Showing posts with label Ron Mael. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ron Mael. Show all posts

Monday, August 30, 2021

Monday, August 16, 2021

In The Words of Sparks... Selected Lyrics by Ron Mael & Russell Mael (TamTam Books) at Artbook at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles (free shipping in the U.S.)

 


One can purchase copies of "In The Words of Sparks: Selected Lyrics by Ron Mael & Russell Mael (TamTam Books) at Artbook at Hauser & Wirth as well as here:  

https://www.artbook.com/9780985272401.html

Buy it here!

Both places offer free shipping within the U.S.of A.

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

"Sparks-Tastic" by Tosh Berman

 


"Sparks-Tastic" is my book about Sparks, but also very much a travel journal that takes place a little bit of Paris, and a lot of London, specifically North London. You can purchase my book here: 

Saturday, July 17, 2021

Buy "Sparks-Tastic" by Tosh Berman here!

 

In 2008, Tosh Berman—author and publisher of TamTam Books—got on a plane with a single motive: Sparks Spectacular. It had been announced that the band Sparks would perform all twenty-one of their albums in a succession of twenty-one nights in London...a monumental experience for any Sparks fanatic, which Tosh certainly is. Part travel journal, part personal memoir, Berman takes us through the streets of London and Paris, observing each city's history and culture through the eye of an obsessive Sparks fan. Including album-by-album reviews of all twenty-one shows and beyond, Sparks-Tastic defines a place and time in music history that's too defining to be ignored.  

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Friday, February 12, 2021

The One Album I listened to Over and Over Again in 2008

 


The year 2008 was all about Sparks. In a few moments of madness, and without money, I decided to go to London to write a book on Sparks' "21 Albums in 21 Nights" series of concerts, where on each night they would focus on a specific album. From beginning to end, and then for an encore, they would do a b-side or a rare recording from that period of time they recorded that album. Believe it or not, the purpose of these shows was to announce their new album in 2008, "Exotic Creatures Of The Deep." A record with bouncy melodies and great beauty. I had so much fun, but it was also a lot of work. What came out of this whole trip is my book "Sparks-Tastic. And I remember buying a collection of Anthony Newley recordings on CD at HMV on Oxford Street.