Next month sees the opening of an exhibition of 53 collages tracking the fortunes of West Ham United FC over a season; they are all the product of expat football fan and music industry maverick Kosmo Vinyl.

The show’s title, Is Saitch Yer Daddy, is taken from 60s graffito adorning a wall near West Ham’s home ground. Residency in New York for many years hasn’t dampened the ardour for The Hammers of this figure who played key promotional and managerial roles for Graham Parker, Stiff Records, Ian Dury and The Clash.

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Tags: Bob Gruen, Eb & Flow, Graham Parker, Ian Dury, Is Saitch Yer Daddy, Janette Beckman, Kosmo Vinyl, Stiff Records, The Clash

Selection has started on the Barney Bubbles presence at this summer’s group exhibition about the visual language of music, White Noise: Quand le graphisme fait du bruit (When graphics make the noise) at the 23rd International Poster & Graphic Design Festival in Chaumont, France, from May 26 to June 10.

I have supplied the text for the catalogue and last week met co-curator Sophie Demay to start the exhibit selection; Sophie is creating White Noise with Étienne Hervy, the Chaumont festival artistic director and former editor of French graphics magazine Etapes.

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Tags: Elvis Costello, Etienne Hervy, Experimental JetSet, Graham Parker, James Goggin, Laurent Fétis, My Aim Is True, Oz, Shoboshobo, Sophie Demay, Studio Moniker