I just added another great interview to my site.

This is an interview that I did with the famous rock ‘n roll photographer Bob Gruen.

Click here to read my interview with Bob Gruen (and my other interviews, as well).

I rented an apartment in Harajuku and spent most of a year there…I like life in Japan very much. I think it is much more civilized than most of the world…

Bob Gruen

Nowhere Boy, a film about John Lennon’s teenage years in Liverpool that was directed by Sam Taylor Wood, is being released in the UK on December 26th. Lennon (pictured above in a Bob Gruen photo) is portrayed in the film by Aaron Johnson. Kristin Scott Thomas plays Mimi Smith, Lennon’s aunt, who raised him. Anne-Marie Duff portrays Lennon’s mother Julia and Thomas Sangster plays Paul McCartney. The screenplay was written by Matt Greenhalgh, who also wrote the excellent 2007 feature Control, a film that told the story of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis.

Yesterday’s (December 6th’s) edition of The Sunday Times of London published a feature about Nowhere Boy’s director Sam Taylor Wood. In the article, Wood discusses the challenge of making a film about an icon like John Lennon. She said:

“It was nerve-racking and daunting, but I also went into it quite naively. I don’t think I really took on the scale of that fact until people started saying, ‘A film about John Lennon? How are you feeling about it?’ But I couldn’t start letting myself get too panicked about it, because I knew it would start to destabilize me. I knew that if I could shut that out and just focus on a coming-of-age story, rather than who he goes on to be, then I could make the film.”

You can read the full article about Sam Taylor Wood and Nowhere Boy from the December 6th edition of The Sunday Times of London by clicking here.

To watch the trailer for Nowhere Boy, click below:

While the film will be opening on December 26th in the UK, I don’t have any info about when it will premiere in America. When it does play here, though, it will probably be on the art house circuit.

On the subject of John Lennon, tomorrow marks the sad anniversary of his murder in New York City. I can’t believe that 29 years have passed since that awful Monday evening in December 1980.

John Lennon 1940-1980 R.I.P.

I’ve got maybe two more regular shows left, including this one, and my Christmas show. Spend my last couple of Wednesday nights on KRUI 89.7 fm with me from 8 to 10 pm, you can also listen in online here.

1. Blondie, Blondie (1976), X Offender

I pulled this sweet image of Debbie Harry off of the Blog entitled “x” Another cool bit of info is that this photo was taken by Bob Gruen who’s exhibit at the MoMA I just got to experience. “x” does a really nice job describing the image, so I won’t go there, if you want to read about it check it out.
2. Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense (1984), Take Me To The River
3. Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures (1979), Disorder
4. Liz Phair, Whitechocolatespaceegg (1998), Polyester Bride
(I’m engaged, and I wouldn’t mind having a polyester dress.)
5. Lyres, 12 Classic 45s, I Want to Help You Ann
6. Mazzy Star, So Tonight That I Might See (1993), Fade Into You
(God I love this song, tell me its not beautiful?)
7. Mission of Burma, Vs. (1982), Trem Two
(Another definite favorite, it’s in my top 10 favorite songs for sure.)
8. New Order, Power Corruption and Lies (1983), Age of Consent

9. The Replacements, Let It Be (1984), Unsatisfied
10. Sonic Youth, Dirty (1992), Theresa’s Sound World

11. Superchunk, Incidental Music 1991-95, Night of Chill Blue
I might have to say this is my favorite Superchunk song.
12. Pixies, Doolittle (1989), Here Comes Your Man
This song just appeals to everyone, I bet even my parents would jam to it and they prefer to rock out to Elvis and Peter Paul and Mary.
13. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion (1992), Chicken Walk
14. The Jesus and Mary Chain, Automatic (1989), Head On
(The Pixies do an awesome cover of this track)
15. Pavement, Terror Twilight (1999), Spit on a Stranger
You know what I heard? Pavement is going to be featured on GUITAR HERO! Yuck. Steve what are you doing? You know who else is going to be featured? Spoon. I don’t know why this shocks me and I can’t seem to figure out why it annoys me. If someone can articulate this better than me please do it. For now, I’m going to sit down and think about it.

