tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-306129362024-02-10T08:01:36.221-08:00Frances Lynn's Fave RavesFrances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.comBlogger153125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-66957959076764915912018-11-27T05:14:00.000-08:002018-11-28T04:23:53.971-08:00Laura Imami's Christmas Presents.A friend’s mother has Macular Degeneration, and because it can be hereditary, has taken the precaution of having yearly and thorough NHS eye tests at Schuller's boutique optician (based in St Johns Wood and Holborn. E-info@schulleropticians.com).<br />
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For months, my friend has been telling me his unique handmade frames have been designed by <a href="https://www.lauraimami.com/" title="Laura Imami">Laura Imami</a>. When she isn't travelling the globe launching her eyewear, she is based at Schuller’s (at 33 St John's Wood High St, and also at 44 Lambs Conduit Street in Holborn) looking after her adoring clients.<br />
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This might sound like a sycophantic press release, but it's true: all of Laura's clients do adore her due to her gregarious personality and her natural talent at designing genius eyewear.<br />
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My friend offered to take me to Laura's recent London eyewear launch at Schuller's boutique optician in St Johns Wood. At the champagne fuelled launch, the pulsating throng including heavy metal musician fans of Laura's were uniformly sporting her iconoclastic designs. <strong>Chrissie Hyde</strong> is a huge fan, and I also know <strong>Tom Ford</strong> is an admirer of Imami’s original eyewear.<br />
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I loved the sophisticated designs of Laura’s hand-made frames displayed at the launch so much, I rushed home and promptly threw all my ancient and battered National Health frames in the bin.<br />
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The following day, I returned to see Laura at Schuller’s and invested in three pairs for Computer, Reading and Vision. She also organised the lenses for my new frames, enthusing that unlike my pre-historic NHS lenses, these would be anti-reflective glasses.<br />
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Each pair of Laura Imami’s frames are so irresistible that I found it impossible to choose from her countless designs. Luckily, I left it all to her. She instantly picked out the frames she judged the most suitable for the shape of my face, proving she’s definitely got an eye for Eye Wear.<br />
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According to Laura, all her frames are hand-made in a small, beautiful village in Northern Italy. The work is done by master craftsmen with centuries-old tradition of frame making. Using the renowned Mazzucchelli acetate and immaculate 1940s German hinges for durable, sleek and stylish frames, the manufacturing process is overseen by Laura until her designs come to life in their perfect shape.<br />
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‘I draw inspiration from everything around me – people, art, music, architecture, nature itself. I am a nocturnal creature and all my designs are born at night. Sometimes I’m accompanied by a specific soundtrack, while at other times I draw in complete silence. It all depends on the mood I’m in, but I’m always excited when I feel the inspiration coming. During that process my designs go through various transformations – they have their own organic flow, their own rhythm, until they come to life,’ she says.<br />
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I have never had the need to wear glasses out in public, but when Laura suggested I wear my Fabulous new tortoise shell specs for Vision in the street, everything appeared so much clearer. And not only that. Suddenly, I was visible! Who said that Men don’t Make Passes at Dames in Glasses?!<br />
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<br />Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-91404638012414623842017-12-22T08:13:00.002-08:002017-12-22T14:51:17.559-08:00A STAR IS DEAD <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-DsIBCim8bebkvxRWGPvOh1BnriVqUThSOQomAj6EuUkJnUpRdThvoXB_dop6EOHeMt9hfea4rj-jGE1_4ZCGxfk0F223L7h3hz_bUCVxwIXCmGnmBwJ80-DLHaludcZcwgz/s1600/A+Star+Is+Dead+-+Jacket+Image.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1073" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih-DsIBCim8bebkvxRWGPvOh1BnriVqUThSOQomAj6EuUkJnUpRdThvoXB_dop6EOHeMt9hfea4rj-jGE1_4ZCGxfk0F223L7h3hz_bUCVxwIXCmGnmBwJ80-DLHaludcZcwgz/s400/A+Star+Is+Dead+-+Jacket+Image.jpg" width="268" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.michaelarmstrong.co.uk/" title="Michael Armstrong">Michael Armstrong</a>, the controversial screenwriter and director used to live round the corner from me in London at the tail end of the last century.<br />
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I often used to run over to his flat in the middle of the night to binge watch videos alongside British actors with household names, all of whom went to RADA with Michael.<br />
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At drama school, Michael quickly realised he wanted to be a writer instead of an actor and went on to write and direct films like the controversial <strong>Mark of the Devil</strong>, and <strong>The Haunted House of Horror</strong>.<br />
(<strong>Quentin Tarrantino</strong> owns a private copy of the latter film and selected it for his Austin Festival, as one of the most significant films depicting the Sixties in Britain).<br />
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I was honoured when Michael asked me to write the Forward to <strong>A Star Is Dead</strong>, his latest screen play book about the Sex Pistols.<br />
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I saw them perform only once: their second gig at the artist Andrew Logan’s studio in Butler’s Wharf. None of us had heard anything like them before and minutes after they started playing everyone walked out en masse.<br />
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The reason why Michael’s <strong>A Star Is Dead</strong> script with the exploitation director Pete Walker attached (and to star the Sex Pistols) didn’t get made was because the Pistols disbanded shortly after Michael’s final draft.<br />
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It was a tragedy, as the band's manger Malcom McClaren loved the script, as Armstrong’s laugh out loud funny script was more outrageous than the Pistols themselves.<br />
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Michael‘s prolific series of screenplay books (available from Amazon) include the <strong>House Of the Long Shadows</strong>, <strong>The Image</strong>, a short starring <strong>David Bowie</strong> in his first screen role and <strong>Eskimo Nell</strong>, a classic spoof of the old school British Film Industry, which Armstrong wrote and acted in.<br />
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Although I have attended screenwriting classes over the years, the only useful thing I learned in all of them was chatting to fellow participants at the bar during the intervals. But after reading Michael Armstrong’s published screen play books I finally understand the craft of screenwriting.<br />
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Each of Armstrong’s screen play books include a History of his screenplay, with various drafts of his screenplays followed with a Glossary of Terms and advice on how to read a script.<br />
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Michael is currently writing books on all his screenplays and as he’s written a vast body of work over the years, this task should take him quite a while to complete. I'm already making space on my bookshelves for them.<br />
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I hope this doesn't read like a well-deserved press release: but If you’re fascinated by Sixties memorabilia, for the first time in living history the covers of every 1960s underground paper and magazine have just been gathered in one publication: <strong>The British Underground Press Of the Sixties</strong> by James Birch and Barry Miles.<br />
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To accompany this mind-boggling event, <strong>James Birch</strong>, the international art dealer and curator, and prolific author <a href="http://www.barrymiles.co.uk/" title="Barry Miles">Barry Miles </a> are hosting a major exhibition of the covers and artwork of the underground press in an exhibition at James’ gallery: <strong>A22 Gallery, 22 Laystall Street, London EC1R 4PA. From 28 September-4 November</strong>.<br />
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I predict this unique show will be a historical humdinger, especially as Barry Miles (commonly known as Miles) is a walking encyclopedia of all knowledge relating to the Sixties ‘counterculture.'<br />
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One of his late twentieth century credentials includes being the creator (with <strong>John ‘Hoppy’ Hopkins</strong>) of the infamous <strong>International Times</strong> in 1966: the first British underground newspaper, which according to <a href="http://britishundergroundpress.com/" title="The British Underground Press">The British Underground Press</a> started the news media revolution.<br />
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Even though I have no more space left on my bookshelves, I shan't be able to resist purchasing the exhibition's covetable catalogue.
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Start wallowing in nostalgia: IT, Oz, Friends, Gandalf’s Garden, Black Dwarf and Ink etc. According to the <strong>British Underground Press of the Sixties </strong>site, the catalogue also includes the comic books that grew out of the papers, and various examples of the graphics, ads, posters and flyers produced by each publication.<br />
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Also, there will be 100 limited edition <strong>Groovy Deluxe</strong> sets of the catalogue housed in a box each one with an original 1960s issue of IT, OZ and Friends, an original OZ Janis Joplin poster (sob!) and is also signed and numbered by the authors.<br />
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<strong>(More The British Underground Press of the Sixties by James Birch and Barry Miles. Published October 2017 by rocket88books <a href="http://britishundergroundpress.com/" title="The British Underground Press">The British Underground Press</a>)</strong>.
