Head is, as usual, spinning.

So, natch, if you have not, please go see these early Armitage photos from a production called “Use Me as Your Cardigan” sourced somehow by Jonia, Girl Detective! And of course these that appeared by Frenzy, too. (Yeah, Mr. Armitage, I’d definitely use you as my cardigan.)

I wonder if Mr. Armitage maintains his own archive or scrapbook of these things? If he’s got a box somewhere he deposits the debris of his career in? Mementos?

In case I am, as usual, behind the times (I thought when Frenz said that her two photos had been widely seen that I was rather lame for not having seen them), I apologize to you for repeating something that everyone already knows, but I think that means we now have an identification for this woman: it would be Joanna Bending?

I’m sure you’ve seen all of these and want to talk about them at those sites — please especially leave a comment by Jonia, since she did a lot of research to produce this result!

I drove past this, northbound, again. I hadn’t seen noticed it in years, and I suspect I haven’t driven through that specific place northbound since 1991. A friend had reminded me of it recently and sent me a picture I couldn’t read; I was reminded again when I saw it at night. This is a screen shot off of a photo from web. See, Mr. Armitage? If you came to visit us, we have already named a thoroughfare in your honor! If you want to come, let us know. I know someone who’d be happy to organize your visit to Armitage Avenue.

What I was going to write today will pale in the face of all of the new pics that have been revealed, so I’ll be back tomorrow. I must admit I’m really tired. It’s good to be here, but 1300 mi is a long way to drive, and I seem to have lost my ability to drive for the whole 450 mi my gas tank will go without refill. I had to stop every 250-300 mi and that made it a longer trip. That is a lot of landscape to cover, a lot of different accents and people I encountered, and lots of time in the car to ponder things. (Yeah, I was going to write about Sylvester again, since I listened to it twice. That can wait till tomorrow; it’s not urgent. Oh, and I came up with a new plan for a video, which I fiddled with a bit this afternoon.) I also always forget about the culture shock of being here, and it’s likely to be a bit more severe than usual this time around as I’m descending a bit deeper into the Servetus family cultural heritage. Oh, and tomorrow’s early church. Maybe I can pretend to be asleep. Wait, I’m driving.

Yeah, time for some vodka and some bed. If I owe you an email you will hear from me then as well. Thanks for all your kind wishes.

~ by Servetus on December 18, 2011.