From 1970 to 1973 Underground Press rock critic Rick McGrath interviewed, reviewed and photographed many of the musicians who visited or lived in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the alternate newspapers The Georgia Straight, The Grape and The Terminal City Express. In Straight Man Rick revisits those days of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll with interviews with the likes of Led Zeppelin (1971) Van Morrison (1971) Elton John (1971) Fleetwood Mac (1971) Jeremy Spencer's last interview Captain Beefheart (1971, 1973) Chicago (1970) Pentangle (1970) Mitch Ryder (1970) Kim Simmonds (1970) Gordon Lightfoot (1970) Luke Gibson (1972), Crowbar (1971 2X), Al Neil (1972) and Hall of Fame DJ Red Robinson (1972). Straight Man also includes articles of the Rolling Stones' movies Gimme Shelter and C**ksucker Blues, the complete Prisoner TV series and Sam Fuller's Shock Corridor... Plus unpublished photographs of Bob Dylan and The Band, Van Morrison, Larry Coryell, Tim Buckley and The Tubes. Straight Man is a revealing, informative and fun trip back to the early formative years of many of today's Rock superstars.

Straight Man: Interviews, Reviews, Photos from Vancouver's Underground Press 1970-1973

Arts & Photography

McGrath, Rick

Music

Terminal Press

Straight Man: Interviews & Photos from Vancouver's Underground Press 1970-1973

Reports from the Deep End: Stories inspired by J. G. Ballard

A fascinating and unsettling anthology of 32 science fiction short stories in tribute to the prophetic dystopias of New Wave sci-fi pioneer, and literary titan of the twentieth century, J. G. Ballard—featuring Will Self, Iain Sinclair, Christopher Fowler, Chris Beckett, and a new Jerry Cornelius story from Michael Moorcock.\nFew authors are so iconic that their name is an adjective – Ballard is one of them.\nMaster of both literary and science fiction, his novels such as Empire of the Sun, Crash and Cocaine Nights show a world out of joint – a bewildering, alienating and yet enthralling place. From his rapturously weird takes on contemporary reality to his classic dystopias like The Drowned World and High Rise, Ballard’s legacy shaped the future of literature.\nThis first-of-its-kind anthology, featuring our greatest literary and science fiction authors, pays tribute to the unique visions of humanity’s uncanny and uneasy clash with the future – our empires of concrete – seen through the warped lens of J. G. Ballard.

Literature & Fiction

Lovegrove, James

FOWLER, CHRISTOPHER

SELF, Will

MALZBERG, BARRY

Beckett, Chris

Tidhar, Lavie

SINCLAIR, IAIN

Cole, Adrian

LITT, Toby

NOON, Jeff

Campbell, Ramsey

Moorcock,Michael

Hughes, Rhys.

Genre Fiction

Titan Books

A fascinating and unsettling anthology of 32 science fiction short stories in tribute to the prophetic dystopias of New Wave sci-fi pioneer, and literary titan of the twentieth century, J. G. Ballard--featuring Will Self, Iain Sinclair, Christopher Fowler, Chris Beckett, and a new Jerry Cornelius story from Michael Moorcock. Few authors are so iconic that their name is an adjective - Ballard is one of them. Master of both literary and science fiction, his novels such as Empire of the Sun, Crash and Cocaine Nights show a world out of joint - a bewildering, alienating and yet enthralling place. From his rapturously weird takes on contemporary reality to his classic dystopias like The Drowned World and High Rise, Ballard's legacy shaped the future of literature. This first-of-its-kind anthology, featuring our greatest literary and science fiction authors, pays tribute to the unique visions of humanity's uncanny and uneasy clash with the future - our empires of concrete - seen through the warped lens of J. G. Ballard. Edited by renowned editors Maxim Jakubowski and Rick McGrath, this collection includes stories by: <ul> <li>Will Self</li> <li>Iain Sinclair</li> <li>Christopher Fowler</li> <li>Chris Beckett</li> <li>Michael Moorcock</li> <li>Jeff Noon</li> <li>Preston Grassmann</li> <li>Toby Litt</li> <li>Christine Poulson</li> <li>David Gordon</li> <li>Hanna Jameson</li> <li>James Lovegrove</li> <li>Ramsey Campbell</li> <li>Barry N. Malzberg</li> <li>Paul Di Filippo</li> <li>Samathan Lee Howe</li> <li>Nick Mamatas</li> <li>Adrian McKinty</li> <li>Rhys Hughes</li> <li>Adrian Cole</li> <li>Pat Cadigan</li> <li>Adam Roberts</li> <li>George Sandison</li> <li>Geoff Nicholson</li> <li>A.K. Benedict</li> <li>Andrew Hook</li> <li>David Quantick</li> <li>Lavie Tidhar</li> <li>James Grady</li> </ul>

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