Russell Mills recorded this James Joyce poem (from 1907's "Chamber Music", untitled poem V) with top lass Clodagh Simonds of Mellow Candle and of Fovea Hex, for his album "Undark Two: Pearl + Umbra" (1999). Syd Barrett had already recorded it somewhere in 1968-1969, for his brilliantly titled debut "The Madcap Laughs" (Harvest 1970), an lp which saw members of Soft Machine, Humble Pie and Jokers Wild contribute. More on Russell Mills here + in a future post …

Hey! I'm dancing here! I'm dàncing here!
http://www.james-rizzi.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rizzi
http://snaporaz.posterous.com/james-rizzi
http://disasterzone.hubpages.com/hub/James-Rizzi
http://www.somanyrecordssolittletime.com/?p=6173
http://gvshp.org/blog/2011/09/28/a-genius-of-music-and-art/
http://www.talking-heads.nl/index.php/tom-tom-club
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Tom_Club
http://www.tomtomclub.net/discography/compilations/31-2009-tom-tom-club-deluxe-edition-2-cd-set

Can't wait for that 45 mini bike or that 78 speedster ;-) http://www.featsperminute.com/ & http://www.dezeen.com/2011/10/09/today-at-dezeen-platform-merel-slootheer-liat-azulay-and-pieter-frank-de-jong/ via http://www.good.is/post/this-bike-generates-music-while-you-cruise-the-city

Jobim & Moraes' "Garota de Ipanema" in a version by Mrs. Miller (1966) by way of tribute to Dennis Tyfus' "Gargles from Ipanema" installation, which you can experience 'neath the platforms of Mechelen's Nekkerspoel train station until 2011-10-30 as part of the Contour 2011 5th Biennial of Moving Image. Whether you know Frieda or not, I urge you to go and see the installation! You can hear a taster of Vom Grill & Remörk's one hour soundtrack here, as two excerpts have been released on an Ültra Eczema 10" (cat. no. UE105). The Anthony Kiendl curated Contour will also bring Lee Ranaldo & Leah Singer to Malines on 2011-09-30, while Chicks on Speed, the late Brion Gysin and Anne-Mie Van Kerckhoven / Club Moral are contributing art too. Addendum: a sad ending / premature removal of the installation ...

In addition to my previous post on Japan's jazzy bass master Mick Karn …here's a wonderful interview about his talents in sculpture as well as music. Do check the above fragment (from 1983) from 2'47" onwards! Or this 1984 interview in two parts ànd this 1980-12 Old Grey Whistle Test performance below (break between songs at 6'17")! Why, Mr Karn even shone in this 1982-03 collabaration with Angie Bowie (who does have a nice smile).

The mastery of Alex Steinweiss (1917-03-24 > 2011-07-18)! The Alex Awards are named in honour of this design & packaging pioneer … And then the energy of James aka Jim Flora (1914-01-25 > 1998-07-09)! Illustrator extraordinaire, not just of record sleeves … (Images 1+4 are by Flora, 2+3 by Steinweiss.)

http://www.packagedesignmag.com/content/vinyl-cover-art-celebrated-six-coffee-table-books

http://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/design/all/06790/facts.alex_steinweiss_the_inventor_of_the_modern_album_cover.htm

http://www.fantagraphics.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=367

http://books.google.com/books?id=4TV_yvOL9eIC  (for lack of a link at http://chroniclebooks.com/)

http://books.google.com/books?id=VUS-mvbd5wQC  (for lack of a link at http://papress.com/)

http://www.mofflymedia.com/Moffly-Publications/New-Canaan-Darien-Magazine/November-2006/The-Fabulous-Floras/

http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/saving-jim-flora-s-private-stash-an-interview-with-irwin-chusid

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/30/arts/design/30flora.html

http://www.angelynngrant.com/writing/GoldenAge.html

http://www.soundfountain.org/rem/remcovart.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Steinweiss

http://www.librarything.com/work/576533

http://popculture.soup.io/tag/Steinweiss

http://lightintheattic.net/news/?p=4080

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Flora

http://recordcovers.wordpress.com/

http://www.alexsteinweiss.com/

http://jimflora.blogspot.com/

http://www.jimflora.com/