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If only I had kept all the magazines in the late Sixties (when I was in nappies!) instead of discarding it all, I would now be rich! <br />
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Book Hounds, myself included won’t be able to resist this tempting sounding Book sale:<br />
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Presented by <strong>Iphgenia Baal</strong>, <strong>James Birch</strong>, the illustrious Art Curator and Art Dealer, <strong>Carla Borel</strong> and <a href="http://www.barrymiles.co.uk/" title="Barry Miles">Barry Miles </a>, it will be held at the <strong>A22 Gallery in Clerkenwell</strong> (at <u>22 Laystall Street London, EC1R 4PA</u>) on the following dates:
<strong>Friday 2nd December
Saturday 3rd December
Sunday 4th December
Noon – 6pm each day</strong>.<br />
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I have run out of storage space but because in case I do discover some gems at the sale, I can always syphon off some of my old gems to Oxfam. And then when I realise I can't live without them, I can always go and buy them back like I have done on numerous occasions in the past.<br />
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One precious book I shall not be banishing to make way for new titles is my signed edition of Barry Miles’ most recent biography<strong> William S. Burroughs: A Life</strong>. It's a classic.<br />
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Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-7944219678088873862016-09-13T05:50:00.003-07:002016-09-17T06:15:14.424-07:00ANDREW LOGAN DELIVERS ART PHILOSOPOHY<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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(Paddy Whitaker in the background)<br />
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Fancy a lecture on Art Philosophy at the <strong>Victoria & Albert</strong>? The artist <a andrew="" href="http://andrewlogan.com/" logan="">Andrew Logan</a>, creator of some of the globe's most original sculptures will be sprouting forth about his unique brand of Art at the <strong>The Lydia & Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre </strong> on <strong>Friday 16th September</strong> at the <strong>Victoria & Albert</strong> museum.<br />
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Andrew Logan’s lecture promises to be a humdinger as according to the V & A, Mr Logan’s enlightening talk will be an exploration and deep discussion of his philosophy.<br />
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“Art can be discovered anywhere,” Mr Logan proclaims.<br />
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Friday 16 September <strong>19.00-20.00 p.m.</strong> Tickets: £10. Call the <strong>Victoria & Albert</strong> on <strong>020 7942 2000</strong> for mass bookings.<br />
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Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-20550209760235753362016-09-05T04:15:00.000-07:002016-09-06T05:36:05.614-07:00THE KEEP MAGAZINE IS A KEEPERI was walking through Selfridges’glossy magazine section when I was stopped in my tracks by <a href="http://thekeepmagazine.com/" title="The Keep's">The Keep's</a> magazine quirky cover.<br />
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When I flicked through this first edition I noticed the Commissioning Editor is <a href="https://iainfinlayson.com/about/" title="Iain Finlayson">Iain Finlayson</a>, which compelled me to buy it.<br />
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And when I saw <strong>The Keep’s</strong> contributors include the interesting writer <strong>Duncan Fallowell</strong> and GQ editor <strong>Dylan Jones OBE</strong>, trustee of the Hay Festival I was intrigued.<br />
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<strong>The Keep</strong>, <i>a stronghold of ambitious thinking and artistic excellence; a treasury of new writing, iconic images, exciting ideas and creative imagination</i> is published by Hay & Wye CIC, and intends to be a biannual magazine published in the deep winter and late spring of each year.<br />
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It could also just be described as Hay-on-Wye’s new literary magazine, as there are substantial extracts from some of the festival’s Hay based authors’ new books which enticed me to buy them: namely <strong>Under the Tump</strong> by <strong>Oliver Balch</strong> and <strong>Tom Bullough’s </strong><b>Addlands</b>.<br />
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Hay resident <a href="http://thekeepmagazine.com/author/soma-ghosh/" title="Soma Ghosh">Soma Ghosh</a> wrote the sizzling <strong>Death of an Idol:My Strangest Relationship</strong> article after Prince’s death on the Keep’s website. In the printed first edition, she interviews Hay based, fellow ex-Soho clubber <strong>Nina Lyon</strong> at length about her new book <strong>Uprooted: On the Trail of the Green Man</strong>.
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The Keep isn’t purely a promotional vehicle for Hay based authors’ new books though. The magazine is illustrated with photographs of prize-winning quality, which should make the National Portrait Gallery drool; all of which definitely helps make this first issue a collector’s item. Grab it while you can. (Also available from The Shop on the <a href="http://thekeepmagazine.com/shop/" title="Keep Magazine">Keep Magazine </a> website).
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<br />Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-3071075640807085972016-06-07T01:42:00.001-07:002016-08-12T02:27:41.151-07:00 Eggs Over Easy Retrospective<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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(I should rename this blog "There Is Nothing Wrong With Nepotism!").<br />
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My illustrious brother-in-law is <strong>Austin de Lone</strong>, who is routinely described as 'Legendary'.<br />
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'Well, I guess if you stick around long enough, good thing happen,' he tells me.<br />
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He is one of the originators of <a href="http://www.eggsovereasymusic.com/" title="Eggs Over Easy">Eggs Over Easy</a>, the scintillating American country rock band who undisputedly started Pub Rock in the early Seventies. For non-afficianados of this prolific band which was made up of Austin (keyboard, guitar and vocals) <strong>Jack O'Hara</strong> (guitar, bass and vocals) and the late <strong>Brien Hopkins</strong>, (keyboards, bass, guitar & vocals), read their created detailed entry on Wikipedia!<br />
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This ain't a parochial music column, but I must state here the band, who undisputedly paved the way for the Punk movement had a compelling repertoire of over hundred songs, fifty originals and covers, and during the early Seventies regularly wowed their packed out audiences at the late and lamented Tally Ho club in Kentish Town.<br />
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Awed disciples, which included future musical stalwarts like Nick Lowe, Elvis Costello, Loudoun Wainwright III and the West Coast spawned Huey Lewis worshipped at their musical shrine.<br />
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Unfortunately, I didn't get my hands on their <strong>Good 'n' Cheap</strong> vinyl at the time, but now, miraculously on June 24th,<a href="http://www.yeproc.com/" title="Yep records">Yep records</a> is due to release the entire restored and remastered <strong>Good'N'Cheap</strong> catalogue.<br />
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<i>Eggs Over Easy, the criminally overlooked American band that invented pub rock, influenced the careers of artists on both sides of the Atlantic — from Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello, to Loudon Wainwright III and Huey Lewis — and laid the groundwork for a grass-roots movement that would spawn UK punk, is finally getting its due with Good ‘n’ Cheap: The Eggs Over Easy Story, a definitive 3xLP/2xCD set to be released June 24 via Yep Roc. </i><br />
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<i>Additionally, founding band members Jack O’Hara and Austin de Lone have just played a special reunion show at NYC’s Rockwood Stage 3 which reportedly drove their fans old and new mental with enthusiasm.
