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VOODOO
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The Illustrated Legend of Jimi
Hendrix |
| by Martin I. Green & Bill Sienkiewicz |
Hardcover Book
& CD Edition
Penguin USA |
$24.47
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| This extraordinary
graphic-biography of rock superstar Jimi Hendrix comes packaged
with a never-before-released, 30-minute CD of Hendrix's songs. More than
900 original illustrations and shifting narrative modes, layered with Jimi's
own words, lyrics, and poetry, complete the set. |
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REVIEW
"Voodoo
Child is one tribute worthy of the man's memory. A first-of-a-kind
multimedia project...the work casts Hendrix's life in a brilliantly
rendered light.... The art draws us into Jimi's life as Martin
Green's tasteful text shuttles us through the story....Together, the
book and [companion] disc [are] well worth the cover price."
BRITISH
GQ
"Resplendently
fresh...Sienkiewicz...has provided an astounding series of... paintings.
Green's
imaginative narrative...adds an effective gloss. More than any previous
Hendrix
biography...Voodoo Child breathes life into its subject." |
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VOODOO
CHILD, Bill Sienkiewicz has created a stunningly beautiful visual
chronicle of Jimi's life and genius that stands alone among the
many biographies of Hendrix. Terrific!"
--VERNON
REID (lead guitarist for Living Color)
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KISSERS |
| by James Kochalka |
Paperback-- 120 pages
Book & CD Edition
Highwater Books
ISBN: 0966536347 |
$16.95
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About the
Author
James Kochalka's distinction
as a "rock star" has been tempered more and more lately by his acclaim
as a cartoonist. Critics and fans have responded like crazy to the Ignatz
Award winner's ubiquitous and instantly recognizable one-pagers in comics
and magazines across the U.S., to his many wonderful comic books, and to
his beautiful graphic novels. |
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Moore |
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The
Birth Caul |
| by Alan Moore, David J, & Tim Perkins |
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Charrm
ASIN: B000003SD6 |
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18th, 1995, his forty-second birthday, Alan Moore performed a lengthy autobiographical
poem entitled The Birth Caul. The work was accompanied by music from David
J. and Tim Perkins. Last spring saw the release of a graphic version of
the poem, illustrated by Eddie Campbell. The comic and the disc go together
nicely, a kind of darkly mutated version of those comic-book-and-record
sets that were ubiquitous in the 1970's. Moore refers to the work as "a
shamanism of childhood." I'm wary of new-agey terminology, and would prefer
to characterize the piece as an honest stab at High Art. While in the world
of comics, he stands out merely by virtue of his having an imagination,
Moore himself has said that he would be considered a hack if subjected
to the critical standards of any other medium. This attempt is a mixed
bag, but Moore's still more talented than he gives himself credit for.
Fans will recognize the dark, brooding poetry of Watchmen and Swamp Thing
and the hidden landscapes of From Hell, but when torn away from any mythical
icons or comic-book-campiness, his influences are much more visible. His
vivid imagery of a damp, bleak English landscape is reminiscent of T.S.
Eliot, and his stream-of-consciousness wordplay reminds one of William
Burroughs. Moore's poetry doesn't really come anywhere near Eliot's, but
he's actually a much better writer than Burroughs. He is still, however,
more the consummate comic writer than he is a poet or performance artist.
The work is much more compelling and visual in the graphic novel than it
is on the CD. This may have something to do with Campbell, but I think
it's more likely that Moore is just used to working in a medium that's
half visual. Also, when placed in a comic, especially a superhero comic,
Moore's dark poetry is striking and insightful, but by itself it often
gets melodramatic and adolescent. This is too bad, because Moore's come
up with some of the best turns of phrase I've heard/read in a long time.
His study of the storybook banality of working-class English life is compelling
and often breathtaking-but can also be pretentious and humorless. The work
itself contains a certain gallows wit, but when Moore reads it, it unfortunately
gets lost. Still, the disc and the comic both are both worth having, and
worth enjoying separately from one another (I particularly recommend listening
to the CD in a darkened room). The music is brilliant at times, with an
especially haunting soundscape that recurs during the "Birth Caul" segments. |
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Moore |
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The
Moon and Serpent
Grand
Egyptian Theatre
of
Marvels |
| by Alan Moore, David J, & Tim Perkins |
Audio CD (March 12, 1996)
Original Release Date: March 12, 1996
Number of Discs: 1
Label: Cleopatra
ASIN: B000001JUB |
$15.98
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FROM HELL, V FOR VENDETTA) cuts loose with this album-length spoken-word
meditation/ritual encompassing Mystic London, the Kray twins, the magickal
correspondences within the wedding of Charles & Diana, Jack the Ripper,
and the entire freaking cosmos including Richard Nixon. It's an amazing,
mind-bending piece of work, with haunting music and sound by Bauhaus's
David J and friends. If you've read Moore's FROM HELL, you may remember
the tour of mystic London that Gull takes with his cab driver; by the end
of it, the driver is overcome as Gull reveals the grand mystical design
underpinning London and tying together all its landmarks. This album is
in the vein of that travelogue, with Moore as your holy-fool narrator.
Don't miss this gem!
--John Tynes
Pagan Publishing
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Playlist
for THE MOON AND SERPENT GRAND EGYPTIAN THEATRE OF MARVELS
1. Hair On The Snake That Bit Me
2. The Map Drawn On Vapour (I)
3. Litvinoff's Book
4. The Map Drawn On Vapour (II)
5. The Stairs Beyond Substance |
6. The Enochian Angel Of The 7th Aethyr (II)
7. The Demon Regent Asmodeus (III)
8. The Diety Glycon
9. The Book Of Copulation
10.
A Town Of Lights |
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