Harry's Place Arts

If, like me, you can’t get enough of US Civl War-era photographs, you’ll appreciate this selection of ambrotype and tintype photos donated to the Library of Congress on the eve of the war’s sesquicentennial year.

Fans of Hunter Thompson’s terrific book “Hell’s Angels” will appreciate this collection of photos by Billy Ray for Life magazine. The pictures never appeared in the magazine because the managing editor “thought they looked like a smelly bunch of bastards.” You can listen to Ray’s account of hanging out and riding with the Angels here. [...]

This jaw-dropping comment was overheard at a London branch of HMV (truly, it was!). Customer to staffer: “Do you have any Buddy Holly CDs? He’s back in the charts and I’m seeing him live next week!” How would you have answered that one? I suppose in a way, it is a tribute to Holly’s lasting [...]

  For those of you who enjoy surfing on a wave of nostalgia, spend a little time browsing through Alan Denney’s fantastic photo set of Stoke Newington life, 1978 to the present.    Some of the roadscapes have changed radically. Others, not at all. You’ll see the funeral of Michael Fereira, who died in Stoke Newington Police station, clumsy sloganeering [...]

  Brian David Stevens