Art
‘Henry McCullough’ – Secret Silver Stash
You Got The Silver – ‘Henry McCullough’ plays & reflects. Photo by Denis Woods The London-based record label Late Night Tales have craftily/cleverly/kindly held back a stash of the USA version of the Record Store Day ‘Henry McCullough’ 12″ with the amazing Andrew Weatherall remixes. The American RSD release comes in a silver mirrored cover – it is gold in the UK and elsewhere. A limited edition of 1,000, each record is individually numbered. Late Night Tales have revealed that they put aside nearly 300 of these treasures. Thus, those of you who have been gnashing your teeth can now […]
Reflections On David Bowie
BP Fallon being interviewed about David Bowie on UTV News by Paul Colgan Last Monday seems like a year ago now, a dream. It still feels like a dream. David Bowie is dead. On Monday, a shocked and saddened BP Fallon spoke to Neil Delamere on Today FM, to Joe Duffy on RTE Radio 1’s ‘Liveline’ and was interviewed on UTV television news. BP then joined Paul McLoone in the Today FM studio for Paul’s David Bowie tribute show. BP Fallon speaking to Paul McLoone about David Bowie Audio above: The Paul McLoone David Bowie Tribute Show with BP Fallon […]
TODAY! BP Fallon SXSW 2014 Panel – rock’n’roll photography superstars Fallon, Gruen, Goldsmith etc speak on the visual imagery of rock’n’roll
BP Fallon & Bob Gruen in Austin by Kate Jurkiewicz The Band Portrait: Marketing ‘Perception’ Celebrated photographers BP Fallon, Bob Gruen, Lynn Goldsmith, Piper Ferguson plus PR maestro Ken Weinstein discuss the imagery of rock’n’roll. Moderated by ace photographer Anna Webber. Says the SXSW site: “This year marks the 39th anniversary of the release of the Led Zeppelin album ‘Physical Graffiti’ – BP took some of the photographs of the band on the album cover and is celebrating by playing with his band at SXSW 2014 (Editors note: The Ghost Wolves do the honours) and by being on this superb […]
RIP It Up With Lou Reed
Lou Reed – Rock And Roll Heart – amazing documentary 1998 (75 mins) Rock And Roll Heart traces Lou Reed’s career from before the formation of the Velvet Underground to rock icon status to his more recent artistic endeavors. Includes rare and vintage footage plus interviews with David Bowie, John Cale, Maureen Tucker, Patti Smith, Thurston Moore, David Byrne, Jim Carroll, Dave Stewart and Philip Glass – and even Holly Woodlawn and ‘Little’ Joe Dallesandro, the drag queen and the street hustler immortalized by Reed in ‘Walk on the Wild Side’. A superb documentary – and the only one – […]