For the first time ever, the entire Eggs Over Easy catalog, lovingly restored and remastered, is available as a deluxe set. </i><br />
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<i>Included in this collection is the band’s debut album Good ‘n’ Cheap, produced by Link Wray and originally released on A&M Records in 1972; their rarely-heard second LP, Fear of Frying, originally (if barely) released on Lee Michaels’ Squish Records in 1980; two songs from the band’s lone single released on Buffalo Records; and the previously unreleased London ’71 sessions recorded at Olympic Studios, and produced by Animals bassist and Jimi Hendrix producer Chas Chandler. </i><br />
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<i>The 2xCD package includes a 24-page booklet, and the 3xLP set features an 8-page insert, with extremely rare photos, show flyers, press clippings, musician and writer credits, plus the definitive story of the band by acclaimed music writer Gene Sculatti, who called Good ‘n’ Cheap a “near-masterpiece” when he originally reviewed it for Creem Magazine in 1972. </i><br />
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<i>With roots stretching back to late 1960s Berkeley, CA, the three principals in the Eggs – songwriters Jack O’Hara, Austin de Lone, and Brien Hopkins – were lured to London in 1970 by Chandler with the promise of a record deal and sessions at Olympic. When said deal proved apparitional, the Eggs “did what any American band would do,” recalls Stiff Records co-founder and original Eggs fan Dave Robinson, “They went to the nearest bar and said, ‘Give us your worst night.'” <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<i>Which is how Eggs Over Easy leapt onto the pages of pop music history. Their humble Monday night gigs at a former Kentish Town jazz club called the Tally Ho – pub rock ground zero – would become the hub for a new network of artists, venues, and music biz makers and herald a sea change in the direction of underground and eventually popular music. </i><br />
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“There were hippies there, skinheads, Rastafarians. I remember, most especially, a Sikh bus driver with a turban on and his bus driver uniform dancing away. It was an unbelievable scene with people hanging off the ceilings. There was this fantastic feeling that you were in on something extraordinary.” – Nick Lowe on Eggs Over Easy at The Tally Ho</i>.<br />
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I haven't delved into iTunes for a while but after viewing this 'criminally overlooked' band's explanatory <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn9H7O0Yg1Q/" title="documentary">documentary</a> on YouTube, I have pre-ordered the entire Eggs Over Easy catalogue from:<br />
<strong>Yep Roc Store Pre-Order: <a href="http://yeproc.11spot.com/eggs-over-easy-good-n-cheap-the-eggs-over-easy-story-pre-order-6-24.html" title="Yep Roc Store">Yep Roc Store </a>
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<strong><br />Digital Order from iTunes. (Available from June 24th).</strong> Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-91776293157491857042016-05-02T02:36:00.002-07:002016-05-03T01:27:42.252-07:00A Vintage Designer Dress Gets Handed Down Through The Generations<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I grabbed this divine Ossie Clark/Celia Birtwell dress from the rails at the defunct Radley showroom during the late Seventies. After I wore it to death at bashes like the Playboy parties at Stocks House in Hertfordshire, I passed it on to my sister Lesley. She lived in it when she was pregnant with her daughter <strong>Caroline de Lone</strong>.
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Now twenty four years later, I'm thrilled to see chanteuse/songwriter <a href="http://www.carolinedelone.com/" title="Caroline">Caroline</a> (<a href="https://myspace.com/austindelone" title="Austin de Lone’s">Austin de Lone’s</a> daughter) wore it last night when she stormed the stage at the Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley, paving the way for country singer Carlene Carter's spectacular appearance.Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-43267975866582621652016-01-18T12:53:00.001-08:002016-01-20T05:45:11.300-08:00Barry Miles Catapults William Burroughs Into the Stratosphere<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My most treasured collection consists of a shelf of autographed first edition books. <strong>The Executioner’s Song</strong>, Norman Mailer’s arguably best book used to be sandwiched between Evelyn Waugh’s <strong>Basil Seal Rides Again</strong> and Jackie Collins’ <strong>Hollywood Wives</strong>!<br />
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I’ve since had to rearrange my bookshelf after I bumped into <strong>Barry Miles</strong>, the acclaimed counterculture writer and biographer at Marylebone market last Sunday.<br />
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When I espied <a href="http://www.barrymiles.co.uk/" title="Barry Miles">Barry Miles </a>, commonly known as Miles by the fish stall I knew there must be a God. As fate would have it, I had a copy of his latest book <strong>William S. Burroughs: A Life </strong> stuffed in my shopping bag. I asked Miles to sign it, and he agreed.<br />
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Published in 2014 one hundred years after Burrough's death, it is the definitive biography on William Burroughs, the controversial writer who inspired and motivated a conglomerate of artists to worship at his avant-garde shrine.<br />
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Miles' gripping William Burroughs biography, which left me reeling with awe offers the reader everything and more there is to know about the fascinating/controversial writer, and his iconoclastic literature/writing.<br />
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For intricate details of Burroughs' complete Bibliography, including the formation of his earlier works: Junky, Naked Lunch, Queer etc. devour the book.<br />
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Fortunately, Miles had the full support of the Burroughs estate while writing the bio. He also had the advantage of having being a friend of Burroughs since the mid Sixties, plus knowing other historical Beat personalities like the influential Allen Ginsberg.<br />
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Miles has had least eighty glowing international reviews including a humdinger from <strong>The New York Times</strong> and deservedly so.</div>
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Now, <strong>William S. Burroughs: A Life</strong> is stacked against Norman Mailer on my bookshelf. All I can say is that Miles’ inscription is the most intriguing of my entire collection.<br />
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When the sculpturist and painter <strong>Peter Schlesinger</strong> took a photo of me wearing a silver metallic jump suit, hanging onto the light fittings at my house during the early Seventies, little did I suspect his impromptu snap would one day appear in one of his books.<br />
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Peter’s new photographic book, the long awaited sequel to his <strong>Checkered Past</strong> visual diary is titled <strong>Peter Schlesinger A Photographic Memory 1968-1989</strong>. It’s an appropriate title because all the nostalgic photos in Peter’s fascinating new book are of his old friends from the orbits of fashion, art, showbiz and society, preserved in their prime of youth.<br />
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Extraordinary private pictures of <strong>David Hockney</strong>, his muse <strong>Celia Birtwell</strong>, <strong>Paloma Picasso</strong>, <strong>Cecil Beaton</strong> and <strong>Amanda Lear</strong> are just some of the exquisite subjects whom Peter took impromptu snaps of with his natural gift for composition and originality.<br />
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Peter’s partner, the multi-talented Swedish photographer and writer <strong>Eric Boman</strong> features heavily in the book, which is just as well as he was regarded as being the most beautiful boy on the block.<br />
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One of the cinema verity styled photos of him and <strong>Manolo Blahnik</strong> looking slightly anxious in the crowded Notting Hill Gate’s carnival made me laugh.<br />
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The photographs are all multi-dimensional works of art, which necessitates one viewing them again and again. Schlesinger’s photographs, which have a film still quality will never go stale.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecil Beaton and David Hockney. Photo by Peter Schlesinger</td></tr>
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People who didn’t personally know Peter’s international group of friends including the likes of the artist <strong>R.B. Kitaj</strong>, <strong>Christopher Isherwood</strong>, <strong>Bryan Ferry</strong> and <strong>Andy Warhol</strong> should none the less appreciate this fascinating book.<br />
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Viewing Schlesinger's photographs is like being rewarded with an intimate glimpse into his carefree life during the late Twentieth century. For example, It’s hard to imagine now driving along a deserted Pacific Coast Highway in Santa Monica which Peter's snap captured.<br />
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Peter Schlesinger, whose sculptures are incidentally totally original has produced an unique book which effortlessly records the joi de vivre of his glamorous and individual friends in a less congested world.Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-64155548507592317602015-04-15T04:21:00.000-07:002015-04-16T02:59:59.539-07:00My Best Review YetI suppose I should be flattered. I see my novel <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Frantic-ebook/dp/B00AJ9OZEE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1355339548&sr=1-1" title="Frantic">Frantic</a> has been pirated.<br />
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On one dodgy site, I was fascinated to wade through the mainly illiterate reviews. But one pirate going under the pseudonym of <strong>Avatar</strong> has given me my best review yet: “It's disgusting and painful to read, but impossible to stop.”<br />
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Thank you Avatar, whoever you are. I wish that tablets belonging to pirate pigs are afflicted with irreversible viruses after their owners download material for free. Looking on the bright side, at least <strong>Frantic</strong> is being read. Grrrrr!Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-46781560871362553302015-01-14T07:57:00.004-08:002015-02-11T11:23:41.361-08:00Caroline de Lone Fingerprints It’s not often that a twenty-two year old ingenue has her debut CD produced by her dad. But my niece - singer-songwriter <strong>Caroline de Lone</strong> has. Her father <a href="https://myspace.com/austindelone" title="Austin de Lone">Austin de Lone</a> has just produced her first album titled <strong>Fingerprints</strong>.<br />
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Austin is a musician as well as a record producer and has been nurturing Caroline's all round musical talents since she was a baby. I know I'm the proud aunt, but Caroline has got the most gorgeous voice. <br />
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For Christmas, Caroline sent me a preview copy of <strong>Fingerprints</strong>, which I’ve been playing non-stop. I particularly love her stirring tracks <strong>Places</strong>, and <strong>Man UP</strong> which to my untrained ear are potential pop hit singles.<br />
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Caroline's band consists of a group of musical stalwarts including the veteran rockabilly guitarist <a href="http://billkirchen.com/" title="Bill Kirchen">Bill Kirchen</a>, Eric McCann, Paul Revelli, Austin de Lone and nineteen year old musical prodigy <strong>Matt Jaffe</strong>, who plays Acoustic Guitar on Caroline’s CD.<br />
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Caroline is unveiling her Fingerprints CD at the legendary <strong>Sweetwater Music Hall </strong>in Mill Valley on <strong>Wednesday February 11th</strong>. (Show starts at 8 p.m. Admission: $5). Fortunately for the over subscribed audience, Caroline is a riveting singer and performer and I can safely say she will do her CD more than justice. A star is born?!Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-46258658539898305482014-10-24T07:05:00.000-07:002014-10-24T07:05:15.279-07:00Crushed is resurrected<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am my own Fave Rave this month. <strong>Crushed</strong>, my illustrated Young Adult novel has just been resurrected from the Out of Print graveyard. The book is now on global <strong>Amazon Kindle</strong>.<br />
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Since the book became available on line, readers in India, Germany, France, England and the USA have bought copies. Not bad for a novel, resurrected from Out of Print obscurity. Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-19635747942739877322014-09-24T12:10:00.001-07:002015-01-13T15:10:22.467-08:00Richard de Lone's Peace Love and Twang Benefit <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Study the above poster, and if you are a bluegrass, blues, Americana, country and rockabilly fanatic - start drooling!
