Tag Archives: Howard Devoto

When Titans…Collaborate: Malcolm Garrett + Peter Saville Sleeves [part 3]

[…continued from last post] The last post showed Garrett invited to one of Saville’s regular clients on a job that demanded the highest level of thought and accomplishment. The final example of graphic designers Malcolm Garrett and Peter Saville pairing … Continue reading

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All The Way To Cleveland: The Mott The Hoople Saga [part 6]

An East Coast Monk In King Wenner’s Court [part the third] […continued from last post] RRHOF – the exhibits We next tried to figure out how to get from one place/level to another in the pyramid that;s the Rock + … Continue reading

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REVO Remastering: Howard Devoto – Devoto Companion [REVO 062]

Howard Devoto: Devoto Companion 2xCD [2009] DISC 1 | Solo Endeavors Magazine: Model Worker [live Urgh!] Bernard Szanjer: Without Leaving Bernard Szanjer: Deal Of the Century Bernard Szanjer: The Convention Devoto: Rainy Season [7”] Devoto: Rainforest [var. N16] Devoto: Cold Imagination … Continue reading

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Ultimate Virgin Compilation: New Gold Dreams

Various: New Gold Dreams UK 3xCD [2013] Disc 1 Public Image Limited – Death Disco 12” Version (June 79) 
Magazine – Permafrost (Apr 79) 
Fingerprintz – Dancing With Myself (Jan 79) 
Essential Logic – Wake Up (May 79) The Men … Continue reading

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Rock GPA: Magazine [part 2]

Magazine – Real Life | 1978 – 4 It’s fitting and proper that the Post-Punk era was duly ushered in by the debut Magazine album “Real Life” in the Spring of 1978. Having enabled indie punk the previous year with … Continue reading

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Rock GPA: Magazine [part 1]

I first encountered Magazine within the pages of the seminal Orlando New Wave paper, Dogfood. It was a review of the third Magazine album, “The Correct Use of Soap,” and it certainly sounded like a group that I should be … Continue reading

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Book Review: Magazine | The Biography – Helen Chase

Helen Chase’s biography of Magazine was a book that I was eager to buy. That says reams, since over the last decade, I’ve thinned many books out of my “library.” This is because I have come to realize that music … Continue reading

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