Saturday, February 23, 2013

Dusty Springfield "Stay Awhile - I Only Want To Be With You" Mono Vinyl

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"Stay Awhile/I Only Want To Be With You" is such a great title, even though it is really two separate songs - but Philips Reco...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Talonbooks : "Text in the City: Novel Novel"

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A very nice blog from Talonbooks regarding the new novel, and Boris Vian as well. http://talonbooks.com/meta-talon/text-in-the-city...

Kevin Ayers

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Kevin Ayers, probably the last of the great looking British pop music artist.  The ultimate non-career border-line hippy who made key albu...
Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Donald Richie

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I woke up this morning hearing that Donald Richie had passed away.  One of the few, if not only, voices that expresses Japanese pop and...
Sunday, February 17, 2013

Leonard Bernstein's documentary on pop (circ. 1966)

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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

The Bryan Ferry Orchestra

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"The Jazz Age" suggests happy times, but the truth it's misery as a fine art. The Bryan Ferry Orchestra goes forward by g...

Steidl Spring/Summer 2013 Catalog

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Steidl Spring/Summer 2013 catalog Gerhard Steidl's masterpiece is his books.  He's a publisher out of Germany and he's been ...
Monday, February 11, 2013

The Updated "Exercises in Style" by Raymond Queneau

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The most essential book for ANY writer. Genius-like Raymond Queneau gives us a brief narrative and re-writes it over and over again. The...

"Be-Bop Jazz" Dial Records (cover by Wallace Berman)

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My father, Wallace Berman, did the illustration/artwork for this particular album.  In many ways this is sort of the ultimate be-bop ja...

The Love of D.A.P./Art Books

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Sunday, February 10, 2013

"Michel Legrand Plays for Dancers" ("Archi-Cordes")

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Michel Legrand is well-known in the music world, but the fact is, he's sort of a god, except I don't really believe in Gods, bu...

Jazz William Claxton (Twelvetrees Press)

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This is not the Tashen edition!   This is the original Twelvetress Press edition.  Remarkable design that brings out the sensuality of W...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

My Review of "Phaidon Press Winter and Spring 2013 Catalog

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Phaidon Press Winter and Spring 2013 As of six months ago I was the book buyer for Book Soup in West Hollywood (Los Angeles).  One of th...
Saturday, February 2, 2013

"And On Piano... Nicky Hopkins" by Julian Dawson

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I don't know why I am surprised about this, but this is a very good and enjoyable biography on one of the great session musicians ...

Hans-Peter Feldmann's "Voyeur"

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I just did an event for D.A.P/Artbooks over the weekend, and it was there that I discovered the charms and artistry of Hans-Peter Fel...
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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Matthew Edwards and the Unfortunates' Vinyl album "The Fates"

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Vinyl Album design by Rex Ray.  Limited edition of 300 copies A nice surprise came through the mail the other day, an album by Matthe...
Friday, January 25, 2013

L'écume des jours coming attractions

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The first look of Michel Gondry's film version of Boris Vian's great novel L'éume des jours.  The film will be released in Fra...
Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Serge Reggiani on vinyl

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I just found this album by Serge Reggiani today.  He knocks me out.  Imagine a Bryan Ferry if he was French and had a smokey voice - and ...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013

TamTam Journal: January 16, 2013

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Adding the finishing touches to my book "Sparks-Tastic: Twenty-One Nights With Sparks in London."  It is hard to say goodbye ...
Sunday, January 13, 2013

David Bowie and Momus' "Where Are We Now?"

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" A mere song perhaps, but nevertheless it was the shot that was heard all over the world.  David Bowie made an surprise announce...
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