Monthly Archive: March 2007
Resources & Links Institute of Contemporary Arts (London) | ICA Location Map | /Discuss The Institute of Contemporary Arts in London are to stage a multimedia event with talks, films, bands, a theatrical play about Syd Barrett and groovy DJs in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the 14-Hour Technicolour Dream event! It takes place on 21st April 2007 at the ICA in London which is located on The Mall in central London opposite St James’s Park. There is not one single ticket for all events but you can phone the box office (+0044 (0)20 7930 3647) and get tickets for the event of your choice. Detials at bottom of this page. 2007 is a year of many anniversaries: twenty years since Acid House, thirty since the release of ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’, forty since Sgt. Pepper’s and fifty since the publication of Jack Kerouac’s On The Road. One event...
Resources & Links BBC Press Office | BBC 2 | Previous Video Request Mar 06 | /Discuss Seven Ages of Rock Series BBC 2 Pink Floyd are to feature in a new BBC2 TV music series called The Seven Ages of Rock. The seven part series of 60 minute programs explores rock music from the 1960’s to the present day. Part two will feature Pink Floyd and was made by BBC Bristol. NPF sent out a request last March asking people to send in footage of Pink Floyd from their 70s concerts as the BBC were lacking significant material from this era. Unfortunately, it seems they did not receive much footage that was broadcast quality. The BBC’s Tony Higgins told NPF, “The footage appeal went well but in the end most if it was not of broadcast quality. But we have some great stills and creative use of existing archive...
Resources & Links Listen to programme | Discuss Legendary Producer and writer Joe Boyd, who worked with the Pink Floyd, was involved in a radio programme interview in American on npr Radio called Fresh Air. He has a book out called White Bicycles: The Making of Music In The 60s. In the npr interview, he talks about music, the history of it, bits of Floyd and other interesting things!! You can listen to the programme online here and discuss it here. There will be a review of Joe’s new book in the coming weeks so stat tuned for that! Sources: [ Rebecca Gray Promoter ]
Resources & Links Rolling Stone Magazine | Discuss on Forum | RS Video Mash up of Darkside of Oz Pink Floyd are to feature on the front of the Rolling Stone magazine. It said on the Rolling Stone website, “Finally! After a long and storied career, Pink Floyd will grace the cover of Rolling Stone. Trust us: It was worth the wait. The cover story tackles the band’s long, tumultuous history, from the acid-drenched Syd days to the Dark Side of popularity to the disintegration of the band, in what is the most complete retrospective of the band to ever fill our pages. Be sure to check in all week for Floyd-themed goodies, like our synching of Dark Side and Oz, culminating with the Pink Floyd issue, which hits stands this Friday [23rd March 2007]”. Arguably, Rolling Stone have never really liked Pink Floyd so it is a little odd...
Resources & Links The Last Mimzy Music Website | Pre-Order Digital Single | /Discuss ROGER WATERS “HELLO (I LOVE YOU)” 1. “HELLO (I LOVE YOU) radio edit 4.302. “HELLO (I LOVE YOU) album version 6.12 Howard Shore’s gentle score for THE LAST MIMZY is augmented by the new song HELLO (I LOVE YOU) performed by PINK FLOYD icon ROGER WATERS and written by Roger Waters and Howard Shore. The new track has been produced by JAMES GUTHRIE, Grammy Award winning producer whose credits include THE WALL, the remastered DARK SIDE OF THE MOON and the PINK FLOYD compilation ECHOES. 2 TRACK CD SINGLE AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY FROM SILVA SCREEN RECORDS www.silvascreen.co.uk from 27th March 2007. ONLINE PURCHASE £4.99 inclusive of postage within the E.U. For the R.O.W. add £1.00 postage. To pre-order digital single from 7Digital see this page. Go here for audio captures and video. Sources: [ Jelena from SilvaScreen.co.uk]
Many Floyd fans will be familiar with the existence of unofficial audio recordings of bands called RoIOs (Recordings of Illegitimate/Indeterminate Origin) and video recordings called VoIOs (Videos of Illegitimate/Indeterminate Origin). Basically bootlegs! The usual quality of these recordings means they are only for die hard fans but, occasionally, one comes along that is a must have for all fans!! The latest “must have” DVD is called “PINK FLOYD – French TV 1968-1969” and was first made available on the popular Pink Floyd torrent site Yeeshkul. Download Now | DVD Info | Discuss on Forum | Help? Need Help Downloading Torrents? If you have not done so already, register an account to use the tracker site. Download and install Bit Torrent (to download) and Foobar2000 (audio media player). Visit the NPF Torrent Tracker site and choose a download. Download the small torrent file by clicking the big yellow download button on...
