Art stuff

laundryline
Association of Artists in the West Midlands, UK. As the Beach Boys sang, they get around round round, they get around…

pamela wells
High in the Google Hit Parade, apparently. Not the other Californian Pamela Wells. Think plastic.

norbert-brunner
Vienna based artist. The only person I have ever met who knew all the words to my CD of German hunting songs.

magdalena.vima.se
rajkowska.com/en/
Two artists, both Polish. Who knows, maybe they know each other?

kimabeles.com
I once picked up her Encylopaedia Persona, a mid-career retrospective, in a book store in SF and thought, I’d like to meet her. One day I did. Fabulous.

alismith.com
(Not the Scottish writer, but a native New Yorker.) Occasionally I am reminded that hope does exist far across the Atlantic ocean. Former ballet dancer and rock musician, now a fine photographer. (Check out the early publication ‘Sophie’s Bar.’)

nadfly.com
East Glasgow by way of SoCal with a little house in the woods in Sweden.

heather and ivan morison
Artists who live in a forest. They like trees and nature. They have a way with words.

cornford and cross
This site showcases the  range of their projects since 1991, two collaborative artists who work across media and like to drop a literary reference or two into the titles of their work.

nigeldickinson.com
From Brum to Paris, by way of the world. Great photographic reportage from former UCE lad.

communityarts.net
US community arts activism.

The Broader Brushstroke

headheritage
The home of Julian Cope, our favourite English eccentric, erudite iconoclast, noise-miester, well known author and occasional composer of sparkling pop tunes.

Owen Kelly
Alive and well and living in near his local ice bar in Finland. He is, apparently slouching towards Golganooza.

François Matarasso
Just a few things about community arts and all that stuff… You can also find his blogs at Parliament of Dreams and Regular Marvels.

archive.org
An Internet library, with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians, and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format, located in the Presidio of San Francisco.

Writings & Musings

Art after Crisis
Dutch journalist and writer Chris Keulemans on the web. Also check out his web site about the power of American idealogy and pop culture at the american i never was.

www.tom-watson.co.uk
The popular blogging Member of Parliament for West Bromwich East.

arlenegoldbard.com
I once read her unpublished autobiography. Beautiful writing, including recipes. (I’m still in awe of her.) You’ll find some great essays on arts & culture here.

d-log
They say there is still life in Creative Stoke and thereabouts.

christa faust
Don’t we all love a bit of Californian pulp noir to offset those endless readings of Trout Fishing in America?

Music

watercolourmusic
Nick Turner was once in Ken Blagdon & The Frazzles in Portsmouth, featuring Dudley Tipton. He took it very seriously and this is what he does now in the wilds of Western Scotland.

j0e cr0w
He is alive and well and living in Newcastle-On-Tyne. A great songwriter.

the lilac time
Another Brummie songwriter, singing romantic songs since the late Seventies. I’ll dig out some photos from the archives and post them…

poppy and the jezebels
Ah, reminds me of my teenage days. David Twist used to drum in a band with Stephen Duffy and also for the Prefects and others. He manages these now, and his daughter plays the drums. They’re great.

music at plush
On the fringes of the Piddle Valley, an intriguing festival organised by Adrian Brendell.