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It's a Family Affair: for the record, singer/songwriter <strong>Caroline de Lone</strong> (Richard's sister and offspring of Lesley and Austin) will be belting her guts out amongst the exalted line up of fellow musicians at the 8th Annual <a href="http://www.rdshp.org/" title="Richard de Lone Special Housing Project">Richard de Lone Special Housing Project</a>, held at the <a href="http://www.bimbos365club.com/event/680823-8th-annual-richard-de-lone-san-francisco/" title="Bimbo’s 365">Bimbo’s 365 club</a>, 1025 Columbus, San Francisco, California on <strong>Sunday, October 5th</strong>.<br />
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I do hope Caroline will be singing songs from her debut album titled <strong>Fingerprints</strong>, which will be released just before <strong>December 25th</strong>. I admit she's my niece, but there is lot to say for Nepotism. She is an Original.<br />
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Exalted musicians, who will be twanging away beside her include <a href="http://www.jimlauderdale.com/" title="Jim Lauderdale">Jim Lauderdale</a>, <a href="http://billkirchen.com/" title="Bill Kirchen">Bill Kirchen</a>, the Legendary <a href="https://myspace.com/austindelone" title="Austin de Lone">Austin de Lone</a>, <strong>Carlene Carter</strong>, <strong>Butch Hancock</strong>, <strong>Jim Dale Gilmour</strong>, <strong>Dan Hicks and The Hicksville Express</strong> and <strong>Kindred Maxwell and de Lone. </strong><br />
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The concert will be worth going to for the Silent Auction alone: a Fender Jazzmaster, owned by Elvis Costello himself, a special copy of Elvis' first Jazzmaster, made in a limited edition by Fender, autographed and authenticated, with photo. Also a case of Boz Scaggs 'fantastic' 2007 vintage; a 20x30 original Ken Friedman framed photo of Jerry Garcia and more.<br />
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So if you fancy a musically invigorating night out call Bimbo’s 365 club at <strong>(415) 474 0365</strong> to book .... pronto.<br />
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<br />Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-19820442292131041812014-07-04T06:36:00.005-07:002014-07-05T13:51:21.384-07:00Pow! Wow! Comics UnmaskedWoweeee Zoweeeee! At the tail end of the twentieth century, I used to write FutureShock stories for <strong>2000 AD</strong> magazine.
The longest comic I wrote was eight pages, but I always wanted to know how to write a 100 page graphic novel.<br />
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My prayers were recently answered: As part of the British Library’s compelling <strong>Comics Unmasked</strong> exhibition, imaginatively curated by <strong>John Harris Dunning</strong>, <strong>Paul Gravett</strong>, and <strong>Adrian Edwards</strong> (ends August 19th), the library organised a four session course on how to create a Graphic novel – from Beginner/Intermediate to Advanced level.<br />
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The course leaders consisted of <strong>Ariel Kahn</strong>, the Senior Lecturer in creative writing at Roehampton University, and <strong>John Harris Dunning</strong> (John's sublime graphic novel <strong>Salem Brownstone: All Along the Watchtowers</strong> was the first graphic novel published by Walker Books).<br />
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Special Guests included <strong>Sarah Lightman</strong>, director of <strong>Laydeez do Comics</strong>, and <strong>Emma Hayley</strong>, MD and Publisher of <a href="http://www.selfmadehero.com/" title="SelfMadeHero">SelfMadeHero</a>, which she launched in 2007, after spotting a gap in the market for high-quality graphic novels.<br />
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As the courses were all held in the evening, the participants were given the perk Of viewing the <strong>Comics Unmasked</strong> exhibition, ‘the UK’s largest ever exhibition of mainstream and underground comics, showcasing works that uncompromisingly address politics, gender, violence, sexuality and altered states’ after opening hours, when the public weren’t admitted.<br />
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The first course (titled: Who is in Charge? The dynamics of image and text) was in the PACCAR gallery where the exhibition is held.
Ariel Kahn co-hosted the workshop with John Harris Dunning.<br />
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One of the students told me he had just graduated from Kahn’s creative writing course at Roehampton university and exclaimed he was a Brilliant teacher. I have to say Kahn was one of the most exhilarating lecturers I have ever come across.<br />
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If all that wasn’t stimulating enough, I actually had a one to one encounter with the charming John Harris Dunning, who showed me how to write AND draw a comic script. I illustrated <strong>Crushed</strong>, my YA novel but drawing thumbnail pix is another learning curve.<br />
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During the last From Pitch to Publication course I attended, SelfMadeHero’s
<strong>Emma Hayley</strong> gave an inspiring talk before making herself available for us to pitch our stuff at her. If that wasn’t fab enough, a handful of us then went into the exhibition to have another look round. The exhibition space was designed by award-winning comic book artist Dave McKean, and I really felt I was inside a living comic.<br />
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<strong>Kissley Leonor</strong>, who covers fashion, film and design at the British Library reminded us how lucky we were, saying the exhibition is always PACKED.<br />
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One of the great things about attending creative courses is meeting like-minded people. The viewers going round the gallery with me included <strong>Edward Fletcher</strong>, the creator of the <strong>Meiosis webcomic</strong>, and Royal College of Art student <strong>Fionnuala Doran</strong> - the winner of Comics Unmasked Arts Thread x British Library competition.<br />
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We all stopped ogling the Comic Art for a few minutes to discuss PhotoShop. And that reminds me I might now have to go on a course on how to learn Inking and Lettering!<br />
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Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-47652472884624677072014-05-28T09:36:00.002-07:002014-05-28T09:42:47.267-07:00Victor Olliver Lifesurfs into 2015<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<a href="http://victorolliver.com/" title="Victor Olliver">Victor Olliver</a> is my Fave Rave astrologer. It's just as well, as his new Astrology book, <strong>Lifesurfing: Your Horoscope Forecast Guide 2015</strong> is just out/available from <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lifesurfing-Your-Horoscope-Forecast-Guide/dp/1499315457/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1401293843&sr=1-3&keywords=victor+olliver" title="Amazon">Amazon</a>.<br />
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The prolific way Victor Olliver is going, I predict I shall have to build extra bookshelves to house his new astrology books, a new one for every year.<br />
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I've still got his previous book, <strong>Lifesurfing: Your Horoscope Forecast Guide 2014</strong> by my bedside, which I regularly consult.<br />
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But before I put away his new Lifesurfing book for 2015, I couldn't resist reading his intriguing 'Astro-X-Ray' features in the final part of the book. Pope Francis, Brad Pitt & Angelina Jolie are amongst them.<br />
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If one didn't know anything about these avatars, thanks to Victor Olliver's astute Astrological magnified intrusion, it seems one learns everything there is to know about them and more.<br />
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The subjects whom Victor knows personally are even more riveting. One of his X-Rays is the tabloid hack/writer <strong>Julie Burchill</strong>, whom Victor knows personally. I was enthralled, as he was able to perfectly illustrate her astrological makeup with fascinating anecdotes about her.<br />
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I hope Ms Burchill can take it as much as she dishes it out, but reading Olliver's feature on her, I'm not sure if she will be able to.Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-59962964231633671472014-04-06T06:03:00.001-07:002014-04-08T03:41:25.212-07:00Make space for the Buenvino cookbook on your kitchen shelves<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I need another cookery book like I need a hole in my head. But after attending Jeannie and Sam Chesterton’s heaving and very glamorous book launch, I have succumbed and pre-ordered their book, the Buenvino cookbook from Amazon.<br />
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So why didn’t I buy a book at the actual launch? Because,
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Sam Chesterton is an ancient friend, with whom I used to run around London during the Seventies. This was before he met and married his lovely wife Jeannie who is a brilliant gourmet cook.<br />