16. XTC, English Settlement, Senses Working Overtime
17. INXS, The Best of INXS, Need You Tonight
The single came out around 1986.
18. The Psychedelic Furs, Talk Talk Talk (1981), Pretty in Pink

19. Tears for Fears, The Hurting (1983), Change
20. Billy Idol & Generation X, Billy Idol (1982), Dancing With Myself

21. The Swirlies, Cats of the Wild, Vol.2 (2003), Sleepytime
22. Polvo, Exploded Drawing (1996), Bridesmaid Blues
23. Enon, Believo, Cruel
24. The Jam, The Gift (1982), Town Called Malice
25. PJ Harvey, Uh Huh Her (2004), You Came Through
26. Slowdive, Souvlaki (1993), Souvlaki Space Station

The title of the post today is from a track brought to you by Generation X in the late 70’s on their self-titled album. I decided to play some old punk early in the show and peppered later on due to an exhibit I just saw at the MoMA called “Looking at Music: Side 2″. Here’s an article about it if you want to check it out: Bob Gruen’s Journey to MoMA.

Listen in tonight on KRUI 89.7 fm from 8 to 10 pm. You can listen in online here.

Here’s some of the set:

1. Generation X, Generation X (1978), Ready Steady Go
2. Frumpies, Frumpie One-Piece (God I love this title), Duvet Ta
This is a CD collection which assembled all of the band’s previous singles, created around 1996.

3. Half Japanese, Half Japanese Greatest Hits (1995), Put Some Sugar On It
4. The Clash, The Clash (1977), Garageland
5. Dead Boys, We Have Come for Your Children (1978), I Don’t Wanna Be No Catholic Boy
6. Radio Birdman, The Essential Radio Birdman (1974-1978), Do the Pop
7. Patti Smith, Horses (2005, album originally came out in 1975), Redondo Beach
8. Thurston Moore, Psychic Hearts (1995), Patti Smith Math Scratch
9. Belly, Star (1993), Angel
10. Slant 6, Soda Pop * Rip Off (1994 on Dischord Records), Blue Angel
11. Film School, Film School (2006), Eleven-Eleven
12. The Dandy Warhols, Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia (2000), The Gospel
(I’m sorry but this album is POP brilliance, I don’t care what you say.)
13. The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Tepid Peppermint Wonderland: A Retrospective, If Love Is The Drug
This was a compilation put out by these guys in 2004 spanning their entire career except for the album Strung Out in Heaven.
14. Built To Spill, Time Trap Sampler (1994-2006), The Plan
15. Aveo, Battery (2004), Haley
16. Chapterhouse, Sunburst-EP (1990), Rain
17. Slowdive, Morningrise-EP (1991), Losing Today
18. Stella Luna, Stargazer-EP (2002), Stargazer
19. New Order, Power Corruption & Lies (1983), Age of Consent
20. My Bloody Valentine, Tremolo-EP (1991), Honey Power

21. Fleeting Joys, Despondent Transponder (2006), Go and Come Back
22. Pinback, Some Voices-EP (2002), June
23. PJ Harvey & John Parish, A Woman A Man Walked By (2009), Black Hearted Love
24. Unwound, New Plastic Ideas (1993), Hexenzsense
25. Guided By Voices, Isolation Drills (2001), The Enemy
26. Morrissey, Bona Drag (compilation album released in 1990), The Last of the Famous International Playboys
Morrissey recently walked off a stage in Liverpool Echo Arena after being hit in the head with a drink. So this track goes out to you Morrissey, I want to know what dumb ass would throw a drink at you? You can read more about it here.

On Thursday, September 10th, The Times of London ran an excerpt from You Never Give Me Your Money, an upcoming book by Peter Doggett, which detailed the reactions of those in The Beatles’ inner circle to the murder of John Lennon (pictured above in a Bob Gruen photo) on December 8, 1980. Included are the details of how Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and Lennon’s former wife Cynthia Lennon found out about Lennon’s death. It is a riveting read, and it left me feeling totally empty about what a great loss that was. The article includes a tidbit that I’d never known: just prior to Lennon’s death, New York City officials had been asked to undertake a feasibility study concerning a possible reunion concert by The Beatles in Central Park. Reading that hit me like a fist. How amazing would that have been if the concert had actually happened? And how sad that it never came to pass.

