On Saturday, May 13th, a landmark event in the world of Pink Floyd takes place. At London’s historic Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A), The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains opens to the public, bringing the world of the band to fan and casual observer alike. As with any such exhibition, the creators have to ensure they are not just preaching to the converted, but providing an absorbing, illuminating and compelling experience to all audiences. Covering 50 years or so of a band with the richness of Pink Floyd’s music, staging and design was never going to be easy, so the opening of TMR, finally, has come at the end of what seems quite a development process. A few hiccups along the way (not least, the aborted opening of the exhibition in Milan, three years ago) but thanks to much persistence and effort, it is now here. Brain Damage was very fortunate to attend on Tuesday this week for a preview of the exhibition, and our initial report follows below.
Stepping through the doors into Their Mortal Remains provided a real feeling of wonder and intrigue, and we know many of you will be travelling (some from far flung corners of the planet) to attend the exhibition. At this stage, we really don’t want to spoil the experience you should be able to have, walking around and exploring. The mainstream media have covered some aspects of the exhibition quite well, and some of it has been shown off on TV, on websites, and in newspapers. For now, though, we will hold back our extensive photo selection of the exhibition so that visitors to this site at least go in pretty fresh to the exhibition. It is a balance though, as we know some of you won’t be able to attend (at least the London staging; the V&A are saying in interviews they hope to tour it), or want to know more about it before committing to tickets, travel arrangements, and suchlike.
So, without giving too much away, what should you expect from the exhibition? First off, the official catalogue of The Pink Floyd Exhibition: Their Mortal Remains has been available to order for a while now; for those wishing to get this, we would urge you to consider ordering online, as the paperback (only available from the V&A online and on site) and the hardback (available from all Amazon stores, and featuring a rather wonderful lenticular 3D cover) are heavy items, and you won’t necessarily want to carry them around, and also risk getting them damaged on the way home. We will cover the book in more detail shortly on this site, but briefly, it includes pictures of a fair amount of the exhibits, but many items on display AREN’T in the book. There are also a number of pictures in the book that aren’t on display. It also features extensive text, essays about the Floyd, and more. It’s a fascinating look at the band in a much wider sense than a dry catalogue ever would be, and a definite recommended purchase. You can find more details through this link.
OK, let’s now give you a rough guide to the exhibition, again without hopefully giving too much away, or spoiling surprises…
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Just published is the latest issue (number 29 - cover date April 2017) of the Pink Floyd fanzine "Heyou" run by our friends over at the Italian website of the same name.
The 52-page dual language magazine (in Italian and English), which is published every six months or so, catches up with things in the Floyd world this year. The major focus for this issue is the 40th anniversary of Animals.
The magazine starts with the final part (looking at Animals) of the Capital Radio interview with the band from 1976/77 which they have used my transcription of - all six parts of this fascinating interview can be seen in full here on BD. There's plenty of coverage of the Animals tour, and press coverage, too.
As with most issues of Heyou, there's a chronological look at things that have happened in the last few months in the news pages, ranging from various magazines published with Floyd content, to exhibitions and more. Finally, there's a tribute to the late Gianluigi Soldi, an Italian fan familiar to at least some of you, and a key member of the Floydseum group of enthusiasts.
More details of the Heyou fanzine can be found at www.heyou.it/fsubscrbd.html, where you can get individual copies, and subscription enquiries (four issues costing 30 euros within Europe, and 40 euros outside Europe) should go to
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A quick bit of advance notice for our friends in the USA - this coming Monday evening's Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which airs on CBS, includes actor Rami Malek, educator and mechanical engineer Bill Nye, and most interestingly, a musical performance by Roger Waters.
The show airs at 11:35pm/10:35pm central, and you'll find more details in your local listings. For those outside the US, segments from the show are made available online at CBS.com, so let's hope Roger's performance is included. As yet, no details obviously as to what he is going to play; one could guess at the recently released Smell The Roses, but equally could be something else from his forthcoming album, Is This The Life We Really Want?, or from his extensive back catalogue...
Our friend José Abellán who runs the Spanish Animals Pink Floyd Magazine has been in touch with the latest issue, number 19.
With a typically well designed, eye-catching cover, it has been a little while since the last issue, and this is acknowledged in the editorial. Rather than try and cover everything in detail that has occurred over the three years since they last published, there is a degree of condensing the information to present alongside the normal, more in-depth features.
With the text all in Spanish, that limits the reach of the magazine, although there are a decent selection of black and white pictures throughout. The fanzine includes news and information on all sorts of Floyd related topics, including Roger Waters The Wall Live, a look at the 20th anniversary of The Division Bell, there's coverage of The Endless River, Amused To Death, Rattle That Lock, a brief look at The Early Years box set, and more. For more details and to place your order for this, visit their website.
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A quick bit of advance notice for our friends in the USA - this coming Monday evening's Late Show with Stephen Colbert, which airs on CBS, includes actor Rami Malek, educator and mechanical engineer Bill Nye, and most interestingly, a musical performance by Roger Waters.