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For the past thirty years the Chestertons have run their unique Bed and Breakfast in their unique pink coloured farmhouse called <a href="http://www.fincabuenvino.com/" title="Finca Buenvino">Finca Buenvino</a> on their 100 acre estate, near Seville, Andalucia, Spain.<br />
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The estate is in a protected park, with unspoiled scenery, so if one wants an idyllic holiday with beautiful views and superb food, this is the perfect place to be.<br />
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The Chestertons grow their own certified-organic vegetables, keep their own chickens and pigs, and have apple, pear, quince and fig trees, all of which ingredients are used in the dishes, as well as local game and other seasonal produce such as mushrooms foraged from the woodland. And that's just for starters.<br />
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Jeannie also runs exciting and innovative cooking courses, explaining the Mahgrebi (North African) influences in southern Spanish recipes, many of which date from Moorish times.<br />
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All the Chestertons’ guests and friends love <strong>Finca Buenvino’s</strong> naturally produced food so much, over the years they have continually begged them to produce a cookery book and finally the couple have done it.<br />
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Titled <strong>The Buenvino Cookbook: Recipes from our farmhouse in Spain</strong> with illustrations by <strong>Tim Clinch</strong>, this book is already a success by word of mouth alone.<br />
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The book looks gorgeous and I’m already drooling at the thought of reconstructing the unique Spanish recipes, but I shall have to wait until the official publishing date of April 15 before I can get my hands on it. Then, I shall be able to personally start cooking the Chestertons’ recipes from their wonderful farmhouse.<br />
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<br />Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-43884243009694817462014-02-20T07:13:00.001-08:002014-02-20T10:53:23.552-08:00Terence Pepper Does Audrey HepburnEven though <strong>Terence Pepper</strong> (OBE) is in the middle of curating
his 2015 <strong>Audrey Hepburn</strong> exhibition at the <a href="http://www.npg.org.uk/" title="National Portrait Gallery">National Portrait Gallery</a>, he used his precious coffee break by escorting me
round the <strong>David Bailey</strong> show at the museum.<br />
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As Bailey’s show takes up the entire ground floor, Terence
ideally needed to have taken a break during lunch and dinner besides his coffee
slot.<br />
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David Bailey used to be my illustrious boss alongside David Litchfield when I slaved for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritz_Newspaper" title="Ritz Newspaper">Ritz Newspaper</a> in the late twentieth century.<br />
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Bailey had hung his own show, so I found it poignant he had included ancient copies of Ritz in glass cabinets.<br />
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Incidentally, I have a library of Terence Pepper’s signed books of all his exhibitions he has curated at the National Portrait Gallery. I look forward to adding his Audrey Hepburn one to my <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=terence%20pepper%20" title="vast collection">vast collection</a>).Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-51495339563710968942014-01-08T02:23:00.000-08:002014-01-09T01:40:09.499-08:00Crushed Is Saved For Posterity <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm so pleased that Sarah Wilborn's fantastic <a href="http://readerviewsarchives.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/crushed-by-frances-lynn/" title="review">review</a> of <a href="http://readerviewsarchives.wordpress.com/2014/01/07/crushed-by-frances-lynn/" title="Crushed">Crushed</a> my Young Adult novel has now been saved for posterity in the Archives section on the USA <a href="http://readerviews.com/" title="Reader View">Reader Views</a> site.<br />
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Sarah was twelve when she reviewed the book after my novel first came out in 2007. Now, she is at university! Sadly, the novel is now out of print. On Amazon, I see a copy is now going for $291.32.<br />
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Thankfully, the novel's publisher <strong>Eiworth Publishing</strong> has put the book on Lulu. (The paperback costs far less on <a href="http://www.lulu.com/shop/frances-lynn/crushed/paperback/product-1900376.html">Lulu</a>).<br />
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Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-29879372352398585732013-09-13T11:50:00.003-07:002013-10-02T09:55:36.365-07:00Stars Turn Out For Richard de Lone's Benefit How intriguing: I’ve heard a wild rumour going around the San Francisco Bay Area that Star Names could be amongst the Special Guests at the 7th Annual <a href="http://www.rdshp.org/" title="Richard de Lone Special Housing Project">Richard de Lone Special Housing Project</a> Benefit.<br />
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Even if the <strong>Surprise Guests</strong> at the concert, held at <a href="http://www.bimbos365club.com/event/374781-7th-annual-richard-de-lone-san-francisco/" title="Bimbo’s 365">Bimbo’s 365 club</a> in San Francisco on <strong>October 6</strong>, don't include any shocks for you, the concert promises to be a WOW! Especially, if one is besotted with bluegrass, Americana and rockabilly, which will be exquisitely delivered by some of the genres’ most starry and scintillating musicians around:<br />
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<a href="https://www.songkick.com/artists/504126-nick-lowe">Nick Lowe</a>, <a href="http://www.bozscaggs.com/" title="Boz Scaggs">Boz Scaggs</a>, <a href="http://buddymiller.com/" title="Buddy Miller">Buddy Miller</a>, <a href="http://www.lw3.com/" iii="" title="”Loudon" wainwright="">Loudon Wainwright III</a>, <a href="http://www.jimlauderdale.com/" title="Jim Lauderdale">Jim Lauderdale</a>, <a href="http://billkirchen.com/" title="Bill Kirchen">Bill Kirchen</a>, the Legendary <a href="https://myspace.com/austindelone" title="Austin de Lone">Austin de Lone</a> and his talented daughter <a href="https://myspace.com/carolinedelone" title="Caroline de Lone">Caroline de Lone</a> ..... as well as the <strong>RDSHP Rockers</strong>.<br />
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The concert, which will undoubtedly blast the club's roof off its rafters is guaranteed to be a heart warming rock fest for a worthy cause.<br />
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Richard de Lone was born with Prader-Willi Syndrome, and the de Lone family (Austin, his wife Lesley and Caroline) hold a concert every year for their son's Special Housing Project, a non-profit organisation with the goal of building a state-of-the art residential community for children and adults with Prader-willi Syndrome, a rare and complex genetic disorder with no known cause or cure. For more information, visit the <a href="http://www.rdshp.org/" title="RDSHP”">RSHIP</a> site.<br />
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The gig starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $50 and available from Bimbos 365 club's box office Monday through Friday from 10am-4pm. There will also be a limited number of ringside tables available for $450, includes special seating for four.<br />
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There will also be a Silent Auction with some really Drool to Have items including a wonderful Gibson Acoustic signed by Robert Plant, with photo; a Jimmie Vaughan Signature Model Gretsch Synchromatic; a beautiful Montage from Scaggs Vineyards; Sammy Hagar's autographed brand new cd along with his autobiography and a bottle of Beach Bar Rum; Patti Smith tour jacket, and more.<br />
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For more information, please visit <a href="http://www.bimbos365club.com/event/374781-7th-annual-richard-de-lone-san-francisco/" title="Bimbo’s 365">Bimbo’s 365 club</a> or call (415) 474-0365.
You won’t regret it.
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People who weren't around in the Seventies, tend to solely associate those frantic days with punk and disco. But the early part of that decade was so revolutionary, that survivors of that fast-changing period in time can only look back in retrospect, and marvel how unpredictable the new decade turned out to be.<br />
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When I started writing <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Frantic-ebook/dp/B00AJ9OZEE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1355339548&sr=1-1" title="Frantic">Frantic</a> in 1971 I had just returned from an extended vacation in San Francisco, where I had seen a new theatre group called <a href="http://www.altmanphoto.com/cockettes.html" title="The Cockettes">The Cockettes</a> perform at the Palace Theatre in North Beach.<br />
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I had never seen anything like them before, and during <strong>Les Ghouls</strong>, their Halloween spectacular, I was so enthusiastic I impulsively jumped up onto the stage at the end of their show.
