S9 E8: Gordon Sterling
from I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee Hosted by Hey Sunday
When I started thinking about experimental mindsets, I started looking for examples of that mindset at use in real life. I wrote something about Detroit. Detroit has always fascinated me, just like Moscow (weird how we get drawn to certain places or scenes isn’t it?). It went something like this - Detroit is THE example of how a city was blindsided by technology transforming an industry to which it had sold its soul. It's population declined by almost two-thirds in just 60 years and the city declined in many, many ways. But an experiment emerged that changed things. Mark Covington started the Georgia Street Collective after getting fed up with rubbish being tipped near where he lived. So he formed a collective of like minded people. And it worked. People came together. And it turned into a collective that re-purposed an abandoned building into a community centre, bought land parcels and converted them into a farm, fruit orchards etc. The human impact from these shared values, self belief and connection is immense. These stories from Detroit show that it has developed the desire to experiment, the ability to be resilience and creative, grow new skills and re-ignite human connections. The full piece is here if you're interested: https://www.heysunday.co/post/we-almost-lost-detroit I use this example as musicians have this power to bring people together. Today's guest, Gordon Sterling, has an incredible, empathetic voice and, with his fabulous band, The People, is playing music which makes me think of community, the human experience and unification. This is a wonderful conversation with a wonderful human who is the embodiment of his music. https://www.iwannajumplikedeedee.com I Wanna Jump Like Dee Dee is the music podcast that does music interviews differently. Giles Sibbald talks to musicians, DJ’s and producers about how they use an experimental mindset in every part of their lives. - brought to you from the mothership of the experimental mindset™ - cover art by Giles Sibbald - doodle logo and art by Tide Adesanya, Coppie and Paste
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When I started thinking about experimental mindsets, I started looking for examples of that mindset at use in real life. I wrote something about Detroit. Detroit has always fascinated me, just like Moscow (weird how we get drawn to certain places or scenes isn’t it?). It went something like this - Detroit is THE example of how a city was blindsided by technology transforming an industry to which it had sold its soul. It's population declined by almost two-thirds in just 60 years and the c...
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