To read the article, click here.

Reading the article made me recall my own reaction to Lennon’s murder. I had gone to bed early that night with a bad headache. My parents heard the news when it came on TV that night, but decided not to wake me as I wasn’t feeling well. The next morning, I awoke early as usual to do my paper route. I delivered the New York Daily News in the morning before heading off to school. (I was a high-school freshman at the time.) I brought the bundle of newspapers in from the steps outside, where they had been dropped off. They were bound with a plastic band and had a protective piece of paper on top so that the band wouldn’t cut through the newspapers. I cut the band with a pair of scissors and removed the piece of paper. When I read the headline on the front page, you could’ve knocked me over with a feather. It read, “JOHN LENNON SLAIN HERE,” and had a photo of John and Yoko under the headline.

I remember just slumping over and staring at the headline for what seemed like an eternity. It was such a shock to find out about it in that fashion. Lennon had been a hero of mine. I was into The Beatles in a big way at the time (this was only 10 years after the band’s breakup), and I also admired Lennon for his stance on peace issues. Also, Lennon had just come back into the spotlight after spending the previous few years away from the limelight and raising his son Sean in New York City. All kinds of thoughts raced through my mind, from Sean having to grow up without a dad to the possibility of a Beatles reunion now being ended forever.

I did my paper route in a daze and then headed to school. Everyone in school that day was in shock. There was anger and tears. Even some of the faculty were visibly shaken. It was awful.

I hope that Mark David Chapman rots in prison for the rest of his life, the bastard.

Yesterday’s (Sunday, September 6th) edition of The Sunday Times of London featured material on The Beatles as well as really interesting piece that included snippets of interviews with John Lennon (pictured above top in a photo by Bob Gruen). The Lennon interviews, in particular, are a must-read for any Beatles fan. You can read that article, which was written by Ray Connolly, by clicking here.

The Times of London Web site currently has a section on The Beatles that features articles and videos. You can go to that section by clicking here.

The Beatles’ Rock Band game is being released this Wednesday, September 9th, as are the remastered CDs of The Beatles’ catalog.

Bob Gruen is a rock and roll photographer (yeah I couldn’t be more jealous) and I discovered his photos a few days ago. I don’t really know if he’s famous or not, but anyway, here are my favourite pics, and you can see the rest on his web and in his livejournal.

Wolfgang’s Vault is a great discovery, not just for the concerts but for the interviews and all things musical.

As an example take the interview with Bob Gruen, photographer.

Photographer Bob Gruen’s images are among some of the most reproduced in rockdom: John Lennon, arms across his New York City t-shirt; Led Zeppelin posing in front of their private plane; a very cool Clash in an open-air ride, en route to their gig with the Who at Shea Stadium. And yet, Gruen says he never took those photos (nor any of the others in his gallery of thousands) with an eye on the iconic. “The New York City t-shirt picture was not planned at all,” he says. “None of them were planned.”

New Yorker Gruen never had any aspirations to make a career of rock photography. When he started in 1965, there was hardly any such thing. Taking pictures was a matter of survival for him. “I didn’t choose this as a business plan. We didn’t have those words back then,” he says. “It was more by default because I just couldn’t get up and do the nine-to-five job.”

As a young man without a plan, Gruen talked his way into the Newport Folk Festival of 1965, the first concert he attended with a camera. That it happens to have been the day Bob Dylan famously went electric was of no real consequence to him image-wise; he was really just there to hear the music. “I didn’t feel that special about it,” he says of the time. “I didn’t even have a place to exhibit the photo for almost 10 years.”

Check out Bob Gruen’s website

Bob Dylan the early years

While talking about Bob Dylan, concerts that can be found on  Wolfgang’s Vault include excerpts from the Rolling Thunder tour of 1975

rolling thunder tour poster

Wolfgangs Vault also lets you spend your money on memorabilia such as fine photographs:

Rolling Thunder concert print

Reference to the third Bob that you can find on the site is Bob Marley.

Bob Marley

3 concerts from 1978-1979 are listed on the site with some great songs. The quality of the sound on some concerts on the site can vary and in some cases sound like good old bootleg albums.

and one more example of the concert prints

Bob Marley in concert

More on music next post

“La vida no se mide por el número de veces que respiramos, sino por los lugares e instantes que nos quitan la respiración“

- La primera foto fue tomada en 1974 por Bob Gruen.