I wasn't the first person to be so spontaneous. In the late Sixties, audiences ran onto the stage nightly after gyrating in their seats during Hair.<br />
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The Cockettes were the original creators of Glam Rock. Performers like <a href="http://www.davidbowie.com/" title="David Bowie">David Bowie</a> were sartorially influenced by them.
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If I had started to write <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Frantic-ebook/dp/B00AJ9OZEE/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1355337692&sr=1-1" title="Frantic">Frantic</a> today, I very much doubt I would have remembered intimate details of those crazy days, but as I actually started writing my novel in the early Seventies, I managed to record fresh sartorial and visual details of that extraordinary period in history.<br />
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At the time, I was too young to be allowed into bars in San Francisco, and was too naïve to realise that the entire city was in the political grip of a gay lib sexual revolution, which would eventually lead to same sex marriages over three and a half decades later. Unthinkable then. <br />
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All I was concerned about at the time was the newness of those innovative times, and the visuals of how freaks of all three sexes looked, and the beautiful interiors of their communal squats. The hippies in the previous decade hadn’t seemed so extreme in comparison. <br />
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Vintage clothes are in Vogue now, but in the early Seventies, second hand clothes were the norm. All the kids put their individual looks together from charity shops, which helped make street fashion more daring and innovative than ever before. I didn’t have to invent what my characters wore in <strong>Frantic</strong>,
as I described their fabulous costumes from first hand observation, but fictionalised them.<br />
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For instance, Alice, the heroine in the book wore a 'pink basket cloche hat decorated with scarlet ostrich feather plumes, a Thirties pink satin sailor suit, spider web fishnet stockings, and a pair of skyscraper stilettos saturated with red rosettes.’
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As I started writing <strong>Frantic</strong> shortly after I returned to London, and because my San Francisco experience were still fresh in my mind, I was able to describe friends' apartments down to the last exact detail in the novel.<br />
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‘The bedroom was a mass of ostrich feathers, which hung down from the rhinestoned ceiling to diamonté covered rugs in whispering waves. All the walls were sequin thick, illuminated by psychedelic rays tinkling from flashing prisms. Glitter of a thousand hues washed over the entire apartment, sporadically lit by flickering Chinese umbrellas concealing pot-pourri light bulbs. Garish kimonos hung on every doorknob, and piles of fancy dress lay knee-deep on the floor.’ <br />
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In London clothes were equally as stylish as on the West Coast, and in <strong>Frantic</strong> Alice the heroine always looked realistic, that’s because I invariably dressed her in exaggerated versions of costumes I wore in real life:<br />
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‘What with her exotic cardigan, her Mr Buddha rayon black and silver flared skirt, silver jazz shoes and freaked out hair, plus her trademark thick smear of indelible scarlet lipstick, she looked a divine mess.’<br />
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I really did have an outfit like that, so in this instance all I did was create "Mr Buddha", the fictitious name of Tommy Robert's <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mr-Freedom-Tommy-Roberts-British/dp/0955201799" title="Mr Freedom">Mr Freedom</a> shop.
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But it wasn’t only the clothes which made the early Seventies unique. In the first part of <strong>Frantic</strong>, the music was still hardcore rock and roll, before the invention of glam rock, spearhedaded by bands like The New York Dolls, who incidentally were the forerunners of punk music.
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I had been to several rock concerts in San Francisco, and re-invented the musicians and the music in Frantic solely from my observation.<br />
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‘She'd never heard a singer make noises like him before: raspy, grating ear-splitting groans, similar to a stuck pig slicing on an old fashioned corrugated iron washing board. It was a refreshing departure from traditional acid rock improvisation, when infinite guitar solos were executed before vocals. Now the music and voice were One.’<br />
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Survivors from the Seventies say that Frantic seems wildly authentic, but that's because Observation, Adaptation and Fantasy were my main tools for writing my first novel. They do say that writers should write about what they know about and I am no exception.<br />
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It’s an ode to <a href="http://www.richardyoungonline.com/" s="" title="”Richard" young="">Richard Young’s</a> popularity as a global celebrity photographer that during a snow blizzard, glamorously dressed people flocked to his vintage <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXlW6S57P2w" title="champagne fuelled bash">champagne fuelled bash</a> at Banqueting Hall in Whitehall last night.<br />
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Richard and Susan Young with Stephen Webster<br />
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<strong>The Champagne Bureau UK</strong> and the <a href="http://www.richardyounggallery.co.uk/" title="Richard Young Gallery">Richard Young Gallery</a> (owned by Richard and his wife Susan) hosted ‘The First Ever' event with Le Prix Champagne de la Joie de Vivre UK, who awarded a prize to Richard in ‘celebration of his long-standing contribution to Joie De Vivre.’<br />
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It was certainly a joie de vivre bash, and even though most of the guests (including <strong>Geordie Greig</strong>, editor of the Mail on Sunday newspaper) confessed they hadn't fancied venturing out in the Siberian climate, they were all pleased they had made the effort.<br />
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I was 'thrilled' I had braved the elements as the first person I met was the party's host, the tall dark and handsome Champagne King <strong>Bruno Paillard</strong>, who advised me to clutch my champagne glass by its stem.<br />
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Hollywood casting director <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0956722/" title="Jeremy Zimmermann">Jeremy Zimmermann</a> definitely looked pleased as he was surrounded by a bevy of women, including perennial party girl Nancy Dell'Olio and actress <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0917347/" title="Perdita Weeks">Perdita Weeks</a>. (Perdita's mother Susan used to take her and her sister <strong>Honeysuckle Weeks</strong> to castings when they were young).<br />
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It was certainly worth going out for the limitless flow of champagne alone. It was also soothing to see Richard and Susan's daughter Hannah Young photographing the guests, leaving Richard to schmooze all night instead of snapping.<br />
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Richard told me his <strong>Celebrity Exposure</strong> documentary, directed by Don Letts (which I feature in) and made by <a href="http://www.brassnecktv.com/company.html" title="”Brassneck" tv="">Brassneck TV </a>, has not only been showing in HBO’s Latin America, but is also currently being viewed in Australia, and should soon be doing the rounds in North America.<br />
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Some of Richard's iconic photographs were mounted around the banqueting hall, limited editions of which can be bought in the <a href="http://www.richardyounggallery.co.uk/" title="Richard Young Gallery">Richard Young Gallery</a> in London.<br />
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One of Richard's nostalgic snaps showed Halston, Victor Hugo, <a href="http://www.officiallizaminnelli.com/" title="Liza Minelli">Liza Minelli</a>, Andy Warhol, Steve Rubell and <a href="http://www.biancajagger.org/" title="Bianca Jagger">Bianca Jagger</a> which brought back memories.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Frances Lynn with Richard Young </td></tr>
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When Richard and I worked together on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritz_Newspaper" title="Ritz Newspaper">Ritz Newspaper</a> in the late twentieth century, I interviewed Steve Rubell at the Savoy.<br />
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While I was interrogating Steve about <strong>Studio 54</strong>, Halston and Andy kept popping into the room. At one point, Victor Hugo (Halston's friend) came in nude except for the dollar bills which were glued to him. Those were the days when the publicists didn't control the media.<br />
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<br />Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-71301211200617602152012-11-18T09:34:00.002-08:002012-11-19T02:19:06.943-08:00DJ HOWARD SOUNDS OFF AT GROUCHO'S<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I have discovered some novel new music: a form of addictive 'Balearic dance', which covers the eclectic nature of the Dance Scene which erupted from Ibiza.
