August 10th, 2014
The sound quality is not the best, and the vocals pretty much suck, but this cover by Alcian Blue (AKA The Antiques) is still the best live cover of “Primal” I’ve heard from anyone (including Slowdive, who only played it at early shows, and not particularly well).
Like I’ve said before, anyone doing good cover of “Primal” will get linked in this space.
As for Slowdive, their new tour shows their live shows have improved considerably, as we shall see next Sunday…
Tags: Alcian Blue, Music, Shoegazer, Slowdive, video
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August 3rd, 2014
The Swells were an Austin-based Shoegaze band. Here they are with “Golden.”
Evidently they’re now known as Seaholm Electric.
Tags: Austin, Music, Seaholm Electric, Shoegazer, The Swells
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July 28th, 2014
Three more books from L. W. Currey’s $10 sale:
Moorcock, Michael. The End of All Songs. Harper & Row, 1976. First edition hardback (with the author’s name misspelled “Moorock” on the spine, as per Currey), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Third book in the Dancers at the End of Time trilogy. Currey (1979), page 370.
Moorcock, Michael. The Golden Barge. New English Library, 1983. First hardback edition (preceded by a trade paperback original), a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket.
Moorcock, Michael, and Philip James. The Distant Suns. Unicorn SF, 1975. First edition trade paperback original (perfect-bound comic book format), a Fine- copy with slightly yellowed pages. Currey (1979), page 369.
Tags: Books, Fantasy, First Edition, Michael Moorcock, Science Fiction
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July 27th, 2014
Here’s “Shine,” another one from Zurich’s SummeryMay. The best description I can come up with for them is “Imagine a Christian shoegaze Night Ranger that doesn’t suck.” People I told this too were having some trouble wrapping their heads around the concept…
Tags: Music, Shoegazer, SummerMay
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July 23rd, 2014
Three more items from L. W. Currey’s $10 sale, all art books (for certain values of the word “book”):
Fabian, Stephen. Women & Wonders. Charles F. Miller, 1995. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket, still in shrink wrap.
Finlay, Virgil. An Astrology Sketch Book. Donald M. Grant, 1975. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Oddly enough, $10 is the actual cover price…
Finlay, Virgil. Finlay’s Illustrations for Weird Tales. Showcase Art Productions, 1976. First edition art portfolio of 9 illustrations (one in color) in a cardstock cover, a Fine copy.
Tags: art, Books, Fantasy, First Edition, Science Fiction, Virgil Finlay
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July 22nd, 2014
Two more books from L. W. Currey’s $10 sale:
King, Stephen. The Dark Half. Hodder & Stoughton, 1989. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Precedes the American edition.
(King, Stephen) Collings, Michael. Stephen King as Richard Bachman. Starmont House, 1985. First edition hardback, a Fine copy in decorated boards (the covers from the trade paperback attached to the front cover). Reference work.
Tags: Books, First Edition, Horror, pics, Stephen King
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July 21st, 2014
Just another random roundup of signed books, three from L.W. Currey’s $10 sale (more about which Real Soon), and one from eBay.
Bova, Ben. Viewpoint. NESFA Press, 1977. First edition hardback, #126 of 800 signed, numbered hardbacks, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket. Bought from Currey for $10.
Cowper, Richard. The Unhappy Princess with The Missing Heart. Cheap Street, 1982. First edition chapbook originals, #54 of 75 slipcased copies, Fine copies in a Fine slipcase. Chalker & Owings, 1991, page 106. Note: I store my slipcased chapbooks with the hardbacks. Bought from Currey for $10.
(De Camp, L. Sprague) Laughlin, Charlotte and Daniel J. H. Levack. De Camp: An L. Sprague De Camp Bibliography. Underwood/Miller, 1983. First edition hardback, one of 200 copies signed by De Camp and others, a Fine copy in decorated boards, sans dust jacket, as issued. Supplements a copy of the trade edition. Bought from Currey for $10.
Leiber, Fritz. The Leiber Chronicles. Dark Harvest, 1990. First edition hardback, #7 of 500 signed, numbered hardbacks, a Fine copy in a Fine dust jacket and Fine slipcase. Bought for $38 off eBay, which is roughly half the original publication price of $65.
Why both De Camp and Leiber seem thoroughly out of fashion these days is an essay for another day…
Tags: Ben Bova, Fantasy, First Edition, Fritz Leiber, Horror, L. Sprague de Camp, Richard Cowper, Science Fiction, signed
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July 20th, 2014
Sugar Plant are on the softer end of Japanese Shoegaze. Here they are with “Rise.”
Their Happy EP (which includes “Rise”) is available from iTunes.
Tags: Japan, Music, Shoegazer
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July 16th, 2014
I bet every high school English teacher in America will be showing this to their class come September…
Tags: Music, video, Weird Al Yankovic
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July 13th, 2014
For your Sunday dose of Shoegaze, here’s Galaxie 500 covering seminal punk band Joy Division’s “Ceremony”:
Tags: Galaxie 500, Joy Division, Music, Shoegazer
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