so it seems like people continue to have an interest in the john ellis… um i’m not sure it’s a saga, i think you need three movies for that, but new direction-taking-focus-ment?
anyways i said to john, “hey john, people have questions” and john said to me “ask me those questions” so i said “Okay, but i just don’t have them yet” and so this is where you come in…
if you have a question for john of ellis about life and God and tree63 and world domination and Americaland and Jesus and why he refuses to write a real song about No_bob the world’s most famous stuffed dolphin but keeps pretending he has but when i look there’s nothing there and it was probably just a ploy to get me to buy his new album which i haven’t yet but only because i haven’t seen it yet and keep forgetting to look when i’m out sorry John, and church and blackadder and how they get the chocolate inside the smarties, then post it here or email me at brettfish@hotmail.com and i will get it to john
i can’t promise he will answer all the questions – i personally doubt he knows the answer to that smartie one – and i can’t even promise he will answer any of them (he’s in a different province from me – my powers of physical persuasion don’t stretch that far) and he will more than likely dodge the No_bob one (and probly continue to refer to him as a fish, the punk) [john’s a punk not No_bob] but i can highly guarantee that he will look at them and consider answering them and if any of them are interesting enuff then who knows, he might give it a go
so if you could ask john ellis, formerly of the band tree63, any question in the world, what would it be?
As a musician/artist/creative, I really struggle with the whole humility vs affirmation vs Glory to God deal. How does John cope with all the attention, both negative and positive & continue to be less & Jesus more?
yis!
going back to your blog response to ‘that article’…you point out the hunger/need for debate on issues that affect and ultimately effect our faith. i think your statement(s) (read in context) is something that needs to be said, chewed over, spit out, reclycled, extract and encaptulate the flavour, seperate the good compound and turn it into a blessing for God.
any plans of facilitating a debate on this ? your blog contains comments but as with blog comments, peeps post statements without really reading or challenging other readers.
also, a distinct lack of cape town gig dates (see the lack of cape town/stellies gigs at http://www.johnellis.co.za/gigs.php).
shot !
Should I regard the your previous work with 63 as growing, nieve, or inspired?