Tosh Berman: Writer & Publisher Blog: TamTam Books will publish Jacques Mesrine's "The Death Instinct"

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Anonymous said...: Hm. I know a very little bit about him, not much. Might put this on my ever-growing bookstobuy list.

How are you, Tosh?; July 20, 2009 at 1:40 AM
Tosh Berman said...: Hi Maize,

I miss your presence! This title will probably take a year to do.

Ciao,

Tosh; July 20, 2009 at 8:37 AM
Anonymous said...: I am utterly baffled by all this french business i will never forgive the french for making paris their capitol when orleans is 10000000 times more beautiful you can see i have opinions and it is a shame that Johnnie To is not on your list of favorite filmmakers

.; July 28, 2009 at 3:44 PM
Unknown said...: When will this translation be complete, and where can I buy it? Can't wait to read...; September 7, 2010 at 7:11 PM

Favorite Books at the Moment

“Another Ventriloquist” by Adam Penn Gilders (J &L Books)
“Curl” by T.O.Bobe (Wakefield Press)
“Death Valley Superstars: Occasionally Fatal Adventues in Filmland” by Duke Haney
“Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words” by Morricone and Alessandro De Rosa (Oxford University Press)
“Head-to-Toe Portrait of Suzanne” by Roland Topor (Atlas Press)
“I’ve Seen the Future and I’m Not Going: The Art Scene and Downtown New York in the 1980s” by Peter McGough (Pantheon Books)
“In Black and White” by Junichiro Tanizaki (Columbia University Press)
“Intelligence for Dummies: Essays and Other Collected Writings” by Glenn O’Brien (ZE Books)
“Life for Sale” by Yukio Mishima (Penguin Classics)
“Mac’s Problem” by Enrique Vila-Matas (New Directions)
“Nada” by Jean-Patrick Manchette (NYRB)
“Punk Rock is Cool for the End of the World” by Ed Smith
“Rebel Rebel” & “Ashes to Ashes” by Chris O’Leary
“The Alley of Fireflies and Other Stories” by Raymond Roussel (Song Cave)
“The Artificial Silk Girl” by Irmgard Deun (Penguin Classics)
“The Man Without Talent” by Yoshiharu Tsuge (NYRB)
“The Orchid Stories” by Kenward Elmslie (Song Cave)
“The Sundays of Jean Dézert” by Jean de La Ville de Mirmont (Wakefield Press)
“Typewriters, Bombs, Jellyfish: Essays” by Tom McCarthy (NYRB)
“When I Was a Wolf: Outlaw Takes on Fables and Fairy Tales” by Shuji Terayama (Kurodahan Press)
“Year of the Monkey” by Patti Smith (Knopf)

Tosh's favorite recordings while working in its office

Annette Peacock - “I’m The One” (Future Days Recordings) Reissue, 2016
Daevid Allen - “Banana Moon” (Get Back) Reissue, 1999
David Bowie - “Mercury Demos” (Parlophone) 2019
Extended Organ - “Vibe” (Important Records) 2019
Giles, Giles and Fripp - “The Cheerful Insanity of Giles, Giles and Fripp” (Cherry Red) Reissue, 2013
Henry Cowell - “The Piano Music of Henry Cowell” (Folkways Records) 1963
Jean-Pierre Melville - “Bandes Originales 1956-1963” (Jeanne Dielman) 2018
Kenny Graham and his Satellites - “Moondog and Suncat (Trunk Records) 2010
Lesley Gore - “Boys, Boys, Boys” (Mercury) 1964
Manfred Mann - “Soul of Mann (Instrumentals) - (Umbrella)
Mark Hollis - “Mark Hollis” (Universal) 2011
Matthew Edwards and The Unfortunates - “The Birmingham Poets” (December Square) 2019
Mortimer - “Mortimer” (Philips) 1968
Sparks - “Gratuitous Sax & Seseless Violins” (BMG) 2019
Talk Talk - “Spirit of Eden” (Parlophone)
The Graham Bond Organization - “The Sound of 65” b/w “There’s A Bond Between Us” (Edsel Records)
The Soft Machine “Jet-Propelled Photographs” (Replay) Reissue, 2018
Twice as Much - “Own Up” (Outline Records) 1982