Monthly Archive: January 2005

Click to enrarge Contact Mark Some of you may remember hearing from me at some point last year when I was looking for material for a Syd Barrett article for Mojo magazine. You may even recall that the article was about Syd’s activities around the period 1972/73, and in particular his band Stars, and I was looking for anyone who had any recollections or materials relating to Syd around this time. Six months later, and while progress on the article hasn’t been as swift as I’d anticipated, I’ve been able to turn up some great stuff. I’ve been able to speak at length with a number of people who knew and/or worked with Syd around the Stars period, including Jack Monck, Steve Brink, Mick Rock, Clive Wellham and Bernie Elliot (the latter of whom, for those who don’t know, jammed with Syd during the Stars period and ultimately replaced him...

The legendary Psychedelic, Progressive, Classic Rock band DAVID O LIST FROM THE NICE began a new World Tour in November 2004 with an interview for MTV and TVR 1 (Romania). David O List was interviewed on the programs with Carl Palmer from ELP. David was very excited about this; the connection with Carl, David and Keith Emerson went down very well. David was at The Progeny Festival on 20 November 2004 at London’s Astoria and performed his own set at The Jimmi Hendrix Festival on 26 Nov in Rome, televised by Sky TV. Tour dates in 2005 include: Underworld, London Saturday 26th March, Mr. Kyps 22nd May, Classic Rock Society Saturday 4 June with Radio Caroline and Yorkshire TV coverage, Spirit of 66 Belgium, Borderline and at Progeny 2005; more dates to be confirmed in London, Wales, Scotland, Holland, Italy and by The Carlini Group in New York for a...

This week saw the latest in US public radio station WNYC’s “Soundcheck” series, featuring the story, the talents and the influences of Syd Barrett and Nick Drake. The show, broadcast on Tuesday evening, has now joined their archive of shows online, giving the world an opportunity to listen to it. You can access the show through this Real Audio link. Entitled “Spirits of a Generation”, the programme makers give the following synopsis: Bohemian poet, artist and visionary, musician Syd Barrett joined the band Pink Floyd in 1965. His story is captured in a new documentary that tells of his dramatic rise to fame and his premature departure in a haze of drugs and psychological trouble. Host John Schaefer speaks with the director and producer of the documentary, John Edginton. He’ll also speak with Patrick Humphries, biographer of the British songwriter Nick Drake, who died in 1974 at the age of...

– Tsunami Relief –Pink Floyd Fans Unite To Assist Help us help them! Here’s your chance to make a difference and assist those less fortunate than ourselves. Floyd fans can now contribute any unwanted Floyd memorabilia to a monster Pink Floyd raffle. The raffle, to be held online, will raise funds that will be donated to the victims of the Boxing Day Tsunami disaster. This is your chance to clean out your cupboards and in the process assist a worthy cause. We are looking for any Floyd related memorabilia that is in good condition. Preferably it will not be too heavy, as we need to keep down postage costs so that the maximum amount can go to the appeal. The project has been given the support of Pink Floyd’s Management, by way of a donation of a 30th Anniversary edition of Dark Side Of The Moon, personally signed by three...