God only knows
| Nico Muhly on music and religion.
Ragazzi by Konrad Helbig
Photos by Konrad Helbig (1917–1986) from his Ragazzi portraits of Sicilian boys covering the period 1950–1969. A book collection of these appeared from Edition Braus a few years ago but now seems to be out of print.
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• Les Demi Dieux revisited
• Les Demi Dieux
• California boys by Mel Roberts
• Erotic flicks
Max Eastley’s musical sculptures
left: Aeolian Harp; right: Wind Flute.
The Wire has a selection of Max Eastley-related materials among the web exclusives on its site. As well as a photo gallery showing many of his musical instrument/artworks there’s a couple of video clips including part of Simon Reynell’s 1989 film, Clocks of the Midnight Hours. (Title borrowed from a poem by Borges.)
And as you’d expect there’s Eastley work to be seen and heard at YouTube as well, including an extract from Derek Bailey’s excellent documentary series about improvised music, On the Edge. For Eastley on record I’d recommend his 1994 CD with David Toop, Buried Dreams, but that seems to be out of print for the time being.
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• The Avant Garde Project
‘Father of LSD’ dies aged 102
‘Father of LSD’ dies aged 102
| Albert Hofmann, RIP.
Tribute to Michael Moorcock
Tribute to Michael Moorcock
| In which the writer achieves Grandmaster status.