I can actually listen to it while I write, and do the ironing!<br />
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A sublime Disc Jockey called <a href="http://www.eclectikasessions.com/" title="DJ Howard">DJ Howard</a> (read about him on his <a href="http://www.eclectikasessions.com/#!biog" title="blog">blog</a>), whose Eclectika Sessions have been building a worldwide following with his monthly broadcasts on the US dance station <a href="http://www.friskyradio.com/" title="Frisky Radio">Frisky Radio</a>, is my new best friend.<br />
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(Listen and download his eclectika sessions sounds on this <a href="http://soundcloud.com/eclectika-sessions" title="iCloud">iCloud</a> link,
and download them onto your computer).<br />
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Fortunately for me and his besotted fans, Howard, who performs all over the globe will be appearing in the Upstairs Bar at London's <a href="http://www.thegrouchoclub.com/" title="Groucho Club"> Groucho Club</a> on <strong>Friday, November 30th from 9-3ish pm until 3'ish</strong>.<br />
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'I am a child of the Sixties raised on Zappa, Grateful Dead, Beatles etc but in the late 80's became entranced by the emerging dance music culture because I recognised the creation of new sounds in it. Subsequently the movement has mutated to form many different sub genres embracing everything from Latin, Jazz and minimal Techno. I try to reflect this diversity with Eclectika Sessions,' he said.<br />
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'I play lots of echoes from things gone by which serves as a doorway,' Howard informed me after I asked him to try and describe his eclectic sounds.<br />
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So how did I initially meet DJ Howard? I had a crisis with my ancient MacBook and heard on the Mac grapevine, Howard's alter-ego by the name of MAC MAN was a genius with anything to do with Macs.<br />
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In desperation, I contacted the MAC MAN at his <strong>h2@mac-man.info</strong>.e-mail address. <br />
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'I go to offices and homes. I have been doing this for ten years and have literally hundreds of satisfied and long standing clients round London. I am rarely defeated,' Howard said, while I sobbed hysterically.<br />
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He was right. Not only did he revive my old Mac in one session, he also alerted me to his refreshing, addictive sounds.<br />
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I predict I shall be dancing at his illustrious gig at <a href="http://www.thegrouchoclub.com/" title="Groucho Club"> Groucho Club</a> on <strong>Friday, November 30th.</strong> I can't wait!<br />
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<br />Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-45489014378153859642012-11-06T06:05:00.000-08:002012-11-10T07:26:05.697-08:00Blood Month<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If Patricia Highsmith, the psychological crime thriller writer was able to read the newly published crime novel <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/BLOOD-MONTH-NOTTING-MYSTERIES-ebook/dp/B00A1AIC6I/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1352112002&sr=1-3" month="month" title="”Blood">Blood Month</a> in the solitude of her grave, I am certain she would award <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Matthew-McAllister/e/B00A1YVMJS/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1" title="Matthew McAllister">Matthew McAllister</a>, the book's fictitious author a Medal. For the novel's central character 'DV' makes Highsmith’s psychotic creation 'Tom Ripley' pale in comparison.<br />
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"DV is one of the most terrifying young men since Tom Ripley," says Karen Duffy, Publicity Director of Atlantic Books – one of the many glowing quotes from the rave reviews on <strong>Blood Month's</strong> publishers' <a href="http://www.atriumeditions.co.uk/" title="Atrium Editions">Atrium Editions</a> umbrella website.<br />
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In fact, if Highsmith were able to award <strong>Blood Month’s</strong> author a medal, she would have to donate three medals.<br />
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This thrilling crime novel, which incidentally I was unable to put down after I started devouring it on my Kindle, was co-written by two authors: the playwright/novelist <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Encounters-Animals-Simon-Burt/dp/0936315237/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352228053&sr=1-1" title="Simon Burt">Simon Burt</a>, and the acclaimed writer, journalist and book critic: <a href="http://iainfinlayson.com/" title="Iain Finlayson">Iain Finlayson</a>.<br />
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For buffs: Iain, who scribes non-fiction book reviews for Saturday’s <a href="http://www.thetimes.co.uk/" title="The Times">The Times</a>, as well as being the book editor on <a href="http://www.saga.co.uk/" title="Saga">Saga</a> magazine, is also the author of numerous highbrow biographies including <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Browning-Iain-Finlayson/dp/0006547729/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352228799&sr=1-1" title="”Browning”">Browning</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Moth-Candle-Life-James-Boswell/dp/0094655405/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352228905&sr=1-1" title="Boswell">Boswell</a>, and other literary non-fiction titles, including the sublime <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tangier-City-Dream-Iain-Finlayson/dp/0002178575/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1352209009&sr=1-1" title="Tangier: City of the Dream">Tangier: City of the Dream</a>.<br />
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Finlayson and Burt are not only the co-creators of <strong>Blood Month</strong>, they have also penned two other titles in the Blood Month trilogy, details of which are on the Atrium Editions website: <strong>The Benevolence of the Butcher</strong>, to be published in 2013, and <strong>No Go</strong> to be published in 2014.<br />
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(<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Atrium will, over a period, publish Iain and Simon's back list, including some of Simon's unpublished stuff, plus some screenplays they've written together. And, </span> if other good writers want to come under the Atrium umbrella, they will be able to do so).<br />
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So why are the illustrious writers Iain Finlayson and Simon Burt bypassing Traditional Publishing for their crime novel trilogy and releasing their titles as e-books?<br />
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Firstly, Iain's top literary agent declined to read Iain’s first (co-written) fiction novel. I.e. <strong>Blood Month</strong>.
And secondly, Iain predicts digital publishing is 'the way to go'.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.atriumeditions.co.uk/" title="Atrium Editions publishing site">Atrium Editions Publishing site</a> boasts glowing reviews from a conglomerate of major publishers who have already read <strong>Blood Month. </strong> Could this indicate a future traditional publishing book deal for Blood Month and its sequels?<br />
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All I can say is <strong>Blood Month</strong> is the most compelling crime novel I have read in as long as I can remember, and I drool to read the rest of the trilogy. Patricia Highsmith, eat your heart out!
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(Read this fascinating interview about Iain Finlayson on <a href="http://madamearcati.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/iain-finlayson-interview-blood-month.html" title="Madame Arcati">Madame Arcati</a>).<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/BLOOD-MONTH-NOTTING-MYSTERIES-ebook/dp/B00A1AIC6I/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1352112002&sr=1-3" month="month" title="”Blood">Blood Month</a>: a new Kindle release (currently priced at £1.92), is also on the Kindle app for iPad.Frances Lynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10275056224826137022noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30612936.post-17117386144029029832012-11-05T11:41:00.003-08:002013-07-12T00:49:53.658-07:00The Universe's most sizzling Astrological Website <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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WOW! <a href="http://www.lady.co.uk/" title="Victor Olliver">Victor Olliver</a>, my international Fave Rave Astrologist, whose e-book <a 2014="" forecast="" guide="" horoscope="" href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lifesurfing-Horoscope-Forecast-Guide-ebook/dp/B00DTZ57VU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1373350178&sr=8-2&keywords=Lifesurfing" ifesurfing:="" title="" your="">Lifesurfing: Your Horoscope Forecast Guide 2014</a>) will be released (in <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Lifesurfing-Your-Horoscope-Forecast-Guide/dp/1490951849/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1373560827&sr=8-1&keywords=lifesurfing" title"paperback">paperback</a> too) by Equinox Books on <strong>July 13 2013</strong> has got a spectacular new Astrology Website: Click Here to ogle: <a href="http://victorolliver.com/" title="http://victorolliver.com/">Victor Olliver's Astrology Site</a>.<br />
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Incidentally, <strong>Lifesurfing:Your Horoscope Forecast Guide 2014 </strong>sounds fascinating, as Victor's book includes astro-profiles of Twitter newbie <a href="http://www.hillaryclinton.com/" title="Hilary Clinton">Hilary Clinton</a> (will she be the next USA President of the USA?), ‘How evil is’ <strong>Google Inc</strong>, the ‘legendary’ <strong>Molly Parkin</strong> and Korea's leader <strong>Kim Jong-un</strong>, who according to Olliver has got a ‘spectacular new Astrology Website.’ This is one book I shall be pre-ordering on Kindle.<br />
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When you explore Victor Olliver's site, you will see Victor, who is a member of the <a href="http://www.professionalastrologers.co.uk/" title="Professional Astrologers International">Professional Astrologers International</a> has even left you his personal audio messages, which humanises and makes his site appear three dimensional.<br />
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It was this time last year I blogged about Victor.* He had just done my Solar Returns/my astrological forecast for my year ahead. I.e. 2012.<br />
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Now, a year later, I'm amazed how accurate he has been (he even correctly predicted President Obama would win the USA 2012 election on his <a href="http://madamearcati.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/us-election-astrology-special-obama.html" title="Madame Arcati">Madame Arcati</a> site). In fact, I'm so impressed I have just ordered myself a forecast for 2013 from his <a href="http://victorolliver.com/#/shop/4570455895" title="OnLine shop">OnLine Shop</a>, which has a wide spectrum of astrological goodies to purchase for Christmas presents.<br />
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* Incase you missed my blog entry about Victor in 2011, here it is in its entirety:<br />
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I was on the verge of treating myself to some bespoke perfume for Christmas, but decided to get my astrological chart done instead after reading <strong>Victor Olliver's</strong> astrology column in <a href="http://www.lady.co.uk/" title="The Lady">The Lady</a> magazine.
