Musik & Konst

"Blod och eld" är en bit svensk musikhistoria. Ett fönster mot några få år på 80-talet och några unga människor som inte kunde stå still. Världen var vidöppen och Imperiet - landets största rockband där och då - var alltid på väg framåt. Fotografen Lars Torndahl var knuten till rocktidningen Schlager under denna tid. Under tre år följde han Imperiet på turnéer i Sverige, USA och Latinamerika. Han utvecklade och fördjupade bilden av musiker till något mer personligt. Ofta berättade bilderna något annat än bara vem som avbildades. Tiden döljer alla minnen, utom de som fångats av en kamera, skriver Per Wirtén i förordet. I "Blod och Eld" finns nu drygt hundra av fotografens bilder på Imperiet samlade, varav de flesta har aldrig visats tidigare.

Boken RÅPUNK - The Birth of Swedish Hardcore dokumenterar den svenska råpunkscenen mellan åren 1981 - 1989.Den andra svenska punkvågen inspirerades av band som DISCHARGE, CRASS och DEAD KENNEDYS och utlöste en ursinnig, unik musikalisk och visuell attack som fortfarande påverkar och influerar punk-fans världen över.<br/>Råpunk fångar scenens anda och energi genom att publicera unika foton på band som ANTICIMEX, ASOCIAL, AVSKUM, DISARM, HUVUDTVÄTT/HEADCLEANERS, MISSBRUKARNA, MOB 47, MODERAT LIKVIDATION, RAPED TEENAGERS, RÖVSVETT, SKITSLICKERS, SVART PARAD, SVART SNÖ, SWANKERS PMS, TOTALITÄR och många, många fler. Boken dokumenterar också de som gick på spelningar, organiserade demonstrationer och husockupationer, gav ut fanzines, skivor och kassetter - alla vilka representerade minst lika viktiga kreativa och ideologiska delar av scenen. Råpunk innehåller också ett stort antal fanzines, posters, skiv- och kassettomslag vilka fångar råpunkscenens råa, expressiva och viktiga Do It Yourself-design och filosofi.<br/>Boken är skriven av DAVID ANDERSSON, en medlem av scenen i egenskap av redaktör av fanzinet BUBBEL-BAD och sångare i IDENTITY. Förordet är skrivet av legendariske NAPALM DEATHsångaren LEE DORRIAN som turnerade i Sverige under aktuell tid och också var en av de få som bokade svenska råpunkband i Storbritannien.<br/>Råpunk - The Birth of Swedish Hardcore fyller en viktig lucka då detta är första gången densvenska råpunkscenen under 1980-talet dokumenteras visuellt i bokform.

<b>Photographs and Reflections by Paul McCartney</b><br/><br/><b><i>'Millions of eyes were suddenly upon us, creating a picture I will never forget for the rest of my life.'</i></b><br/><br/>In 2020, an extraordinary trove of nearly a thousand photographs taken by Paul McCartney on a 35mm camera was re-discovered in his archive. They intimately record the months towards the end of 1963 and beginning of 1964 when Beatlemania erupted in the UK and, after the band's first visit to the USA, they became the most famous people on the planet. The photographs are McCartney's personal record of this explosive time, when he was, as he puts it, in the 'Eyes of the Storm'.<br/><br/><i>1964: Eyes of the Storm</i> presents 275 of McCartney's photographs from the six cities of these intense, legendary months - Liverpool, London, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C. and Miami - and many never-before-seen portraits of John, George and Ringo. In his Foreword and Introductions to these city portfolios, McCartney remembers 'what else can you call it - <i>pandemonium</i>' and conveys his impressions of Britain and America in 1964 - the moment when the culture changed and the Sixties really began.<br/><br/><i>1964: Eyes of the Storm </i>includes:<br/>- Six city portfolios - Liverpool, London, Paris, New York, Washington, D.C. and Miami - and a Coda on the later months of 1964 - featuring 275 of Paul McCartney's photographs and his candid reflections on them<br/>- A Foreword by Paul McCartney<br/>- <i>Beatleland</i>, an Introduction by Harvard historian and <i>New Yorker</i> essayist Jill Lepore<br/>- A Preface by Nicholas Cullinan, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, and <i>Another Lens</i>, an essay by Senior Curator Rosie Broadley

The official guide to the complete costumes of HBO's landmark television series Game of Thrones. Discover how BAFTA and Emmy Award-winning costume designer Michele Clapton dressed the heroes and villains of Westeros and beyond, including Daenerys Targaryen, Cersei Lannister, Jon Snow, and Arya Stark.<br/><br/>One of 4 comprehensive and officially licensed Game of Thrones retrospective books from HarperVoyager.<br/><br/> 

