After some furious Ebay bidding, our signed Sigur Rós “Hlemmur” CD/DVD was finally won by Neil Walker, who paid an astounding £360 for it. Well done, Neil!
Many, many thanks go to Sigur Rós for taking the time to sign things for us and for agreeing to meet up with Neil to hand his prize over at their London gig last night. Thanks must also go to John Best, their manager, and Paul Baines for being his usual awesome self. We couldn’t have done this without you, Paul.
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Simon Sherry was a smart and highly intelligent boy, but he lost his left eye in an accident, playing, when he was 8 years old. He didn’t allow this to get in the way of passing 13 “O” Levels at school or achieving a black belt in Wu Shu Kwan. Later, possibly due to the trauma of losing his eye, he developed Retinal Cone Dystrophy. This meant that not only was he losing his sight, his vision was very unpredictable and he struggled to cope.
Simon died aged just 39 in 2005.
My brother Simon:
“Look!” he’d say, and extend a pointed finger into the distance. Nine times out of ten, after a minute you’d realise that he’d been joking and mean “Look, it’s my finger, duh! Hahaha!”
From the day he got out of hospital after losing an eye when he was eight, right through to his final days, Simon made jokes about his vision — or lack thereof — because that’s the kind of person he was. He certainly wouldn’t let it get in his way if he wanted to get something done. When he decided to take up Wu Shu Kwan, he gained his second black belt and taught his own class in a little over two years. Not bad for someone with limited sight in his only eye.
My brother was unique but he lives on through his artwork. I hope you enjoy it.
Phil Sherry
Simon’s passion was graphic design, and even when his vision was poor he spent hours on his computer creating the images you can see in the calendar, and many more.
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