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When I listened to my personal audio message on his (new) <a href="http://victorolliver.com/" title="Astrology">Astrology</a> site, I was sold. <br />
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Both my horoscopes were so uncanny, I thought Victor Olliver, who is also the resident astrologist on the global <strong>Peter Ross</strong> Show on <a href="http://www.apple-fm.net/#/home" title="Apple-fm.net">Apple FM</a>, and <a href="http://theastrologyshow.net/" title="The Astrology Show">The Astrology Show</a> could well be a rival to the late <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/10/us/patric-walker-64-astrologer-with-an-international-following.html" title="Patric Walker">Patric Walker</a>, who once wrote the compelling <strong>Celeste</strong> column in Harpers & Queen.<br />
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In fact, I was so impressed with Victor's forecast of my horoscope that I decided to consult the ex-showbiz journalist.
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I cautiously decided to first ask Victor do my Birth chart and solar returns. If I thought he was accurate, I would then hire him to do my birth chart (normally about 5-6000 words) followed by a solar return chart which 'identifies major themes ahead'.<br />
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The first thing Victor Olliver asked me was the location and date of my birth.
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'Please note a horoscope is based entirely on time and location of birth. If the birth clock time is not accurate then the chart won't be accurate,' he warned me.
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Luckily I knew which time of day I was born, and after he assured me my personal information - i.e. my birth date would be strictly confidential I gave him my personal details.<br />
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Literally a day later, I received my Birth chart and solar returns analyses complete with my own astrological chart.
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Fortunately, <a href="http://victorolliver.com/" title="Victor">Victor</a> used to be a prolific showbusiness journalist, renowned for his identifiable well-written prose. So my 'basic introduction to my birth chart' was beautifully written in comprehensive Astrology Speak.
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I was so impressed by the accuracy of <strong>Victor Olliver's</strong> Birth Chart and solar returns analyses, I immediately hired him to do my in-depth chart and be my own personal astrologer.
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I thought I would get my request in quickly, now that Victor Olliver is already regarded as an accurate and fashionable astrologer.<br />
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Victor also moonlight/writes the 'controversial'<a href="http://madamearcati.blogspot.com/" title="Madame Arcati">Madame Arcati</a> blog, which in the past has had so many louche scoops about his victims: disgruntled hacks, shamed politicians, convicted showbiz pedophiles (<a href="http://www.kingofhits.com/" title="Jonathon King">Jonathon King</a>) that the National Press, all of whom openly subscribe to Madame Arcati printed the stories immediately afterwards.<br />
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One of Madame Arcati's pet subjects was actor/Old Victor Artistic Director <a href="http://kevinspaceyfoundation.com/" title="Kevin Spacey">Kevin Spacey</a>, who was so provoked, he eventually banned Victor from his Twitter page.<br />
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It was thanks to Victor Olliver's legendary Madame Arcati blog, that <a href="http://www.racheljohnson.co.uk/" title="Rachel Johnson">Rachel Johnson</a>, hired him to write The Lady's astrology column.<br />
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'It happened by accident. Rachel read Madame Arcati and loved my review of her Channel 4 documentary <strong>The Lady & The Revamp</strong>. She wrote me a lovely fan letter wishing that the likes of me endured forever.
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'Then, she wrote another letter pointing out that Madame Arcati was mentioned in her book, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Diary-Lady-First-Year-Editor/dp/071819232X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323879744&sr=1-1" title="A Diary Of The Lady">A Diary Of The Lady</a>. A number of tweets later she asked me what I would like to write for The Lady and I replied that what the mag needed was a horoscope. She instantly asked for a sample, loved it and hired me – through Twitter.
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'When we talked later on the phone, before I started the column, she plainly did not realize I was an actual astrologer.<br />
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She said, ‘You’re not really an astrologer, are you? But all astrology is rubbish, isn’t it?’<br />
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She thought that as Madame Arcati, I was posing as a stargazer for satirical purposes. I firmly believe to this day that my hiring was a lovely misadventure on her part. She always calls the horoscopes the ‘horrors’.'<br />
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I remember the jealousy surrounding <a href="http://victorolliver.com/" title="Victor Olliver">Victor Olliver</a> when he was anointed as the features editor of the defunct <strong>Woman's Journal</strong> at the age of 'twelve' in the Eighties. <br />
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'It was a dissolute place. My favourite person was the Martini-sipping deputy editor Betty Reyburn who sadly became incontinent before her enforced retirement. One always knew where to find Betty – follow the trail!" Victor fondly reminisces.
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Victor was originally trained to be a lawyer and was even called to the Bar.
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'The law didn’t interest me. I much preferred reviewing magazines every week on Lorraine Kelly’s old LBC radio show.'<br />
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Besides working for IPC, the Mirror Group and the Daily Mail and General Trust in various editorial roles, Victor was also once editor of <strong>The People's</strong> magazine supplement.
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'Robert Maxwell would fly in on his helicopter and drown out phone conversations as he hovered aloft.'
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Victor, who also pursued a freelance writing career and won two <a href="http://www.ppa.co.uk/" title="PPA">PPA</a> awards in the 90s even worked for Teletext for a while.
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'I swanned off to Cannes every May for seven years on ludicrously high expenses. No wonder the company died (almost).'
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Becoming an astrologer is a complete juxtaposition from Victor's showbusiness hack days culminating in his infamous Madame Arcati blog, which Olliver describes as, 'a potty-mouthed media warrior who took on all comers and engaged in psychic warfare with swine, bullies and useless c.....k c......ters. I am now above all that sort of thing.'
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I couldn't resist asking Victor why he decided to become an astrologer.<br />
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'In my teens I was fascinated by astrology and read books but was put off by all the calculations – this was pre-personal computer wizardry. In any case, how could planets influence life? I thought it was rubbish.
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'I just couldn’t see how celestial bodies could influence Earth life. A modern view of astrology doesn’t speak of influences any more, but of ‘correlations’. In a sense, the skies and life have come to reflect each other through long evolutionary development. I firmly believe that one day physicists will be able to explain these correlations in scientific terms. I can’t believe astrologers, who are usually highly educated, intelligent people, are all deluded.<br />
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'Then in my 40s I took a course at the respected <a href="http://www.mayoastrology.com/" title="Mayo School of Astrology">Mayor School of Astrology</a> in London, and was instantly intrigued at how accurate astrology could be, provided you have the correct time of birth. I passed the Mayo’s advanced certificate course, and am now in the final stages of the diploma.<br />
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'My family is steeped in Spiritualism. My brother reads Tarot cards. My mother is clairvoyante and has uncanny predictive powers. But astrology is a practical divinatory tool and may have nothing to do with mysticism. I once had my chart done in Sri Lanka on a travel trip and the astrologer said I’d end up being a guru – whatever that means. At the time I thought he was rubbish but perhaps he foresaw my astrology career.'<br />
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'Media astrology is very different from casting birth charts, much simpler as a methodology, but tricky to interpret. It’s been a huge learning curve and I am delighted to be The Lady’s debutant astrologer – the first in its 126 year history.<br />
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'The Lady is my first media gig as astrologer and naturally I intend to break into other markets and media. I have had private clients via The Lady but I can’t mention names.
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'I am however allowed to mention the American author <a href="http://lauravanwormer.com/" title="Laura van Wormer">Laura van Wormer</a>, who wrote the Dallas novels and co-wrote a history novel with the Duchess of York.
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'Laura van Wormer found my astrological birth analysis and forecasts to be spot on and it’s generous of her to offer me a public testimonial.'<br />
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Currently, Most of Victor Olliver's private clients are based in New York but as I have now alerted all of my London friends about his clairvoyant astrological reading, I predict he will be shortly doing charts for people on both sides of the pond.
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