Micah Lexier

Visit Micah Lexier's new tumblr site!

Also, two new Micah Lexier editions available from Nothing Else Press.

Void ( )

Void ( ) by Joe Gilmore, Catalogue Library, Leeds, 2012, first edition of 50

visit Void ( )

Thanks Joe!

pattern & shape

Syd Barrett w/painting via Pattern & Shape...always good, listen and look!

previously

dumdums and whatnot

CHACHACHA by Rob Wakshinski, b/w photocopy, 20pages, 8.25X10.75, 2012 ($12+ship, inquire here)

See also ROLY POLY BAT FACED GIRL blog with pictures and music and whatnot.

Rob's exhibition DumDums/ChaChaCha opens tomorrow, March 30th at Le Taudis (info), Winnipeg.

Artists' Books and Multiples

Visit Dave Dyment's fantastic new blog Artists' Books and Multiples
'Dedicated to Artists’ books, multiples, recordings, postcards, magazines and ephemera, this site will feature reviews of recent titles, features on artists and publishers, random listings of older works, the occasional longer essay or interview, straight-forward pictorials, links to recent news, etc. etc., in an attempt to create an aggregate of information on editioned artworks.'

Dave Dyment /Nothing Else Press

Einfarar í íslenskri myndlist

Ásgeir Emilsson's house in Seyðisfjörð / Oskar Magnusson and Blómey Stefánsdóttir with their woven portrait of Joseph Stalin (late 1970's) / Eggert Magnússon, A Falconer in Hamburg, 1984 / Ísleifur Konráðsson, Hofgardar, The farmstead of a Saga-period settler, 1962 / Gunnar Gudmundsson and Guðmunda Jónsdóttir's living room / Stefan Jonsson of Möðrudalur, Sheep of Mount Herdubreid, 1982 / Grima, Leaf boats (no date)
from Naive and Fantastic Art in Iceland, Adalsteinn Ingólfsson, Iceland Review, Reykjavik, 1989 (previously)

This one goes to Will Schofield of 50Watts (formerly A Journey Round My Skull). Stopping Off Place was recently honoured with a two part feature on Will's mindbending blog. See his selection of the best of Stopping Off Place in Black & White and Colour. Thanks!

Ivor Cutler on BBC, VKBMKL

Ivor Cutler drawing, 1961 (from An Elpee and Two Epees, CD reissue, Decca) / Ivor Cutler and Phyllis King at the BBC (archival photo, from the film Looking For Truth With a Pin, 2004)

Me and My Brother, Peel session, 1989
Women of the World, Peel session, 1983. (This is the only version I've heard with Mr. Cutler on vocals. The album and single versions are sung by Linda Hirst.)

Today, I had the honour of guest posting on Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves, Burgin Streetman's incredible website. She's doing important work over there. I can't begin to count the number of books that have entered this house on Burgin's recommendation and I thank her for that. I wrote about Ivor Cutler's first children's book Meal One from 1971. There's almost no information online about his kids' books and I thought it'd be nice to start somewhere.

Although he often included drawings in his poetry books, he didn't illustrate his own children's book, which is a real shame, I think.

And finally, if anyone knows where I can find copies of Herbert The Elephant and Herbert the Chicken (both 1984), illustrated by Alfreda Benge (who also happens to be the partner of Robert Wyatt), please let me know. Those stories were re-illustrated by Patrick Benson in a collection called Herbert: Five Stories (1988). (update: I just found Herbert The Chicken)

previously: Ivor Cutler

like an eagle rising from a phoenix

Visit Jon Pylypchuk's new blog. One of my favourite artists and people. Miss you Jon.

Toys and Techniques

Visit Ben at Toys and Techniques.

one year

Stopping Off Place is one year old today!
Thanks to all who visit, and especially to those who take the time to comment or write. I truly appreciate it. Also, big thanks to all the blogs/people who support this site by sending visitors my way---I'm grateful for the new friends I've made and I look forward to future collaborations.

(image from Steven Caney's TOY BOOK, 1972)

DCB

visit David Berman's new blog mentholmountains.

drawing from The Portable February by David Berman, Drag City, Chicago, 2009

THE MONKEY'S PAW

A small selection of the books I'd like to have (or at least see inside) from The Monkey's Paw bookshop/Remote Window Display blog.

Their books are only available in-store, another reason I should visit Toronto more often.