9 Missing Years

Bill Drummond’s hive-mined (sic) memoir is said to have been contributed by 168 individuals. I have not counted them all. I do know, however, that that is the number of hours in a week.

Drummond’s stated plan was for each year to include a conscious (over or above) and subconscious (under or below) section, but some do not. They are listed either as “two empty pages” or “two blank pages”. Some years include a dream.

This GANTOB “9 Missing Years” project is not an official part of The Life Model. It is an unauthorised attempt to fill the 9 missing years.

The years it aims to fill are:

Year Zero (below): 29th of April 1953 to 28th of April 1954 | Completed by Little Grapefruit

I Am Eight (above): 29th of April 1961 to 28th of April 1962 | Completed by The Red Squirrel

I Am Thirty-Two (above): 29th of April 1985 to 28th of April 1986 | Completed by Graham

I Am Forty-One (under): 29th of April 1994 to 28th of April 1995 | Completed by Pete

I Am Forty-Six (under): 29th of April 1999 to 28th of April 2000 | Completed by The Food and Literature Delivery Rider

I Am Fifty (above): 29th of April 2003 to 28th of April 2004 | Completed by the “two ghosts”. Or read a more Bill Drummond focused version of that year as submitted by Bronwyn

I Am Fifty-Eight (below): 29th of April 2011 to 28th of April 2012 | Completed by The Observer

I Am Sixty (under): 29th of April 2013 to 28th of April 2014 | Completed by The Benefaktor

I Am Sixty-Eight (under): 29th of April 2021 to 28th of April 2022 | Completed by The Foundation Doktor

Each of these “missing years”, once completed, will become one of the #52Pamphlets for #GANTOB2024

Once these 9 years have been completed they will be sent to Bill Drummond, for information. This has now been acted on.

If you would like to contribute one of the missing years, then please get in touch.

GANTOB, 2 April 2024

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