Back at the start of the year, we brought you the news that Analogue Productions, who were responsible for the superb SACD of Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here, will be issuing a double LP and SACD of Roger Waters' 1992 epic Amused to Death, first released on vinyl in 1992 in a very limited double LP edition.

In January, Analogue Productions sent out a mailer about it, and were also in touch with us. They told us that "it will be done in the highest quality possible with a team of Doug Sax and James Guthrie and using the original analog master tapes with vinyl pressed at Quality Record Pressings". One of the things uppermost in most minds is when we might see the releases. "We do not have an exact release date. At this point, six to 12 months from now is a good guess, though we're hoping it will be closer to six months". They have now fixed a new (potentially still provisional) release date of April 22nd, 2014, presumably to give sufficient time for the highest quality to be obtained for this release.

The double LP will be on 200-gram vinyl, and the SACD will be a stereo hybrid (so, will play on non-SACD capable standard CD players). The Q Sound virtual surround sound will be preserved in its 3D glory for these new editions of what we consider one of Roger's best works. As soon as we have any further information on this eagerly anticipated release we will let you know.

Regulars to Brain Damage over the years will know that our friend Joe Ringus is a hugely talented pumpkin artist, and each year crafts a Pink Floyd themed pumpkin for Hallowe'en (which is celebrated by many, principally this evening, but in a number of places it covers a number of days).

Joe has been hard at work yet again, and has done a phenomenal job once again! As before, we're delighted to share his incredible carving with you. Joe said: "This year's installment takes me to a fabulous album that I never thought I'd carve. I start to wonder each year if this will be the year when I run into a wall (no pun intended) and can't think of something to carve. But I think I've got a few years to go…!"

We certainly hope so - we think that Joe's done another excellent job, we love receiving them, and we're delighted to bring you his very latest design. Click the thumbnails to the left to see Joe's hard, and careful, work in more detail.

Apple's App Store is the place to head for all of you with iThings. After a bit of a delay, the 'David Gilmour In Concert' app has now been approved by Apple. It follows its release for Android devices, and is now available for iPhone, iPod and iPad in the App Store, which operates in 155 countries.

Directed by David Mallet, the original programme's features have been retained in full. The concert songs are: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-5); Terrapin; Fat Old Sun; Coming Back To Life; High Hopes; Je Crois Entendre Encore; Smile; Wish You Were Here; Comfortably Numb (featuring Robert Wyatt); Dimming Of The Day; Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 6-8); A Great Day For Freedom; Hushabye Mountain; Breakthrough (featuring Richard Wright); and Comfortably Numb (featuring Bob Geldof). Extras include: Spare Digits (closeups of David's guitar parts); Home Movie (shot at rehearsals); High Hopes Choral; I Put A Spell On You (with Jools Holland and Mica Paris); Don't; and Sonnet 18.

The first 13 songs (Shine On You Crazy Diamond [Parts 1-5] through to Hushabye Mountain) were shot in HD, with the remainder of the concert footage and the extras shot in standard definition. The App is full of video and audio material with interactive motion, menu navigation options and bonus extras.

Click here to visit Apple's App Store and find out more about David Gilmour In Concert.

In an article in the UK's Classic Rock magazine - as a website exclusive - author Mark Blake (who wrote the great study of Pink Floyd, Pigs Might Fly) takes a good look at the Floyd's great "lost" project - Household Objects.

For those unfamiliar with the project, it was an attempt to record an album using no instruments at all. Instead, as the title implied, implements found around the home were pressed into service to see what sort of sounds they could make, with the idea of using them to create a complete suite of songs.

This turned out to be hugely laborious, and little got completed. These days, the task would be simple with samplers and synthesisers making quick work of the exercise. For the Floyd though, they were stuck with having to do things like stretch elastic bands over cardboard boxes, changing the tensions to get different notes.

As Mark points out in the article, "You can understand the band’s reluctance to attach much importance to Household Objects now. After all, The Dark Side Of The Moon turned 20-something ennui and navel-gazing into big business, and Pink Floyd rightly never looked back again. But the sounds of these plucked elastic bands and scraping broomsticks are the last hurrah for the old Pink Floyd; the one that was young, silly and experimental. “It seemed like a good idea at the time,” said Roger Waters. It was, and it still is."

It's a fascinating article, and you can read it in full through this link where you'll find various pictures - including the fun, imaginary cover to the left, created by a fan, and a video clip.