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Ian Harris is a man of many parts, having been at various stages in his life a successful graphic artist, fashion designer, homewares retailer and musician/performer, notably with late 60s blues-rock group The Earth and as his mod revival alter ego Terry Tonik. Just this week Harris let me in on a curious, humorous and anonymous public intervention […]
I’m assembling materials for Rethink/Re-Entry, the long-overdue monograph of the great British artist Derek Boshier I am currently editing. The book takes its title from the early Boshier painting which inspired rock’s ultimate art-directed star Bryan Ferry to choose the name Remake/Remodel for the first track on Roxy Music’s game-changing debut LP.
Clandestine London – the latest guide from Herb Lester Associates – is launched this week at a suitably discreet address in the capital. Above is the invitation postcard. And here is the badge which guarantees entry. Check out HLA’s online journal here.
This postcard’s over-amped application of colour (despite the “natural” tag on the back) contrasts deeply with the dowdiness of the buildings and the appearances of the inhabitants of the Swinging London über strasse on a summer’s day in 1966. The disconnect – between projected lifestyle and everyday reality – sums up the 60s.
Psychedelics – in the form of art, design, drugs, literature, music and the counter-culture – dominate the latest catalogue from BeatBooks.
My favourite group of the mid 90s were the antithesis of Britpop, which was alright with me. Sukia came out of Silverlake with a vaguely sinister vibe, a clutch-bag of odd samples and a whole other set of references, many from Mexican-American trash culture. Their 1997 single The Dream Machine is a jump-up staple.
This Family Dog postcard was a present for Victor Moscoso fan Mrs G a couple of years back.
Just came across this card from one of my heroines, Caroline Coon.
Postcards are an abiding obsession, and this, just arrived from Will Birch, is a nice one to add to the collection.