
(#218). I also have a blog up there and am usually the one to write about 
esoteric stuff like lutherie, japanese tools, weird antique finds, and 
reclaimed wood: http://www.finewoodworking.com/profile/Vlad_S.

I hope to be able to write in sometime int he near future with possible 
stirrings of a midwest HG festival/workshop. Even though I no longer live in 
Bloomington, Indiana (now in CT) I am still involved with getting the HG scene 
going in IN and the Midwest.I'll try to keep you all posted.

cheers, and hi to everyone again--
Vlad


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