Showing posts with label Barney Bubbles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Barney Bubbles. Show all posts

Thursday, May 1, 2008

Logo #241: Hawkwind

Created by Barney Bubbles in 1972 for the cover of the brilliantly titled "Doremi Fasol Latido" LP. An overview of the endlessly brilliant Bubbles is well-worth re-viewing and can be found here. Still wish I knew when his dates of birth and death were - the reason for that can be found here. Yes, I do work very hard at these things - thank you for noticing. Apparently Bubbles also directed the "Ghost Town" video by The Specials, which makes his passing all the more depressing for knowing it. Oh, yeah - Hawkwind. In business for four decades with one propulsive force - guitarist singer Dave Brock - thirty-five years on they're still performing their "Space Ritual" around the world and melting minds in the process even in this jaded day and/or age. They also gave birth to Motörhead. I'm deeply square and clueless but even I have to respect something like that. Also: Robert Newton Calvert of Hawkwind, March 9, 1945 - August 14, 1988. Lest we forget!

Somewhat sideways, the Song of the Moment is "Wehe Khorazin" by Popol Vuh.

Thursday, February 14, 2008

Logo #185: Madness

Designed by the ever-brilliant Barney Bubbles in 1979 for the "One Step Beyond" 7." Madness? Brighter Death Now? You've crystallized my thoughts eloquently: it's Valentine's Day. Or Valentime's Day, depending on what part of the world in which words like "flustrated," "nucular," "expresso," and "Lemme axe you..." (yes, you may axe me - please make your first blow strong and to the head) drive you entirely too insane. My last girlfriend fell off a cliff and died on impact. Very sad. Oh well, guess that means I'm free for Valentime's Day! Bubbles (born Colin Fulcher, July 1942 - November 1983) also designed the logos for Hawkwind and Ian Dury & The Blockheads, which we shall of course examine in a future installment. A beautiful and breathtaking summation of his work can be found here and enjoyed through the coming weekend. On one particularly lovely weekend in summer 1992, 75,000 mad Madness fans danced so hard during a performance of "One Step Beyond" by the reunited band that they caused a tremor of 4.5 on the Richter scale. Is there any other kind of earthquake scale? If there is, it was probably invented by the guy who hangs out with that fifth dentist who recommended eating sugar, and Water, the guy they kicked out of Earth, Wind and Fire.