New in the visual arts: on the shelf and online
New books, Painting, Photography, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
The visual arts come in all shapes and sizes
Rare Books & Arts
Bring the sound of the world into your home
With the global sounds of WOMADelaide still vibrating in the air, it seems like a good time to draw your attention to one of our most fascinating eresources, the Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries database from Alexander Street Press; full of beautiful and unexpected pleasures and treasures from around the world.
The Final Frontier: putting the fiction into science
Film, Rare Books & Arts, Television:
The sad news this week of the death of American actor Leonard Nimoy (aka Star Trek’s Mr Spock) transported me back to my days of rubber Vulcan ears and plastic phaser guns…..
Bohemian Melbourne melody lingers on in Arts
Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
Even though the exhibition has finished, the melody lingers on in Arts. Currently featured on the Listening Posts are releases in popular and rock music from performers and bands associated with Bohemian Melbourne.… Read More ›
Poets at war: ‘What passing bells for these who die as cattle?’
Exhibitions, Rare Books & Arts, Visual arts:
Anna Welch introduces us to some of the great poets of the First World War, currently highlighted in The Mirror of the World exhibition
New books: some well known faces amongst them
It’s always good to meet old friends on the new books shelf, and make a few new friends as well.
If it’s not vinyl, it’s not a record…..
Film, Music, Rare Books & Arts:
A few years back we were extremely fortunate to be on the receiving end of a marvellous collection of vinyl record albums from the estate of Kevin James, a passionate collector.
Summer sound tracks & jukebox bop
Film, Music, Popular music, Rare Books & Arts:
Summer holiday sounds with a 60s flavour currently feature on Listening Posts in Arts. They include new releases and old favourites in film sound tracks and popular music. The online catalogue indicates which Listening Post the CD is available… Read More ›
William Burroughs: Beat Icon
This year, Mirror of the World features a selection of works by William Burroughs (1914–1997), who, in the centenary year of his birth, still casts a long shadow on literary and cultural landscapes.
New things for the New Year
Film, Music, New books, Rare Books & Arts:
A mixed bag of New Year goodies, a bit like those Xmas raffles which I never seem to win………
