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.

Logo #210: Inner City Unit

Judge Trev Thoms of Inner City Unit: "I designed the original logo, which was intended to be easily painted/sprayed onto walls, etc. It was the I, C, and U, hand-drawn in the same manner as the logo on our site. It also resembled a trident - a weapon, which was relevant to our political stance at the time. The actual logo you have seen is a new variation, designed by our architect bass player Nazer Ali Khan. Unfortunately, the present logo is not easily readable as ICU and cannot be daubed on walls, so it has lost much of its functionality, but is rather "clever" and "artistic." My original design appeared in 1980; the present variation appeared in 2006."

The concept of the logo-as-weapon is an implicit, possible result of knowledge-as-power. Likely there aren't many bands (apart from Crash Worship ADRV, perhaps) that would fashion their icons into physical tools by which they might crush their enemies, see them driven before them, and to hear the lamentation of the women - but it's the thought that counts, really. Multimedia? Interactivity? Yes. Yes, it is.

Logo #143: Pink Fairies

Designed for the British psychedelia merchants by Edward Barker in 1977. When I asked journalist and sometime Hawkwind / Pink Fairies member Mick Farren if he had any stories about the band or the pig, he replied rather cryptically, "The real story is about the late Edward Barker..." Like they said to the guy stuck in the pillory: More to come!