May 03 2007
UPDATE (Oct. 30/08): Apparently he died yesterday. I’m saddened by the news. See William Wharton, 1925-2008.
William Wharton is the author of Birdy, Dad, A Midnight Clear, and many other excellent books. He has written non-fiction, too, including Ever After: A Father’s True Story, a heart-wrenching account of how his daughter’s family got killed [...]
Feb 10 2007
And here’s an interesting segment from a 1982 documentary about Peter Gabriel showing him with an early Fairlight machine that used floppy disks, those old mammoth 5-inch disks that were called floppy for a reason. This is interesting too (for Gabriel fans).
Sep 15 2006
Real World Remixed offers tracks from Real World artists’ songs so you can remix your own version of them, and they’re having a competition featuring Peter Gabriel’s Shock The Money:
You have the chance to download a sample pack from Peter Gabriel’s ‘Shock The Monkey’, remix the track, and win an SSL Duende.
A friend on mine [...]
May 23 2006
Music is so intimately connected to our memories that our judgement of the quality of music is often based more on nostalgia than on the actual music. I don’t think you’ll find many 40-year-old converts of The Doors, Pink Floyd, Led Zepplin, The Eagles, or Super Tramp. If you didn’t discover the music when you [...]
May 12 2005
This is the Road (2.4 MB mp3) is a new song Peter Gabriel is releasing for free (available from the MoonClub Download page, which requires login).
It’s a nice little ditty. Almost all his singles (tunes not on albums) are exceptional: Party Man, Quiet Steam, Lovetown; plus there are his alternative versions of I [...]
Feb 23 2005
Larry Fast’s my work with Peter Gabriel site is an interesting glimpse into Peter Gabriel’s studio life from 1976 to 1986.
This photo is Gabriel selecting the cover art to be used for his 1980 album (i.e. “melting face”).
Jan 24 2005
This is interesting: Real World is re-issuing VINYL editions of Peter Gabriel’s albums, including excellent write-ups of them. From his third album:
Generally regarded as Peter Gabriel’s finest record, his third eponymous album finds him crafting an album that’s artier, stronger, more song oriented than before…. Each aspect of the album works, feeding off each [...]
Dec 04 2004
Back in October (it’s been clipped in my Bloglines account ever since), EyeNo posted Eyeno’s Jukebox (the first of many, I hope) where he writes about Peter Gabriel, one of his favorite musical artists, making available an mp3 of Come Talk To Me (I’m surprised the RIAA hasn’t contacted him yet, the bastards).
I didn’t start [...]
