Gerald Scarfe (http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/gerald-scarfe-interviews/november-2005-with-brain-damage.html) today as he celebrates his birthday. Gerald, of course, is a graphic artist with a long history with the Floyd, from the 1974 tour programme caricature, through to his most famous work on The Wall, and beyond that, working with Roger Waters on his Pros and Cons project. Many happy returns to Gerald on this very special day from all of us here at Brain Damage. For those who haven't seen it, Gerald's superb The Making of Pink Floyd: The Wall (http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/books/the-making-of-pink-floyd-the-wall-gerald-scarfe-paperback.html) is the authorized, definitive book about the Wall project and includes new commentaries from the surviving members of Pink Floyd: Roger Waters, David Gilmour and Nick Mason, together with the director of the film, Sir Alan Parker. Roger Waters has written the foreword. The album imagery, stage performances and film were created in close collaboration with Gerald Scarfe, and his massive archive includes original storyboards, animation cells, concept drawings, models and other three-dimensional material together with photographs of the creation and staging of the live performances and the filming of The Wall. It even covers the 2010-2013 tour. Our review and full ordering details can be found here. (http://www.brain-damage.co.uk/books/the-making-of-pink-floyd-the-wall-gerald-scarfe-paperback.html)The accompanying photo of Gerald Scarfe and Roger Waters in Scarfe's studio, shows them going through material for the Wall book [click the thumbnail to view it in more detail]. It's a lovely, personal look at work on the book, and was taken by Jane Scarfe (Asher), and was provided to Brain Damage as an online exclusive around the time the book was coming out.Last year, Gerald brought out another couple of (excellent) books. Long Drawn Out Trip tells his life story in detail for the first time. With captivating, often thrilling stories, he takes us back to his wartime childhood and the terrible curse of asthma, through his days as an advertising draughtsman, to his field reporting in Vietnam and the giddy highs of rock 'n' roll. He also reveals the process of cartooning – and the ways that certain subjects have reacted to his visions of them. Along the way he has been car-jacked in Derry, dined with royals, and thoroughly upset Mrs Mary Whitehouse. It is a very personal, wickedly funny and caustically insightful account of an artist's life at the forefront of contemporary culture and society. You can order Gerald's Long Drawn Out Trip book now through the following direct links: Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1408711559/braindamage-21), Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1408711559/braindamage-20), Amazon Canada (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1408711559/braindamageon-20), Amazon France (http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/1408711559/braindamageon-21), Amazon Germany (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1408711559/braindamage0f-21), Amazon Spain (http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/1408711559/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 tag=braidama01-21 linkCode=as2 camp=3626 creative=24822 creativeASIN=1408711559) and Amazon Italy (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/1408711559/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=3370 creative=24114 creativeASIN=1408711559%201 linkCode=as2 tag=bradamonl-21).Long Drawn Out Trip was followed by another book, designed to complement it – Scarfe: Sixty Years of Being Rude, an incredible looking, fully illustrated retrospective art book. This 576 page book isn't cheap, although is well worth considering for enthusiasts of his work. Here are the direct links: Amazon UK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1408711710/braindamage-21), Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1408711710/braindamage-20), Amazon Canada (http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/1408711710/braindamageon-20), Amazon France (http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obidos/ASIN/1408711710/braindamageon-21), Amazon Germany (http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/1408711710/braindamage0f-21), Amazon Spain (http://www.amazon.es/gp/product/1408711710/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 tag=braidama01-21 linkCode=as2 camp=3626 creative=24822 creativeASIN=1408711710) and Amazon Italy (http://www.amazon.it/gp/product/1408711710/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8 camp=3370 creative=24114 creativeASIN=1408711710 linkCode=as2 tag=bradamonl-21).However, if you really want to treat yourself, there are a couple of very special, exclusive editions available at ScarfeBook.com (http://www.scarfebook.com/). Both editions from that website contain a signed print, and the Artist’s Edition also includes an original piece of Scarfe's unique artwork!
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As we suspect many of you are fully aware, over the years there’s been more than a healthy number of books about Pink Floyd, covering the music, the personalities, the live experiences, and more. For a new book to stand out, it has to offer something a little different from the majority already on the shelves. The newly published ‘Lost Souls: A Fictional Journey Through 50 Years of Pink Floyd’ by Dutch music journalist and author Edwin Ammerlaan seemed to be written with exactly that in mind. The book centres on a teenager called Matt Hallander who in 1967 accidentally bumps into Roger Waters and Syd Barrett on a ferry from Ibiza to Formentera, forming a fascination for the Floyd which expanded into friendship with the members of the band. Managing to get a job with a music publication, the protagonist builds trust with the band and is chosen to write a book about them. This necessitates spending time with them, interviewing them, and finding out how they all work and live collectively. Ammerlaan was keen to find a new angle on the band when he was approached by a Dutch publisher to write about them. In his words “I’ve been a freelance music journalist since 1987 and have written many features about Pink Floyd in that time. I rejected it because I felt that most things about Pink Floyd had already been thoroughly documented. To add a new perspective to the Floyd history would be virtually impossible.” He turned away from the suggested Dutch language book, repeating all the normal stories, to write in a more personal, subjective way for an international audience. It weaves together actual events, and interviews he, and others, conducted with the band members, into an absorbing fictional narrative following his main character’s “coming of age” story conflating his development with the band’s. Some of the interviews have been changed to sound more conversational, and there’s a healthy dose of fictitious invention thrown in to move the story along. It’s a curious concept but seems to work very well. The easy, conversational style of writing keeps the interest going, not least to see where the story goes. Having experienced some of the concerts Ammerlaan describes in the book, he captures things that I noticed and felt at times, and with his use of Matt as his main character’s name, on a personal level this felt a little odd at first but I got used to it! From the reaction of others in the Floyd community who have also got the book, the attention to detail and atmosphere seems to have captured the imagination, and there’s some very positive word of mouth for this book. It won’t be for everyone (and don’t expect a thorough biography of the band – that can be found elsewhere in numerous places) but for something quite different it could be just what some people are after. If you want to check out the book, it is available as an eBook on Kindle, or as a paperback, now. Ordering through our links also helps with BD’s ongoing running costs, and we really appreciate it: Amazon UK (https://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/9090340955/braindamage-21), Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B08V21MDYK/braindamage-20), Amazon Canada (https://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/9090340955/braindamageon-20),
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