LUONblog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
Next year the Royal Mail will launch its stamp programme with a set of ten 1st class stamps designed by Studio Dempsey that celebrate classic British album covers - including Blur's Parklife (designed by Chris Thomson / Stylorouge. Photography: Bob Thomas), and New Order's Power, Corruption and Lies (designed by Peter Saville) - both shown above. Deciding what album covers to include was no easy task....
Sandbox World (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Next year the Royal Mail plans to launch its stamp set of ten classic British rock bands albums in stamp form designed by Studio Dempsey. The groups featured will be, Blur’s Parklife (designed by Chris Thomson / Stylorouge. Photography: Bob Thomas), and New Order’s Power, Corruption and Lies (designed by Peter Saville). Led Zeppelin IV (1971) [...]
Torn and frayed in Manila (Free subscription) | 09/11/2009
Many of the most intense moments of my life have been at live music events, none more so than the Clash at Brighton Top Rank in early 1980. London Calling, their highwater mark, had just been released and my mates...
totalcontent - blog (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
I don’t want to come over as some sad old stamp geek, but thanks to a long association with Royal Mail Design, I’ve learned a thing or two about this minuscule art form. Once strict rules about what you can and can’t do with the look and form a stamp are gradually being loosened in an effort to attract younger collectors, and the January 2010 stamp issue by Studio Dempsey continues...
CR Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
In January 2010, the Royal Mail will launch its stamp programme with a set of ten 1st class stamps that celebrate classic British album covers...
SitePoint Blogs (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The UK Royal Mail is producing a second set of design related stamps in early January. Jennifer takes a look at the "Classic British Album Covers" set.
Spacerock Reviews (Free subscription) | 27/08/2009
BARNEY BUBBLES MEMORIAL ALL-DAY BENEFIT CONCERT PRESS RELEASE The 229 Club, 229 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PN Sunday 29th November, 2009 from 2 – 10pm On 14th November 1983, the art and music worlds lost one of their most important and innovative figures with the death of the legendary graphic designer Barney Bubbles. His work as Hawkwind’s cover artist and stage-set creator established...
London City (Free subscription) | 02/07/2009
Reunited Britpop superstars Blur (pictured above in a Pennie Smith photo for the NME ) will be releasing live recordings in both CD and ...
Daily Star (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
The photographer who took the iconic cover shot for THE CLASH's 1979 album LONDON CALLING has been honoured for her work in the industry.
ART FOR A CHANGE (Free subscription) | 03/11/2008
Artist Ray Lowry passed away this past October 14, 2008, at the age of 64. While touring America with The Clash in 1979, Lowry was nicknamed the "War Artist" by the band’s front man, Joe Strummer. The Clash had invited Lowry to tour with them as an official artist when the group made its first incursion into the land of Coca-Cola, and the resulting sketches made by the punk war correspondent...
The First Post (Free subscription) | 17/10/2008
The cartoonist and artist Ray Lowry has died aged 64. While he contributed to a number of publications, notably Private Eye, 1960's underground magazine OZ and the New Musical…
Music Musings and Miscellany (Free subscription) | 16/10/2008
Cartoonist Ray Lowry was found dead at his home on Tuesday. He was 64. Over the years, his crudely drawn, but brilliantly observed cartoons have appeared in all sorts of publications - from Private Eye to Mojo. But the one’s that introduced me to his work appeared weekly in the NME in the late seventies [...]
red mum (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
IF YOU are about in Belfast over the next while you really should make a point of going to one of the many, many events organised by Trans '08. And maybe one in particular :) There are two cool things out of many that I want to point you to, one is a panel discussion featuring Pennie Smith who shot the fantastic Clash London Calling cover . Also on the panel is our own Moochin Photoman discussing...
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