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Adrian Stephen. THE “DREADNOUGHT” HOAX. Hogarth Press, London 1936.
Current Selling Prices
$150-$450 /£100-£300
MODERN FIRST EDITION / HUMOUR / SEDITION
Adrian Stephen’s account of supreme prankster Horace de Vere Cole’s elaborate hoax, in which he, Virginia Stephen (later Woolf), Guy Ridley, Anthony Buxton and Duncan Grant masqueraded as Abyssinian royals, with Adrian Stephen as [...]
Express to Hollywood
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Victor McLaglen. EXPRESS TO HOLLYWOOD. Jarrolds, London, 1934.
Current Selling Prices
$600-$800 /£350-£450
MOVIES / BOXING / AUTOBIOGRAPHY
This is a return visit to a resolutely unfindable book. Actually, Peter M a reader of these postings found a copy and mailed me these images. Many thanks. There are no copies on the web and [...]
Ben Stiller Stars in Greenberg
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Ben Stiller in Greenberg
Few in Hollywood can perform with consistency on both sides of the camera the way Ben Stiller can.
If Zoolander didn’t establish that, Tropic Thunder certainly confirmed Stiller’s dual talent, underscored by Robert Downey Jr.’s supporting-actor Oscar nomination for his obsessed Tropic Thunder thespian.
Besides being multi-faceted, the 44-year-old [...]
Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
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Release date: Friday April 30, 2010
Genre: Horror
Director: Samuel Bayer
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Screenplay: Wesley Strick, Eric Heisserer
Producer(s): Michael Bay, Andrew Form, Brad Fuller
Cast: Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Katie Cassidy, Rooney Mara, Kellan Lutz, Clancy Brown, Connie Britton
Official Site: nightmareonelmstreet.com
Rating: Not yet rated
Available film art: A Nightmare on Elm Street movie [...]
Roger Dean Talks ‘Avatar’ at Retrospective
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A special thank you to author Cathy Rose A. Garcia for allowing me to reprint this wonderful article
“Osibisa” is the original work by British cover artist Roger Dean, which was also used for the cover of Osibisa’s 1971 self-titled album. Courtesy of Roger Dean
By Cathy Rose A. Garcia
Staff Reporter
One look [...]
This Date In Music History-March 30
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Birthdays:
Rolf Harris (1930) (1963 US #3 single “Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport”)
Graeme Edge - Moody Blues (1942)
Ronnie Rice - New Colony 6 (1944)
Eric Clapton (1945)
Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas (1948)
Dave Ball - Procol Harum (1950)
Re Styles - Tubes (1950)
MC Hammer (1962)
Tracy Chapman (1964)
Celine Dion (1968)
Mark McClelland - Snow Patrol [...]
Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne
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FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 22, 2010
DEAR JERRY: From a book at the library I made a list of 20 hit songs with foreign language titles, all of which were popular long before I was born.
Since you are probably familiar with them, will you tell me which ones are sung [...]
Music News & Notes
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Them Crooked Vultures Join In On Record Store Day
Absolute Radio spoke with John Paul Jones, Dave Grohl and Josh Homme of Them Crooked Vultures on Monday night at Royal Albert Hall and found out that the band will be touring through the end of August, at which time Grohl and [...]
This Date In Music History-March 24
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Birthdays:
Dave Appell - Applejacks (1922)
Lee Oskar - War (1946)
Nick Lowe (1949)
Dougie Thompson - Supertramp (1951)
Nena (1960)
Sharon Corr - Corrs (1970)
P.A. Pasemaster Mase - De La Soul (1970)
Benj Gershman - O.A.R. (1980)
They Are Missed:
The late Nervous Norvus (”Transfusion”– real name is Jimmy Drake) was born in 1912. He died on July [...]
We Have A Winner!
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We have a Winner in the The Jacksons - A Family Dynasty DVD giveaway! Congrats to Gavin, who was the first one to email me! Look for more contests coming very soon to the CollectingVinylRecords Blog!
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Odd vols / Odd bedfellows
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I have finally got round to sorting out a five year accumulation of odd vols. The most common are odd volumes of Churchill’s ‘magisterial’ The Second World War (Cassell 1948 to 1954 6 vols) followed closely by odd volumes of Proust’s ‘incomparable roman fleuve’ the 12 volume Remembrance of Things Past (A [...]
following me
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Hey all, it’s been a while since NAHBS preview pics! I want you to know I’m using Twitter and Facebook much more often–you can follow me @nfreyboo and facebook.com/nfreyboo. Boo Bicycles‘ fan page is facebook.com/boobicycles and you can become a fan and keep updated with all things Boo! The blog is [...]
Collecting John Minton
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BOHEMIAN, NEO-ROMANTIC ARTIST/ SUICIDE
I guess most people’s introduction to the work of John Minton are those vignette line drawings in Elizabeth David’s first book, A Book of Mediterranean Food (1950) or perhaps her follow-up, French Country Cooking, but I think I first came across his work when I was urged in [...]
