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Thursday, 13 August 2009

ERIN PETSON / NEW WORK, NEW SITE

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Good friend and talented illustrator of all things painterly and feminine, Erin Petson has this week relaunched her site with a wealth of new work which requires five minutes of anyone's time.
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Erin Petson

SONG OF THE WEEK #3 / I KNOW ITS OVER / JEFF BUCKLEY

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Unreleased until 2007, Buckley's cover of the Smith's seminal "I Know its Over", from "The Queen is Dead" album, strips the song down to it's bare bones then showers it with intimacy.
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Over the years of listening to Buckley's music I had only ever heard the verse from I Know its Over seamlessly weaved into a medley of Cohen's "Hallejujah." To now hear it in full is something else.
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For anyone unfamiliar with Buckley's "Live At Sin-é" album I couldn't recommend it enough - a showcase of virtuosity so transparent at times it is completely staggering.
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LINKS /
Listen to "I Know its Over" on Spotify
Listen to "Live at Sine-e" on Spotify
Buy "Live At Sin-é" on Amazon

Monday, 3 August 2009

CERASOLI INTERVIEW / FINE ARTS LA

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Freddi Cerasoli co-founder and head curator of the Ceraoli Gallery in LA, where I will be having a solo show in September, has been interviewed by Fine Arts LA. Above is the video, to read the full interview click the link below.
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Read full interview
Cerasoli Gallery

TROUVELOT / ASTRONOMICAL DRAWINGS MANUAL

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"Étienne Léopold Trouvelot (1827–1895) was a French artist, astronomer and amateur entomologist. (Curiously, he is most noted for the unfortunate introduction of the Gypsy Moth into North America.)

His drawings of celestial phenomena were so good that the Director of Harvard College Observatory put Trouvelot on staff where he gained access to their powerful telescope. He would go on to produce some 7000 astronomical drawings and publish 50 scientific papers." (Via But Does it Float)
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Absolutely phenomenal drawings that I fell in love with instantly. Recent editions of the book are still available to purchase via Amazon in both paperback and hardback.
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Buy "The Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings Manual"
Original NYPL source

SONG OF THE WEEK #2 / THE KINKS / THIS TIME TOMORROW

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I love this song and with this Summer work schedule being as heavy as it is it only aids my daydreaming of getting away next month.
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Listen to "This Time Tomorrow" on Spotify