[kj] (OT) Tim Smith Update from Kavus

[Phillipps Marc]

It isn't as bleak as the Guardian article painted it: 

 

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To be honest I was a little surprised by The Guardian piece. Bic had
done the interview about a month before and the writer Ian Gittins'
father had had a stroke so he was apparently very sensitive to the
issue. When I read it there we're quotes in there from Bic that did not
sound like him at all ('He's a great guy'...Bic never talks like that).
When I spoke to Bic he was furious, apparently he had said very little
of what he had been quoted as saying. Ho hum. 

 

Yes, it does paint a rather bleak picture. Tim is not paralysed, nor can
he do little else than 'be hoisted in and out of a wheelchair' (sorry if
this is a little inaccurate, I'm quoting from memory here) however a lot
of what was written is true and a lot more realistic than some of the
missives and speculations that have been come out. 

 

I have been fairly tight lipped about the situation, as have all Tim's
friends, but if I'm honest one good thing about an article like this is
does clear up to some extent what a lot of people have feared and the
amount of fairly inane, although mostly genuinely well meaning, emails
I've been bombarded with over the last couple of years from fans has
slowed down a little. 

 

You know; 'Hey are you and Tim Jamming again' and 'Why don't you put out
Maresnest on DVD' or 'Are you working on finishing the new album again'
etc. I've just found the whole thing extremely painful as you can
imagine. 

 

Also the sales of Leader Of The Starry Skies went right up after the
feature. 

 

We would love to make the entire back catalogue available again and are
well aware everyone wants this and also the ridiculousness of a
situation where interest in Tim's music is at an all time high, there is
a big demand for it AND it will raise a lot of money 

 

All I can say here is that it is proving EXTREMELY difficult right now.
I can't go into the details unfortunately. We are doing our best to sort
this out. 

 

To re-affirm though. Tim is still the wonderful Tim in himself. He is
still extremely funny and perceptive and as full of shit as he always
was. He listens to music continually (including a lot of his own stuff)
and enjoys regular visits from his pals. He just can't really do or say
much right now but the money raised by this album is already going into
more help for him. 

            

He has good days and bad days as you might expect but is incredibly
positive in his outlook....giving all of us around him hope.

 

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