Diary of A Wimpy Kid
Submitted by All Movie Replicas Blog
Release date: Friday March 19, 2010
Genre: Comedy
Director: Thor Freudenthal
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Screenplay: Jackie Filgo, Jeff Filgo, Gabe Sachs, Jeff Judah
Producer(s): Nina Jacobson, Bradford Simpson
Cast: Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn, Devon Bostick, Chloë Grace Moretz, Grayson Russell
Official Site: diaryofawimpykidmovie.com
Rating: PG for For some rude humor and language.
Runtime: 2 [...]
Grown Ups
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Release date: Friday June 25, 2010
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dennis Dugan
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Screenplay: Adam Sandler, Fred Wolf
Producer(s): Jack Giarraputo, Adam Sandler
Cast: Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph
Official Site: grownups-movie.com
Rating: Not yet rated
Available film art: Grown Ups movie posters
Synopsis
Thirty years after graduating from [...]
This Date In Music History-March 14
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Birthdays:
Quincy Jones (1933)
Walter Parazaider - Chicago (1945)
James O’Rourke - John Fred & His Playboy Band (1945)
Jim Pons - Turtles (1946)
Boon Gould - Level 42 (1955)
Taylor Hanson - Hanson (1983)
Colby O’Donis (1988)
They Are Missed:
Mary Ann Ganser of the Shangri-Las (”Leader Of The Pack”) died of a barbiturate overdose in 1970.
In 1972, [...]
Céline, the Glitter paradox and writing in public…
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I have the outlines of a blog somewhere about writers who wrote in public; sadly I cannot work up the enthusiasm to finish it so am using the outlines of it here. The most famous is J.K. Rowling in her Edinburgh cafe, also T.S. Eliot putting the finishing touches to The Waste [...]
Twin Tigers Vinyl Record Contest
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In association with Sneak Attack Media (http://www.sneakattackmedia.com/ ), I am very excited to announce a contest, where the winner will receive a vinyl copy of Twin Tiger’s debut LP Gray Waves!
The contest is easy, just email me a list your five favorite bands from Athens, Georgia. The winner will be [...]
Michael Fremer Album Review
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Thanks to Michael over at http://www.musicangle.com for the exclusive rights to reprint this material.
Nirvana (reissue)
In Utero
DGC/ORG 180g LP (black or colored vinyl)
Produced by: Steve Albini
Engineered by: Steve Albini
Mixed by: Steve Albini (Scott Litt on “Heart Shaped Box” and “All Apologies”
Mastered by: Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Technician: Bob Weston
Review [...]
Music News & Notes
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RECORD STORE DAY ‘10: EMI to release JOHN LENNON, SEX PISTOLS Vinyl
We all know that RECORD STORE DAY (where “independently owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music”) takes place on April 17th this year, and the announcements of special releases has begun. EMI has [...]
This Date In Music History-March 12
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Birthdays:
Paul Kantner - Jefferson Airplane (1942)
Liza Minnelli (1946)
James Taylor (1948)
Les Holroyd - Barclay James Harvest (1948)
Bill Payne - Little Feat (1949)
Jack Green - Pretty Things (1951)
Steve Harris - Iron Maiden (1956)
Marlon Jackson - Jackson Five (1957)
Graham Coxon - Blur (1969)
Ben Kenny - Incubus (1977)
Pete Doherty - Libertines/Babyshambles (1979)
They Are Missed:
Born [...]
New Movie Releases – March 12, 2010
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These are the movies opening in wide release this, Friday: “Green Zone” (starring Matt Damon), “Our Family Wedding” (starring Forest Whitaker and America Ferrara) and “Remember Me” (Starring Robert Pattinson).
Green Zone
Synopsis: Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, United 93) re-team for their latest electrifying [...]
Music News & Notes
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4AD and Sub Pop Announce Record Store Day Releases Featuring Blonde Redhead, Gang Gang Dance, Dum Dum Girls and Soundgarden
Each year since 2008, music retailers have celebrated Record Store Day with special in-store performances and limited-edition releases from some of music’s biggest names. This year, Record Store Day will [...]
Articles of Interest
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The Last Record Store
Valley-based Turn It Up! remains a successful outpost of old-school music-buying.
By Matthew Dube
He stole the entire Bob Dylan section.
The grizzled and affable gentleman—think Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart—in the oversized Celtics warm-up jacket was a fixture for several days in early 2001. He’d come into the [...]
Ask Mr. Music by Jerry Osborne
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FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 8, 2010
DEAR JERRY: Has anyone ever told you they keep a scrapbook of your columns? Well I do, and it is several hundred pages.
In one written about 10 years ago, you say that Billboard began using their Star Performer symbol (a.k.a., “bullet”) in mid-August 1958.
I [...]
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