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Author: Paul Gorman

Trouble

Things get out of hand at a book event

This was shot by GilW the other night at a punk-rock veterans’ book event in Berkeley. The gentlemen sitting left to right are Mike Hudson, Cheetah Chrome and Bob Pfeiffer. For other, calmer interludes from the in-store, visit here.

February 25, 2011
Bars

Herb puts Jimmy’s Corner on the map

I am delighted to see that Jimmy’s Corner, my favourite Manhattan bar, features on the latest map from Herb Lester Associates. Jimmy’s epitomises the map’s celebration of “old” New York.

February 24, 2011
From The Vaults

From the vaults: Paul Smith on the threat to the High Street (Guardian 1988)

Publication: The Guardian Weekend supplement, Dec 3-4, 1988. I have collected and kept magazines, newspapers, fanzines and all sorts of publications for decades. From the launch edition of The Weekend Guardian, this was the first in a series of think pieces by prominent people on aspects of design. Paul Smith could tell what was coming; […]

February 24, 2011
Blokes of Britain

Blokes Of Britain: Nick Abrahams

NAME: Nicholas Abrahams RESIDES: London OCCUPATION: Film-maker Nick Abrahams’ work includes promos for Stereolab, Add (N) To X and sigur rós. More recently he collaborated with Jeremy Deller on the fascinating exposition of fan’s desires,  The Posters Came From The Walls. Among Abrahams’ current projects is Jayne County biopic Man Enough To Be A Woman. […]

February 23, 2011
Reggae

Your Last Chance…Front Line II

Incredible footage here from 1977 doc Roots Rock Reggae of producer “Prince” Tony Robinson (working at either Joe Gibbs or Harry J, reggaenuts will tell me) as well as scenes shot at a JA pressing plant and the legendary Randy’s Records (“You Name It We Have It”). Highlight for me: The Gladiators laying down the […]

February 22, 2011
Sleevenotes

Sleevenotes: Joe Strummer (Gonh Be Funky, 1980)

Sleevenotes make a vinyl record package complete. When they appear with CDs they’re just too diddy; on a 12-inch sleeve they’re writ large. Like good sleeve design, the best text – whether scrawled or neatly arranged – enhances and delights. This is Joe Strummer’s contribution to Charly Records’ rock-solid 1980 Lee Dorsey collection Gonh Be […]

February 22, 2011
In Their Own Write

Photography: Kate Simon

This portrait of David Bowie was taken by Kate Simon at Olympic recording studios in Barnes, west London, on January 14, 1974. Simon’s photograph captures a man on the cusp; furiously occupied in the studio, Bowie was tying up loose ends ahead of his departure for America 10 weeks later. He hasn’t lived in Britain […]

February 18, 2011