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The project juxtaposes works from 19 contemporary American artists with pieces of ephemera from Coltrane’s archive—including handwritten sheet music, unreleased audio recordings and rarely seen footage—to honor her cultural output and practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlice Coltrane\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Detroit in 1937 and took up music at an early age, beginning piano lessons at seven years old. In 1967 her husband, saxophonist John Coltrane, gifted her a harp, on which she went on to record seminal albums including \u003cem\u003eJourney in Satchidananda\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Monastic Trio\u003c\/em\u003e, making her one of the very few harpists in the history of jazz. Coltrane moved to Southern California in 1972 and founded the Sai Anantam ashram. 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The classic Corio portraits have been swapped in a few places, but the line-up of brilliance they represent is unchanged, as is the text itself, apart from a little polish here and there. All quotes are taken from either the lifetime of original interviews I have conducted as a music journalist, first published in the mid-1970s British rock press, or from the many months of interviews I conducted specifically for \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Black Chord\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, unless otherwise noted. My choice of additional subjects was dictated by David’s magnificent portrait gallery. I wanted to, if not directly quote, at least contextualize every artist. In the intervening decades, many have left us. Some shine even more brightly. Regarding others whose luster has been tarnished by scandal, it may be a poignant surprise to recall how they were viewed before the sad, sordid truth came out. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike my dear friend and colleague David Corio—who had shot some of my own finest portraits—I came up in the London media and arts scene of the 1970s and ’80s; in the early ’90s, we both moved to New York. We shared the same typical Londoner’s sort of eclectic pan-Black aesthetic: A love of soul, jazz, hip hop, R’n’B, music from Africa, particularly Francophone West Africa, and we had a special passion for reggae and dub. We shared a cultural formation, one that is reflected in this eclectic collection. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen he told me in the closing years of the last century that he was planning a book of his portraits and asked if I might be interested in writing it, I sat with the archive and marveled. Through his serious commitment to and passion for music, he had kept on shooting since 1976, usually for a publication or label, but often for love, until his archive spelled out much of the arc of Black popular music from the latter half of the 20th century. I found it epic. Over a North London lunch with Trinidadian writer and broadcaster Isaac Fergusson, we discussed the way music has flowed in cycles of creativity; how the Africa from which so many individuals had been stolen remained the foundation for virtually everything we loved to listen to. That idea, that truth, resonated and took form in an alluring vibration. We decided to call it \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Black Chord\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as no matter how different were the sounds, together they formed one mighty harmony.  —\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVivien Goldman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: center; ; white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e+++\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Corio\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in London, England, in 1960. He began his professional career in 1978, taking photographs for \u003cem\u003eNME\u003c\/em\u003e, followed by \u003cem\u003eThe Face\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBlack Echoes\u003c\/em\u003e, covering a wide range of music and portraiture. After a stint as a music writer at \u003cem\u003eCity\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eLimits\u003c\/em\u003e, he worked as a freelance photographer for the \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQ\u003c\/em\u003e, Theatre Royal Stratford, and Greensleeves Records, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eDavid’s photographs are held by the National Portrait Gallery, The Photographer's Gallery, The I.C.A., and The Victoria and Albert Museum in London; The National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington D.C., and the National Museum of African American Music in Nashville, Tennessee; and have been exhibited at The Hayward Gallery, Getty Images Gallery, Rock Archive Gallery, and The Special Photographers Gallery in London; International Centre of Photography, The Morrison Hotel Gallery, The Brownwyn Keenan Gallery, Corso Como Gallery in New York City, and the Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle; Elliott Halls Gallery and The Tropen Museum in Amsterdam. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eDavid has lived and worked in London and New York City, and his work has been published in the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eMojo\u003c\/em\u003e. He has also worked for the School of Visual Arts, the Swedish Institute, New Jersey Institute of Technology, the Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers, Greensleeves Records, VP Records, Heartbeat Records, Universal Music Group, EMI, and Island Records.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Black Chord, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003ea\u003c\/span\u003e comprehensive collection of David's photographs of black musicians was published by Universe in 1999 with text by Vivien Goldman. \u003cem\u003eMegaliths\u003c\/em\u003e, a 14-year project photographing the prehistoric standing stones of England and Wales, with text by Lai Ngan Corio, was published by Jonathan Cape\/Random House in 2003. \u003cem\u003eThe Couture Accessory, \u003c\/em\u003ewith text by Caroline Rennolds Milbank and styling by Lai Ngan Corio, a book of haute couture accessories was published by Abrams in 2002.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; ; white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e+++\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e“No one’s More Punk than \u003cstrong\u003eVivien Goldman\u003c\/strong\u003e,” pronounced \u003cem\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eMagazine\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eIn that freewheeling spirit, the boundary-busting Vivien Goldman is a writer, educator, and broadcaster—and she's a musician too. A Londoner, she has lived in Paris and Jamaica and now resides in New York. Since she started out in the vigorous British rock press of the 1970s, often working with Bob Marley (the subject of two of her books), her can-do attitude and outernational insights have been on wide display in the realms of  journalism, books, radio, television, university teaching, multi-media lecturing, museum dialogs, the recording studio, and the stage—and her beat goes on. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRevenge of the She-Punks\u003c\/em\u003e, Goldman’s award-winning sixth book (University of Texas Press, 2019), won Rough Trade’s Book of the Year in the US and the UK, and earned her the Best Music Journalist Award from Germany’s Reeperbahn Festival. It has been translated into seven international editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eIn a unique career move, Goldman released her first album, \u003cem\u003eNext Is Now\u003c\/em\u003e, in 2021, produced by Youth (Killing Joke, The Orb, Paul McCartney, Poly Styrene). \u003cem\u003eBrooklyn Vegan\u003c\/em\u003e made it LP of the Week and \u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eForbes\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/em\u003e, among others,  enthused about what Lucie O’Brien called “a moving statement on love, exile, struggle, and companionship... Goldman sings with a sense of musical liberation.”  (\u003cem\u003eMojo\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eIt was a remarkable renaissance for the post-punk music Goldman made in the early 1980s as part of The Flying Lizards, and solo with members of PiL,The Raincoats, Aswad and Robert Wyatt. When this scattered work was re-issued in a 2016 compilation album, \u003cem\u003eResolutionary\u003c\/em\u003e, it prompted HBO to include her cult classic “Launderette” in their series, \u003cem\u003eThe Deuce\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003eGoldman's\u003cem\u003e The Afrobeat Artist\u003c\/em\u003e, a book on the work of Lemi Ghariokwu, the visual artist whose sleeves projected Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the creator of Nigeria’s Afrobeat sound, will be published by Hat \u0026amp; Beard Press in 2024. 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Originally published in 1978 by Penguin, and described as “the first punk book”, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePunk Rock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e by Virginia Boston (printed as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShockwave\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in the UK) is a must-have almanac, historical handbook, and visual and visceral reveal of a scene as it was bursting forth. As a London counterculture observer, writer Virginia Boston captured the Punk phenomenon from its beginnings in ’76, always through the eyes of the punks themselves. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFeaturing all of the early first generation bands (The Sex Pistols, The Jam, The Damned, Generation X, The Slits, X-Ray Spex, Siouxsie and the Banshees and many more) and other now iconic figures, such as Soo Catwoman and Jordan, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePunk Rock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a rare insight into the heart of the movement via its extraordinary collection of photographs, quotes, lyrics, and interviews with the leading bands and figureheads. But perhaps most striking is the space it dedicates to the fans and their zines, complete with an introduction from \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSniffin’ Glue\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e editor Danny Baker. By doing so \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePunk Rock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e captures what was really going on in the clubs, away from the usual music weeklies and academics.   \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA scrapbook compendium of one of the shortest-lived yet most influential moments in music history, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePunk Rock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is an authentic time-capsule of the emergence of a counterculture that would forever change the world, but didn’t know it.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor's statement\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“As an outsider, observing this intense burst of creativity in music, fashion, and writing was incredibly inspiring. And fascinating to see how influential and enduring the movement has been over time!” — \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVirginia Boston\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center; ; white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e+++\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVirginia Boston is an author, journalist, and scriptwriter who has written for cinema, television, radio, and magazines and newspapers—including ITV, BBC Radio 4, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFace Magazine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, RAI (Italy), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtists \u0026amp; Illustrators\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCity Limits\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e—on subjects ranging from punk rock, art, environmental and social issues, to children’s fiction, Storybook International most notably. Her interest in the children of the 70s led her to explore the Punk phenomenon, and she spent 1977 compiling \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePunk Rock\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShockwave\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and two Punk documentary films, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRaw Energy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKids with Yellow Hair\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Virginia also trained as a Polarity Therapist, Assertiveness Trainer and Life Coach, working at The Priory Hospital, Godden Green Clinic, Imperial College Health Centre, in Adult Education and appearing on GLR Radio, London News Talk Radio and Sky News.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mesmer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41254149947450,"sku":"SQ5174325","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/6659\/6922\/files\/PXL_20231009_205613162_1024x1024_b5ed5e05-e89f-4a31-a46f-d8afe1aad0c4.webp?v=1771495358"},{"product_id":"i-feel-famous-punk-diaries-1977-1981-hat-beard-press","title":"I Feel Famous: Punk Diaries 1977-1981 | Hat \u0026 Beard Press","description":"\u003cp style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSoftcover, 250 pages\u003cbr\u003e6.5 in x 9 in | 16.51 cm x 22.86 cm\u003cbr\u003eby Angela Jaeger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI Feel Famous: Punk Diaries 1977-1981\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a girl’s coming of age story set to the pulse of punk rock. The book tracks 17-year-old Angela Jaeger’s exciting discovery of punk music and its accompanying lifestyle in 1977. A music enthusiast living in New York’s East Village, Angela’s story unfolds chronologically, charting her late adolescence in tandem with her transition from observer of the nascent punk scene to eager participant. Gradually becoming a nightly fixture of her neighborhood’s vibrant underground rock milieu at CBGB and Max’s Kansas City, by 1978 she had continued to fulfill her punk fantasy abroad. She followed the Clash on a tour across England, finally returning home in 1979 to start her own band. Angela encountered an impressive cast of characters on her adventures, including Lydia Lunch, Joe Strummer, Billy Idol, Klaus Nomi, and Sid Vicious. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLaced with humor and wide-eyed curiosity, Angela’s daily first-hand accounts take the reader on a personal journey not found in other punk histories. Additional commentary by the author provides context and further anecdotal material.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe text is illustrated with the visual expressions of Angela’s enthusiasm—her drawings of punk personalities and fans, previously unseen photos and ephemera culled from her personal archive—affording a unique insight into the relationship between the music, the media, and the audience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\" data-rte-preserve-empty=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe diaries touch on a variety of themes including identity politics, downtown NY, anglophilia, fandom, fame, and fashion. Contrasting the stark black and white of 1970s New York with the exuberant beat-up color of a decaying London and its disenchanted youth, a lost era is brought back to life through a dedicated fan’s own reportage. 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