- La segunda en 2008 por Manu Santaella.

¡¡¡¡¡ SOY EL QUINTO MIEMBRO DE THE BEATLES !!!!!

Fotografar shows é uma arte – das que eu mais aprecio. Achar uma imagem no caótico início de uma apresentação musical, muitas vezes com o relógio correndo contra (já que o padrão é que os artistas deixem-se fotografar apenas nas três primeiras músicas) é uma tarefa para poucos.

Então, ver fotos de show que eu fui, ou não fui, se tornou um dos meus passatempos favoritos. Um dos mestres da parada, considerado por muitos como O fotógrafo do rock, é Bob Gruen. Além das fotos clássicas, de Lennon, Kiss, Sex Pistols, Ramones, o cara é um puta fotógrafo de palco, como podemos ver abaixo:

Não tenho idade para ter visto o Clash ao vivo – infelizmente. Mas vendo esta foto você não consegue perceber nitidamente o que estava acontecendo?

Gruen é autor do obrigatório livro Rockers, lançado no Brasil pela Cosac Naify – que acabou gerando uma exposição que trouxe Gruen ao Brasil há uns 2 anos. Ele andou até em alguns shows na Rua Augusta, em SP, fotografando algumas bandas, material que nunca vi.

No Brasil sou muito fã do Daigo Oliva. Envolvido até o caroço no punk, é o responsável, junto com Mateus Mondini, pelo Zine e livro Fodido e Xerocado, com fotos de show de punk e hardcore. Mas o cara não vive só nesse universo, e consegue produzir imagens inacreditáveis de shows como o do R.E.M.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daigooliva/3022646961/

Ou o do Radiohead, realizado este fim de semana em SP.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daigooliva/3379513936/

[Por conta das fotos dele serem publicadas em um G1gante portal de internet, as fotos não ficam liberadas para eu colocar aqui. Mas uma visita ao Flickr do cara vai valer - e muito - seus minutos.]

Ainda sobre o show do Radiohead – e dica do próprio Daigo ao ser elogiado em uma lista de discussão – as fotos de Mastrangelo Reino são irretocáveis. Quem esteve lá e viu o show, certamente arrepiará ao ver essas imagens.

A fotografia tem aquela função de nos fazer recordar de momentos, cheiros, pessoas e, neste caso, sons. Quantas vezes, ao abrir fotos de bandas que eu gosto mas que nem imagino se um dia verei ao vivo, vem à cabeça uma trila sonora, e quase movimento da imagem.

Para fechar – meio constrangido de colocar fotos minhas depois de pedradas como as daí de cima – mostro algumas das que fiz, e que considero minhas favoritas.

“Musicians On Call brings live and recorded music to the bedsides of patients in healthcare facilities. Unlike some organizations that only work with specific illnesses, they facilitate healing from all types of sickness through the power of music. To date, over 125,000 individuals have been touched through the volunteer performances as musicians play for patients too sick to leave their rooms.” 

Sound like a worthwhile organization? I think so. 

As with all non-profits, they need to raise money to operate. Musicians On Call has many events to do so. You can take a look at their web site to learn more about Musicians On Call, their activities, or how to donate. 

Until March 5th, they are auctioning off a ton of signed items that will be interesting to music fans regardless of taste (rock, blues, country, and pop). They are also auctioning a few non-music centric items. Here are a select few items that may interest you:

• Autographed Buddy Guy Fender Stratocaster
• Autographed David Gilmore (Pink Floyd) Fender Stratocaster
• Autographed Vince Gill Fender Telecaster
• Two Tickets to See Billy Joel & Elton John Live
• Four VIP Tickets to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in NYC
• Two VIP Tickets to a Taping of The Colbert Report PLUS Dinner for Two at ICON in NYC
• Original black & white photo of Led Zeppelin in NYC taken and signed by Bob Gruen (Bob Gruen is a famous rock photographer) 

They have plenty of other signed photos, vacation packages, music memorabilia, tickets to events, and other random items. Give it a look, the money goes to a good cause. I’ve placed a couple of bids myself.

