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Category Archives: ephemera

Inherent Vice… the trailer???

YouTube – Inherent Vice, Thomas Pynchon – 9781594202247 Holy Mother of Jeebus, somebody’s gone and made a trailer for the new Pynchon. So, are They finally going to do a Cormac McCarthy on TRP? I can’t see it working, myself, … more…

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links for 2007-12-08: Strummer’s memorabilia

Clash man’s widow plans book | UK | Reuters Joe Strummer’s personal memorabilia stash unearthed, now to be turned into a book in collaboration with… Damien Hirst. Yeah, that’s what I thought. (tags: Joe-Strummer, Lucinda-Mellor, Damien-Hirst, Clash, punk, music, commerce, … more…

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Jaime Hernandez’ Theme Time promo poster

Theme Time Radio Hour, promo poster, Jaime Hernandez, 2007 Jaime “Love and Rockets” Hernandez has made a promotional poster for the second season of Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour series. Click for the larger image at bobdylan.com. For this, I … more…

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London Transport Museum

Cup Final, by Frederick Charles Herrick, 1924 Poster and Artwork collection from the London Transport Museum Thousands of London Transport posters, going back 100 years. For some reason, however, the poster which has excited the most comment in recent years, … more…

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Gallery of Book Trade Labels

Seven Roads Gallery of Book Trade Labels Book store and publishers’ labels, of which the one shown is the jewel, and used at the front of the site for good reason. As an inveterate collector of old books, I expect … more…

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Modern Alchemy: Tincture of Winchester

I am partial to smoky flavours — smoked cheese, smoked fish, smoked tea, all that good stuff — so the Tincture of Winchester candle, apparently named after the rifle and giving forth, according to this here online brochure, an aroma … more…

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