<div>In 1965, photographer Jerry Schatzberg, already well-established in the field due to his fashion and portrait photography for various publications, such as <i>Vogue, Esquire</i> and <i>Life</i>, listened to Bob Dylan for the first time. He had been hearing about the singer for close to three years; two friends were especially dogged and would ask him every time they spoke if he had heard the music yet. Finally, feeling obligated to them for their persistency, he listened and understood immediately why Dylan was inspiring such passionate excitement. Shortly thereafter, Schatzberg was photographing a job in his studio and had some fortuitous company. Famed music journalist Al Aronowitz and disc jockey Scott Ross were discussing Dylan and a recent performance they had seen of his. Half listening to their conversation, he volunteered that he'd like to photograph the singer if given the chance. Dylan's new wife (one of the friends mentioned above) called the following day and gave him an open invitation to the studio where he was currently recording 'Highway 61 Revisited'. Excited and curious, Schatzberg set off the very next day for the studio, exactly six days after the seminal Newport Folk Festival set where Dylan went electric and was collectively booed. Schatzberg received a warm welcome from the singer, who immediately sat him down to listen to what he had been recording that day. Dylan gave him free rein of the studio once he started shooting and the images that emerged from that day make obvious the comfortable and relaxed atmosphere that was already brewing between photographer and subject. Considering Dylan's almost-universal dislike of journalists (and by extension photographers), this was a completely unprecedented situation, one that Schatzberg took seriously. That almost-instant trust and rapport quickly grew into a friendship and they are part of the reason Schatzberg's sittings with Dylan work so successfully and are so important. Dylan is relaxed, he's funny, he takes the props that the photographer gives him and has fun with them - he's obviously not taking himself too seriously.</div> <div><br/> </div> <div> Working and socialising together, Schatzberg would eventually do nine more photo shoots with Dylan from 1965-6, arguably the singer's most creative period, and capture the (now) Nobel laureate during one of the most pivotal moments in music history. Part of their uniqueness is their basic broad range of intimate and public locations: music and photography studios, live performances and street portraits. But more than that, each session (including the one for possibly his greatest album, 'Blonde on Blonde') says something different about Dylan, the man and the musician, and manages to perfectly capture the many facets of one of the most unique, complex and mysterious individuals of all time.</div>

<b>A loving ode to films with post-apocalyptic themes, this updated edition now features more than 1,200 movie reviews, plus more than 600 images and dozens of interviews with filmmakers and actors. </b><br/> <br/> From asteroids to zombies, the film and television industry has dreamed up seemingly infinite ways to end the world. Fortunately, in this definitive guide to all things apocalypse (on film), entertainment journalist david j. moore helps you navigate the abundance of post-apocalyptic films to separate the brilliant from the toxic. <br/> <br/> Special features include<br/> - coverage of the iconic films that launched the genre (the likes of <i>The Road Warrior</i>, <i>Escape from New York</i>, and <i>The Terminator</i>) as well as newer smash hits (including <i>The Hunger Games</i>, <i>Mad Max: Fury Road</i>, and <i>The Walking Dead</i>), while devoting equal time and attention to the genre's smallest, most-obscure films;<br/> - exclusive interviews with filmmakers and actors;<br/> - a five-level rating system and a vast subgenre index to guide your post-apocalyptic binge watching; and<br/> - loads of additional content for the Restocked and Reloaded 2nd Edition, including more than 500 new reviews, more than 200 additional images, and two dozen additional interviews.<br/> <br/> Whether you're new to the genre or a battle-hardened wasteland warrior, this gargantuan compendium will ensure that you're ready to survive the apocalypse-or at least your next movie night.

In the world where brands take from the culture, through its four-decade existence Stone Island has been contributing to it. The long roster of its celebrity fans includes Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher, rappers Drake and Travis Scott, and football guru Pep Guardiola. But it s not the celebrity nod that has made Stone Island a cultural cornerstone; it was the brand s ardent everyday fans who have always appreciated its mix of performance and toughness. At the center of Stone Island s success lies its relentless pursuit of excellence in design, and uncompromising spirit of experimentation with fabric treatment and dyeing techniques. This product-oriented stance has secured the brand s unique place outside of fashion s hierarchy. This definitive monograph captures the story of Stone Island, combining its history and ethos into one definitive source. With never-before-seen images and three major texts capturing the brand s story, it will surely delight the brand s diehard fans as well as those who are new to the world of Stone Island.