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Amy Winehouse Forum

There’s a place on the Internet – the online-forum dedicated to Amy. It’s a quite long-liver: being founded back in the 2007’th by Clare, the forum has accumulated hundreds of thousands of posts, where you can find absolutely everything: interviews, articles, videos, useful links and so on. It’s a great source of information for all Amy’s fans over the world and, of course, the forum still keeps being updated by members. Owing to an odd coincidence I happen to work as an administrator of this forum since the middle of the last year and I have to admit I’m happy to know I’m doing something in Amy’s memory. For me it’s not just an online-forum where some fans are conversating to each other, because I consider it as a true “Amy-Place” – just not in London, but on the Internet.

I’m happy to look after it and to make some improvements when I can, as that’s something I can do to render my gratitude to Amy. That’s why I would be very glad to spend much more time developing it. Alas, the time is limited and nowadays I have to solve other issues. Living in Ukraine takes lot of time & efforts to run your IT-business when crazy Russian czar (yeah, Putin is such a “khuilo”!) tries to make war (and maybe some perverted kind of love) to you and your country. So, I have to spend a lot of time working hard and when I’m not working, I’m spending my time playing music (thanks to Amy!). And now I’ve got used to play on streets, and, damn, I love to do that – not for money, just for joy. So, yes, the time is fast.

And that’s why I’m so grateful to my colleagues – Cecilia and Amy Jenna Harper, who are doing so much for our forum. We’ve migrated to the new software (IP.Board is so much better than our old vBulletin), we made a bunch of improvements (some members are even quite happy with them). Cee has accepted to take on the mantle of an administrator, she’s managing the board and AJH is shooting off spammers. Obviously I’m not going come to come off, as I love this place, but I’ll be really glad to observe our reborning forum blossoms in good hands. 🙂

This place is really great, guys, and maybe you’ll join it and love it too. So, welcome all Amy-People to the old good (& the new great) Amy Winehouse Forum at www.amywinehouseforum.co.uk!

To London and back again

It was a really nice trip. This time we stayed in London a bit longer than in September – we’ve spent a whole 10 days in this beautiful city. I won’t post too many pictures, because you all have seen views of Camden Town a lot of times, but I’d like to share a couple of most memorable shots.

We printed a card for Amy and brought it to her house on Camden Square. It was in the first night of our stay in London.

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We met up with Janis Winehouse and presented her similar card and a red handmade horse from Ukraine. It was a very pleasant to have a nice conversation with Amy’s mum.

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Yesterday we returned to Kiev – a city where we live and work, but we are looking forward to visit London again. Probably in April. 🙂

P.S. And, of course, we couldn’t bring anything from Camden Town to Kiev. So, now the door to the meeting room in our office looks much better now. Well, it’s pretty logical, taking into consideration Amy’s portrait inside. 🙂

Amy Winehouse Cards for a Cause birthday card designed by mum Janis

Janis with Album

The front of the card features a copy of a portrait of Janis drawn by a 12 year-old Amy in French class as a birthday card to her mum. It shows Janis in her pharmacist’s coat with pens in her breast pocket and name badge ‘Janis’. Amy has surrounded her portrait with hearts, and beneath it has written the dedication ‘Maman’.

Would love to get it? Okay, place a bid here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/171184784246!

P.S. A friend of mine told me to pay an attention to the book behind Janis on that photo. 🙂

The album grows!

I’m so excited to get another wave of new amazing works from authors all around the world.

Thank you so much, friends, it’s so much joy to feel and to conduct trough my heart all you’re including in your drawings, poems and songs. I’m feeling like I can see you. Your hearts signing and shining far far away. Hearts with tiny sparks you’ve catched from that furious fire. And I feel like I can hear an echo of those songs. Songs you remember by hearts. By your shining hearts in the night.

Thank you! I promise to publish your beautiful works shortly.

Dear authors, please, send all you want to add to our album. Don’t hesitate to commit your art, poetry, music and everything you devoted to Amy. Of course, she has seen it already, but we can hope she’ll love to see it in our common present. 🙂

Printable version

I hope, we’ll have an updated printable version within the next couple of days. And I’ll make it available for downloading at once. So… The world is going to get our album pretty soon! I’m excited. Aren’t you? 🙂

A big respect and something more

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And a big respect and our heartful gratitude to people who have helped our team so much!

To Nadya Brukhovetskaya for her invaluable help in printing 5 paper copies of the album without any profit.

To Katya Degtyaryova who have done all the work with make-up and design (the black butterfly on the frontpage is her beautiful illustration).

To our dear friends from AWFUK for their help and support.

To all who follows us, sends their comments and messages,

We are inexpressibly grateful to you for your work, your help and your support. Thank yoooou! 🙂

Completing the mission

Our present has been delivered to Amy.

539102_658343700843360_1595808252_n It took almost 8 months. We discussed the idea, we launched the website, we contacted authors, we submitted and published our works, we designed pages, we printed the album, we arranged the trip, we took off from Kiev, we came to London, we walked Camden streets and – yes! – we bring our present to Amy. I’m an atheist, but it seems now I understand what pilgrims feel on their way to Mecca.

The pack of tiny black birds flown above us when we had come. Their flight was rapid as the flight of a flying star, so similiar to the bright and short flash of Amy’s life amongst us. I’ve felt something very unusual – the peace. I’m still feeling it and I hope to keep feeling it now and then. I never prayed, but it seems now I know what religious people feel when they pray.

We decided to leave it there, at Camden Square, next to the house she loved so much. It must be there, in Camden, washed by rains and dried by Sun. So, we’ve left it in the best place ever.

1235337_658481397496257_1840741258_n And then we celebrated. The day was full of joy and the night was long and bright till the early morning of the next day. It was a real holiday and I’m pretty sure I know what people feel on Christmas.

Thank you all who did it with us. Thank you all who helped us. Thank you all who supported us. Thank you all. And thank you, Amy!

Hardcopy

I’m not sure, but we probably can get the hardcopy of the album tomorrow. Of course, I’ll make a picture and share it with you, guys.

And I’m not sure, but it’s probably been printed already. Damn, it’s thrilling!