Take a look at all of the items here: http://moc09.charitybuzz.com/area.do?id=870

Por Fabricio Gimenes

“Há exatos 20 anos morria Salvador Dalí”. Foi assim que e o camarada Grijó começou seu post sobre o aniversário da morte do maior expoente do movimento  surrealista. O texto fala de uma fotografia feita por Philippe Halsman onde Dalí aparece pulando. Isso mesmo, no gerúndio, pulando. O texto traz ainda o grifo de um livro lançado pelo mesmo fotógrafo com celebridades pelos ares, Jump Book.

O post feito no Ipsis Litteris me trouxe à memória outra célebre foto de Dalí, talvez bem menos conhecida, mas não menos importante. Na composição Salvador Dalí aparece com o roqueiro Alice Cooper (abaixo).  

"Cérebro de um Popstar". Salvador Dali e Alice Cooper

Na ocasião, nosso póstumo surrealista fazia um holograma do “Cérebro de um Popstar”. Alice Cooper foi a “cobaia escolhida por Salvador talvez pelo fato de que suas apresentações sempre foram muito mais que um “mero” show de rock.  As performances  de Cooper,  por assim dizer, sempre foram marcadas por cadeiras elétricas, teatrais execuções e derivados do gênero.

A fotografia está presente na coletânea “Rockers”, de Bob Gruen. O livro, que foi um dos melhores presentes que já ganhei, é um espetáculo à parte e vale conferir.

Trocando em miudos

Salvador Dalí foi um figura ímpar. Dalí em diante o surrealismo nunca mais foi o mesmo. Muito conhecido por seu egocentrismo o artista faleceu há duas décadas e deixou recordações. Embora alguns novos artistas tenham tentado dar continuidade expressiva ao movimento, nenhum se igualou a ele. Nas palavras do defunto

“A diferença entre os outros surrealistas e eu é que eu sou Surrealista“. 

Quando una fotografa come Jill Furmanovsky si mette a frugare tra le vecchie scatole, non trova le immagini della comunione del cugino di Gubbio ma quelle di Miles Davis in concerto o Bob Marley stonato nella camera d’albergo o James Brown o The Who, ecc. Se poi Jill decide di creare, coinvolgendo altri celebri fotografi, un archivio di immagini che catturano i momenti più importanti della storia della musica contemporanea, allora significa che ha avuto una vita troppo rock per sapere anche cosa sia una comunione. Beata. Son passati 10 anni dalla nascita di Rockarchive e per celebrare l’anniversario, la Furmanovsky ha deciso di mandare una mostra fotografica in tour. Iniziata a Dubai lo scorso settembre, Rockarchive si trova adesso a Londra, al ‘65-’67 di Broadwick street, a ridosso di Carnaby street. Le foto di Jill sono tutte appese sotto il soffito, le uniche a non essere incorniciate; per guardarle viene il torcicollo ma vale la pena. Fantastica quella dei Madness a New York, uno appoggiato all’altro sembrano riproporre un disordinato skyline della città. Quella di Dave Gilmour ha uno strano taglio, di lui si vede appena la silhouette che emana un raggio di luce, si sente quasi il suono di quell’ombra di chitarra… Ho sempre pensato che un fotografo di musica di successo debba essere anche un fan, deve sapere cosa succede sul palco, sentire la musica pulsare sotto la pelle mentre compone le immagini. E fan erano tutti i grandi fotografi di quella generazione e quelli che fanno parte del Rockarchive. Shelia Rock, per esempio, amava il punk e così si è occupata di Blondie, i Clash, Siouxsie Sioux. Altri ci si sono trovati un po’ per caso ma sempre perché amanti di musica. Come Mick Rock, amico di università di Sid Barrett. Mick non aveva ancora deciso di diventare un fotografo professionista quando si trovava a scattare nell’appartamento di Sid a Cambridge quella che sarebbe stata la copertina del suo primo album solista The Madcup Laughs. Alla mostra non c’è quell’immagine, ce ne è un’altra, inedita, tratta dallo stesso photoshoot: Sid si copre il volto, sorridente, con ai piedi due giradischi (che bello usare questo termine vintage!). Anche il suo ritratto di Iggy Pop di qualche anno dopo è inedito e intenso. Ha fermato l’innocenza nel volto di quel diavolo, è entrato nel suo occhio blu (l’altro lo teneva chiuso) e ne è uscito con una sua espressione addirittura dolce. Iggy dolce? Sì, dolce. A questo punto evitiamo di fare commenti banali, tipo Sheila Rock, Mick Rock = fotografi rock, anche se è una bella coincidenza. 

