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THE EALING CLUB: BIRTHPLACE OF BLUES IN BRITAIN
You can buy all these items from the Ealing Club Community Interest CompanyThe DVD paints a good picture of why this venue is considered to be the epicentre of the Blues Boom through extensive...
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ART MAGAZINES: STATE/f22 and ROSA
To come across two new art magazines in the same week is a rare and delightful event. To complicate matters somewhat STATE and f22 are two different magazines in one. To quote 'Totally free, STATE is...
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Thích Nhất Hạnh: THE FATHER OF MINDFULNESS
Rather late in the day, The Generalist has become aware of Thích Nhất Hạnh, considered the Father of Mindfulness who died on January 22nd this year aged 95. He founded a new form of Buddhism and...
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STRANGE ATTRACTOR PRESS: OBSOLETE SPELLS and CITY OF THE BEAST/ THE LIVES OF...
The Strange Attractor Press is an independent publishing house founded in 2003, based in London and run by Mark Pilkington and Jamie Sutcliffe. The Generalist has reviewed a number of their books over...
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BRAINSPOTTING Adventures in Neurology by A.J. Lees [Notting Hill Editions]
Back in May 8th 2016 I posted one of the first reviews of 'Mentored By A Madman: The William Burroughs Experiment by A.J. Lees - a striking and important book by one of the world's leading experts in...
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BARNEY BUBBLES & PAUL GORMAN
Previous PostsFriday, November 21, 2008BARNEY BUBBLES BOOK LAUNCH EXCLUSIVEhttps://hqinfo.blogspot.com/2008/11/blog-post_21.htmlThis post was written the day after the London launch of Paul Gorman's...
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2001: A Space Odyssey/Frederick I. Ordway III/Stanley Kubrick/Adam Johnson
THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE MOST IMPORTANT AND INFLUENTIAL FILM EVER MADE. In 1964 master film-maker Stanley Kubrick began his epic campaign to make the best science-fiction movie ever made....
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2001: THE LOST SCIENCE/Scientists, Influences and Designs from the Ordway Estate
(From Left)Harry Lange: Spacecraft designer and Set designerArthur C. Clarke: Writer and researcherFredrick I Ordway III: Scientific consultantVolume 2 of material from The Ordway archives profiles...
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2001:The Lost Science/Introduction
INTRODUCTION Adam K. JohnsonIn January 1965, while staying at the Harvard Club in Manhattan. Frederick I. Ordway Ill arranged a social meeting with his 'old friend' Arthur C. Clarke. The next day, at...
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2001/Rob Godwin/Space and Music
Here at The Generalist Archive we love things like this email which arrived out of the blue from Rob Godwin in Toronto.Hello John,'Just watched your talk at the Printing conference on Youtube. Really...
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Rock's Diamond Year
This the fourth new book I have reviewed recently which documents the history of the pioneering musical venues, largely clustered around the Thames and South West London and Soho, which were to...
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MUSIC PRESS HISTORY
This was the launch party on November 1st 2001 for Rock's Back Pages and Paul Gorman's oral history 'In Their Own Write'. Pictured are three of the very best music writers namely Charles Shaar Murray...
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THE MARQUEE CLUB
Harold Pendleton who died at the age of 93 in 2017 is perhaps a name not known to the general public but as this book shows he was a key figure in the development of music in the UK. A huge jazz fan...
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LONDON ARTS LAB
.'London's Arts Labs and the 60s Avant-Garde' by David Curtis. The Worthing Workshop is mentioned in the list of Arts Labs across the regions. This an excellent book, fully illustrated, and deeply...
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Nebra Sky Disc
This is the Nebra Sky disc, believed to be the oldest surviving representation of the cosmos. It was buried 3,600 years ago and was illegally excavated by two metal detectorists in Germany and is now...
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HAIL SISTERS OF THE REVOLUTION
It seems totally appropriate that a copy of 'Hail Sisters of the Revolution' by my dear friend writer/poet/musician Caroline Gilfillan with photographer Andrew Scott should arrive in the post on...
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GENERALIST ARCHIVE: NEW ADDITIONS
Three valuable new additions to the Generalist Archive: 'Photography of Protest and Community' by Noni Stacey [2020]Noni Stacey's valuable highly detailed academic source documenting street...
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CHINA DOMINATES ELECTRIC VEHICLES & RARE EARTH METALS
Back in January/February 2020 I wrote an extensive groups of Climate Crisis posts on the Greening of Transport: Aviation/Shipping/Railways and three posts on cars -Global Overview, Hydrogen Fuel cars...
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ALLEN GINSBERG DAY
Monday 15th May: Spotted a hardback copy of 'The Letters of Allen Ginsberg' in the window of the Bow Windows bookshop in Lewes. Edited by Bill Morgan who was Ginsberg's literary archivist for many...
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MICK FARREN
Mick was one of the most prominent figures of the British counter-culture. A poet, author, musician, activist. In the late 60s Mick headed the protopunk band The Deviants and later released solo...
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EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING; THE CATALOGUE:AN INDEX OF POSSIBILITIES
This article was published in 19 Magazine on May 5th 1973.Text is by Mick Brown and photos by Jean Kisch and John TiberaEVERYTHING ABOUT EVERYTHING If you're the slightest bit interested in yourself,...
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MUSIC FROM THE TEMPLE OF LIGHT
This is a truly wonderful album. Joyous. A huge range of wonderful instrumentation. Spiritual. Calming. Healing. I played it to an audience who were of one mind. Brilliant. Composed by Peter Culshaw...
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MICK BROWN: Eastern/Western Journalistic Journeys
Mick Brown's new book The Nirvana Express is a substantial and valuable historical vehicle exploring as it does the Western interest in Eastern religions and spiritual thoughts from Victorian times to...
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THE BLUES: ROBERT JOHNSON
I'm deep into the history of the blues starting with the short life of Robert Johnson whose 29 recorded songs are considered the greatest blues tracks ever laid down. Like a string of modern musicians...
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