Luke Concannon 29/1/10
Dear friends
Well it’s been a year since we last spoke. And what a year. A deep adventure, time of turbulence, healing, sadness and resurgence for both John and I, and the FDM family. And it goes on! John and I went walking and talking through the deep wet snow of the Peak district the weekend before last. It was great after our years of busyness, sleep deprivation, excitement and stress to have a walk and a talk for a weekend like the old friends we are.
I explained to him that through out 2009 I had been thinking about Nizlopi and the future and LIFE!!!! And that after many wild meanderings and much confusion I feel I must go on, on my own from here. That my dream is now to do another project, not Nizlopi, and to build a new life. So…this is good bye from Nizlopi. We are no more! Wow, there you go I said it. Scary as it is.
We had a good weekend of walking and talking after this, and though this may not have been Johns central vision, there did feel something right and true about it. We have done great work together of which we are proud, and extremely grateful, to all the hours, sweat, gifts, and anguish put in by our friends, family, and colleagues, we have all invested a lot. And I feel that many people have had a good dance, a damn good time and been touched and inspired through this music. We have just had a hell of a tough few years since JCB broke, and the stress and focus it has put on our differences as a band and label have been huge. We weathered these. And we now find our selves looking at a calmer horizon wondering where we are headed for now.
Thank you to everyone who has come to our shows, and sent messages of love and support, to all of you who believe in us. We believe in you too! And John and I still believe in each other and all we have done, but it’s time to move on, in this very short life, because we both have work to do that we can’t seem to fully help each other do together at this time. We wish you great Joy and luck in your projects. We will let you know through www.nizlopi.com and www.myspace.com/nizlopi about what projects John and I are doing. Great music will be occurring. And this does unfortunately mean that we wont be able to play any special events you may ask us to play.
Oh what a time what a world in crisis
Being made out of volcanic speed
A time of greed and need
Of deep fissures between us all
And these flowers of hope amid the rubbish heap
The deep strange story in our troubled chests that seems to shine a light on a possible future
I know we can make it to the world we envisage
And to not do so is weak and leaves us all desolate
So lets go there together forever singing
That laughter is in us all for the giving
We’ve gotta keep going to where we know we’re bound
Straight on brothers straight on sisters!
Love
Luke X