For this week's episode of TCD (...sorry Lucy) we have been remembering Luis.

So much of what Luis did had a touch of the mystical about it, he sprinkled musical magic wherever he went, and helped music transcend with just the shake of his tambourine.

Of course that goes a long way to explaining his career, and the legacy he leaves behind, but it doesn't explain the multiple ways he has touched the lives of me and the rest of the marillion family. That was down to something else, the magic of the human being that was Luis Jardim.

It was a joy to have him contribute in the studio and a joy to have him on the road with us. It was also a joy to have him join us for TCD back in October 2022 and if you want to listen back to that episode then click the link below.

Chapter 129. Tightening it up when it's a little loose, and softening it when it's a little stiff

Obrigado meu amigo

h

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Of the things that fly-in-and out of this week’s TCD (….sorry Lucy) Gene Wilder was already lodged well and truly at the front of the ol’ synapses. Having finished my evening in Berlin with him (and Anthony having a similar soft-spot), perhaps it wasn’t too much of a surprise that he found his way into the chat.

Combining the letters D, M and T with the number 8 however, wouldn’t have even been a fleeting blip on the radar feed of my brainiacles* before we started. So how that made an appearance was down to kismet, the power of TCD, and a downward slide into nerdishness (which we will henceforth try to keep to a minimum).

The rest of the conversation was bubbling under the surface somewhere, jostling with the other accumulated randomness, and waiting to happen.

Love, and do tell The Edge to turn that soldering iron off. Oh, his poor mother’s carpet..

h

*A word I am proud to introduce to the world, and encourage you to employ whenever you feel it might elevate the conversation.

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Well it feels like quite a while since we were here last… how have you been?

What with the Leicester Weekend, and then dashing off on holiday I can't really remember where we had got up to, not that it really matters because this week was always going to be a bit of a catch-up and reset as far as TCD goes (...sorry Lucy).

What I can tell you is that Lionel Plain, who is one of the Purple folk, came up with an inspired idea for the middle of the pod this week - which was welcome because it meant we only had to flounder around at the beginning and the end!

Anyway, wonderful boating weather!

See you in Oslo x

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