Poi ci sono foto di Keith Moon con Oliver Reed sul set del film Tommy. E ancora, i Pink Floyd seduti su una panchina di un parco londinese, Gilmour ha in mano una cup of tea, gli altri un sandwhich e tutti guardano l’obiettivo sorridendo, felicemente rintronati. Mi costa dirlo perché i soggetti sono poco simpatici ma è molto bella anche la foto che ritrae Liam Gallagher insieme con Bono, uno sfocato con la bocca spalancata e l’altro dietro, a fuoco, con la faccia strafottente e incappucciata. Poi ci sono due bellissimi ritratti di Tom Waits, uno di lui con le mani prensili mentre si contorce in un concerto del 1983, l’altra risale ai tempi di The Heart of Saturday Night… Non posso nascondere il fastidio nel vedere l’immagine di Pete Doherty stargli sotto. A proposito di “sfiniti” contemporanei, c’è anche un bel ritratto di Amy Winehouse, un profilo perfetto che la immortala in tutta la lucidità del post-crack. Poi ancora Nina Simone, Frank Sinatra, Queen, Rolling Stones e infiniti altri. Ufficialmente la mostra a Londra chiude l’8 novembre ma hanno già detto di prorogarla (data TBC). Poi avrete altre opportunità di vederla nella prossime date del tour: Brighton, Sydney, Tokyo, Ginevra, Praga e New York, dove conta di arrivare in tempo per l’autunno prossimo… Io invece quando vedo queste cose capisco che sono fuori tempo, devono aver fatto un errore lassù, sono nata con almeno una ventina di anni di ritardo.

Rock ‘n’ roll photog Bob Gruen just released a new book called New York Dolls: Photographs featuring pics he’s been shooting of the cross-dressing glam rock band for three decades.

The book has a commentary written by legendary rock writer Legs McNeil (Punk, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk ) and an afterword by Morrissey, who was, as a teen, the leader of the New York Dolls fan club in England, wrote a book about them in 1981, and played a huge role a few years ago in getting the Dolls to reunite and tour.

Gruen, 62, himself is a huge fan and writes that the Dolls, whom he met in 1973, “are like family to me.” Gruen marvels at the band’s far-reaching influence:

“Everyone from Joe Strummer, Gene Simmons to Bret Michaels all said they were influenced by the New York Dolls. They each found their own thing about the Dolls. Some people it was the music, some people it was the look, some people it was the attitude. The Dolls had it all.”

Here are a few pics from Gruen’s book. (Click any of them to enlarge):

Can I hear from my New York Dolls fans?

La Rocka: periodico local gratuito de “contrainformacion”

UANL: Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon

Estupidez: En la quincena pasada La portada de la Rocka anunciaba una conferencia con el fotografo Bob Gruen, en la que hablaria acerca de su exposicion “Rockers”, el dia 12 de Septiembre (mañana, si mañana). La exposicion se alargaria hasta el dia 9 de Noviembre. Hoy leo en RegioBlogs que se ha decidido cancelar la presentacion, según informes de el periodico por que en unas tarjetas promocionales del evento, se puso en primer lugar el logo de La Rocka, despues el de la Uni y luego los de.. bueno los otros que no hicieron tanto pedo.

Asi que el evento del que ya se tenia casi todo preparado ha sido cancelado…No es que que me afecte demasiado, pero si me hacia ilusion ir algun dia…

Extracto:

¿Qué pasó entonces?

Sucedió que la Secretaría de Extensión y Cultura de la UANL acordó –de
última hora– dejar en manos de LA ROCKA la elaboración de un diseño de
tarjetas para publicitar el evento. LA ROCKA envió para su revisión una
propuesta, la cual requirió un par de modificaciones indicadas por el
personal de la Secretaría de Extensión y Cultura de la UANL.

