Monthly Archive: March 2010

Links – Essential Works Publisher | Follow the authors news on the book on Twitter and Facebook | Essential Works are currently assembling Barrett – a large-format illustrated book centred on the creative life of Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett. Superbly produced, it will be the definitive visual companion to Syd’s work. The book has been authorized by the Syd Barrett Estate and a percentage of the sales from it will go to the Estate. This will be a real collectors’ item, featuring: High quality heavyweight art paper A slipcase in which it is presented Cloth cover featuring one of Syd’s artworks Full colour throughout There will be over 100 images covering Syd’s life, out of which more than 60 are unseen and unpublished, including: Images from the Barrett family archive Images from Nick Mason’s personal archive Images from the London Free School Benefit gigs at All Saints Church, the Architects Association...

As previously reported and here as a reminder: Links – Escape Artists | Brain Damage article on previous event | The life, art and music of Syd Barrett will again be celebrated, this time at “The City Wakes 2010” festival in London later this year in support of the charity Escape Artists, who use arts to promote mental wellbeing and social inclusion. Planning for the event is well underway, and you can register to be kept informed by visiting www.TheCityWakes.org.uk. This exhibition of art, photography and letter will be bigger and better than the last “Syd Barrett – The City Wakes” held in Cambridge (see Brain Damage article) – not only do the organisers again have the support of Syd’s sister, Rosemary, but also they have pledges from several old friends of Syd’s and art owners to show previously unseen pieces. They also have pledges to loan two considerable collections...

Links – CBS Video Player with internationally available trailer and clips for US only | Discuss on Forum CBS Video Player with internationally available trailer and clips for US only Pink Floyd’s music is to feature in an episode of US crime drama Cold Case (Season 7, Episode 17: “Flashover”) on Sunday 21st March 2010.  It will be broadcast at 10pm EST (Eastern Standard Time) on the CBS Network in the United States of America and will feature extracts of seven songs: Comfortably Numb, Hey You, Mother, Marooned, Wish You Were Here, Time and The Thin Ice In this episode, the team searches for Vera when he goes missing, and they reinvestigate a 2006 arson-homicide case that Vera obsessed over in recent weeks. US TV crime series Cold Case occasionally created themed episodes featuring songs from one artist.  Now in its seventh series, Cold Case revolves around a fictionalised Philadelphia...

Links – Photos of Pink Floyd signing contract in 1967 at EMI Manchester Square  | Discuss the case on Forum | Articles from The Guardian and The Telegraph | Previous story from NPF | Click here for Photos of Pink Floyd signing contract in 1967 As previously reported, Pink Floyd are suing their record company EMI over a breach of their 1999 contract with the music titan.  The breach, the band’s legal representative Robert Howe QC claims, is against one of the terms whereby EMI are not permitted to “unbundle” tracks from Pink Floyd’s albums and sell them separately. Most fans would probably agree that Pink Floyd songs from a particular album should generally not be listened to separately as they form a single artistic recording in the form of an album.  This is why the band put into their 1999 contract that such a practice of “unbundling” is not...