Joan Baez‘s most unusual album,Baptismis of a piece with the “concept” albums of the late ’60s, but more ambitious than most and different from all of them. Baez by this time was immersed in various causes, concerning the Vietnam War, the human condition, and the general state of ...
It was on the set of his first major film,The Man Who Fell to Earth, that Bowie began writing a pseudo-autobiography calledThe Return of the Thin White Duke. He was also composing music on the understanding that he was to provide the picture’s soundtrack, though this would not come to...
Founded in 1998 by Issey Miyake, A-POC (“A Piece of Cloth”) set out to bring the development and production of fabric and garments into the future. Over the subsequent decades, A-POC has worked at the forefront of technology to realize its goals, and under the leadership of Yoshiyuki ...
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Have you found harmony between your musical tastes immediately or do you have completely different preferences? There’s a harmony between all of our tastes I think, we all love Black Sabbath, NEU!, The Velvet Underground, etc. We share a lot of the same influences. Now, on your Bandcamp...
The answer couldn’t be simply “because that’s what Brooks Brothers sold,” when Brooks Brothers sold so much more that never became part of the Ivy League Look. I telephoned Charlie Davidson and told him I was working on a piece though wasn’t sure where it was going. I started by...
her idea of a concept album would differ from that of, say,Frank SinatraorThe Beatles. Baptism was a body of poetry selected, edited, and read and sung by Baez, and set to music byPeter Schickele(better known for his comical musical “discoveries” associated with “P.D.Q. Bach,” but...
“Apart from the two side seams the dress was folded into shape rather like cardboard. Any other girl would have looked like she was wearing cardboard, but on-screen I swear you would have thought Marilyn had on a pale, thin piece of silk. Her body was so fabulous it still came throu...
out by costume designerSue Blaneand musical directorRichard Hartley, and stage producerMichael Whitewas also brought in to produce. As the musical went into rehearsal, the working title,They Came from Denton High, was changed just before previews at the suggestion of Sharman toThe Rocky Horror ...
An anthemic ballad and one of Harrison’s most celebrated compositions,Isn’t It a Pityhas been described as the emotional and musical centrepiece ofAll Things Must Passand “a poignant reflection on The Beatles’ coarse ending”. Co-produced byPhil Spector, the recording employs multiple keyboar...