Posted November 8, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to Michael Crest of Denver, Colorado. Michael won a copy of Gerald Scarfe‘s new book, “The Making of Pink Floyd The Wall.”
If you missed our interview with Scarfe this weekend, we’ve posted streaming audio and a transcript at floydianslip.com.
Posted October 18, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to the winner of a copy of Gerald Scarfe’s new book, “The Making of Pink Floyd The Wall”:
Jeppe Egede Skjoldahl
Thisted Kommune, Denmark
Details on our next contest soon …
Posted June 16, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Omnibus Press will publish “Pink Floyd: The Music & the Mystery” by Andy Mabbett. The book will be available in the U.K. next week, June 21. The U.S. publication date is Sept. 1.
The publisher describes the book as “the ultimate illustrated discography of Pink Floyd, covering everything from their first single to their most recent album ‘The Division Bell’. Also included are separate sections on the work on Roger Waters and Syd Barrett.”
Mabbett published and edited the Floyd fanzine “The Amazing Pudding” until 1993. He’s contributed to a couple of other Floydian titles for Omnibus Press and has written about Floyd for Q magazine.
Softcover, 168 pages.
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Posted April 12, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Congratulations to winners of copies of “Echoes: The Complete History of Pink Floyd”:
Posted April 4, 2010 by Floydian Slip
Chicago Review Press has published Glenn Povey‘s “Echoes: The Complete History of Pink Floyd” for the first time in the United States.
The title has been available overseas since 2006, but this is the first American edition. It was published April 1.
The 368-page softcover book details the history of the band, and includes an exhaustive compendium of Floyd’s performance history.
Povey is the co-author of “Pink Floyd: In the Flesh: The Complete Performance History” and a contributor to MOJO, Record Collector, and other music magazines.
He’s a founder and a former editor of the now-defunct Pink Floyd ‘zine Brain Damage, and was a booking agent and promoter for a variety of artists, including the Electric Prunes, Gong, Hawkwind, Magma, Ozric Tentacles, the Pretty Things, and the Seeds.
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Posted December 17, 2009 by Floydian Slip
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason offers up his recipe for bouillabaisse in a new charity cookbook.
“A Salute to Cooking” from Bene Factum Publishing Ltd. benefits the Royal Hospital Chelsea‘s Chelsea Pensioners’ Appeal fund.
Mason is one of many celebrities who contributed more than 100 recipes for the book.
Illustrator Gerald Scarfe, best-known to Floyd fans for his work on Pink Floyd’s “The Wall” album and film, illustrated the book’s cover.
Founded in 1702, Royal Chelsea Hospital is home to 300 aging or disabled veterans who served in the British Army.
Buy “A Salute to Cooking” for £14.99 ($24.30 at time of writing) online. The title’s also available for purchase in-person at the hospital shop in Chelsea, London.
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