LA ROCKA envió de nuevo el diseño, el cual fue aprobado por las mismas
personas, las cuales por cierto tienen esa función (elaborar diseños) en
la Secretaría de Extensión y Cultura de la UANL. Estas personas, luego de
revisar y aprobar la propuesta, se encargaron de imprimir 400 tarjetas
publicitarias, las cuales fueron entregadas a LA ROCKA sin ninguna clase
de restricción, advertencia o aviso precautorio.

Esta tarjeta (realizada en tres versiones: John Lennon, Led Zeppelin y Sid
Vicious), es la misma que acompaña este comunicado, ahora con el aviso de
“cancelado”. Como se puede observar, al calce aparecen los logos de las
partes involucradas en la organización (LA ROCKA, la UANL y el Auditorio
Nacional, además del logo del Colegio Civil y el emblema del 75
Aniversario de la UANL).

Pues bien, el problema que causó la cancelación de todo lo que ya estaba
listo, resultó ser el orden de los logos.

Leer el articulo completo

I had the chance to take a walk through Bob Gruen’s “Rockers” exhibit at the Morrison Hotel Gallery on the Bowery today (next to the John Varvados store in the old CBGB space).

If you don’t know who Bob Gruen is (You Should!), here is his description from his own website:

Bob Gruen is one of the most well known and respected photographers in Rock and Roll. By the mid ’70s he was already regarded as one of the foremost documenters of the scene working with major attractions such as John Lennon & Yoko Ono, Tina Turner, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Elton John, Kiss etc., and also covering the emerging New Wave and Punk bands including The New York Dolls, Patti Smith, Clash, Sex Pistols, Ramones & Blondie.

Just walking through the exhibit was a walk through Rock & Roll history from the 70’s to the present with pictures of The Clash, Sex Pistols, Blondie, Kiss, Elton John, John Lennon and so many more. If you consider yourself a fan of rock music and all the history that goes along with it, you owe it to yourself to go check this exhibit out. It is free and well worth the trip down to The Bowery.

(Photo Copyright Bob Gruen)

Here is the info from The Morrison Hotel Gallery site:

The Morrison Hotel Gallery Presents Bob Gruen’s ‘Rockers’

280 Photograph Installation – Featuring Iconic Images Of John Lennon, Led Zeppelin, The Clash, Debbie Harry And Others – Opens At The Morrison’s New 313 Bowery Location (Formerly CBGB’s Gallery)

WHAT: Rockers – The Photography Of Bob Gruen

WHERE: Morrison Hotel Gallery, 313 Bowery, NYC, 212.677.2253

Noon – 7pm (Sun – Wed)
Noon – 9pm (Thurs – Sat)
Closed on Mondays

ADMISSION: FREE TO THE PUBLIC!

The Morrison Hotel Gallery, the world’s leading purveyor of fine art music photography, is proud to present ‘Rockers,’ the largest-ever installation by one of the most respected photographers in rock & roll, Bob Gruen. Totaling some 280 photographs, many of them never before exhibited in the United States, from John Lennon to John Lydon, Bob Dylan to Bob Marley, ‘Rockers’ opens April 24 at the Morrison’s new 313 Bowery space, former home to CBGB’s Gallery.

‘Rockers’ was originally presented in 2007 at the FAAP University Museum in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where it drew over 40,000 visitors. The Morrison has commissioned acclaimed architect Tito Ficarelli, who designed the ‘Rockers’ exhibit in Brazil, to transform the new 313 Bowery space as well.

Bob Gruen’s work has shaped the iconography of rock & roll. A native New Yorker, he served as John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s personal photographer in the 1970s, a position that would yield two of his best known, and best loved, images of John Lennon wearing a New York City t-shirt and flashing a peace sign while standing in front of the Statue of Liberty. During that time Gruen was also chief photographer for Rock Scene Magazine, where he specialized in candid, behind the scenes photo features. He toured extensively with emerging punk and new wave bands including The New York Dolls, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Ramones, Patti Smith Group and Blondie, while also photographing the biggest artists of the era, including Led Zeppelin, The Who, David Bowie, KISS, Elton John and Alice Cooper. Gruen still carries a camera wherever he goes, and continues to add to a body of work that spans over forty years.