Pet Shop Boys - Pop Art (Special Edition) 2012
Nichelle Gruger
I don't own a copy of this French text, either. (My French is no better than my Spanish, probably sufficient for me to get the gist of any given passage, but every seventh word would surely have me scrambling for my Petit Larousse.) As its title (translated "Pet Shop Boys from A to Z") indicates, it's a PSB mini-encyclopedia, covering their work and career via alphabetically organized entries. But I can't attest to its accuracy or completeness. I might have been willing to work around my inadequacies with the language if the cover art hadn't been so appallingly cheesy.* And while it's true that you can't judge a book by its cover, a bad cover does nothing to enhance one's faith in the contents, especially when there are other obstacles to overcome as well.
Twenty-nine years after the first edition of Annually (see above), Neil and Chris resurrected the annual-publication concept in the wake of the cessation of their official Fan Club and the irregular appearances of its associated magazine Literally. In essence, it's very much like any one of those issues of Literally, only larger and hardbound. It presents detailed "behind-the-scenes" information about their most recent releases and activities, responses to fan questions, lyrics of recent single bonus songs, and lots of photos. And the striking fuchsia coloration of its front and back covers will help ensure that it never gets lost on your bookshelf. It was accompanied by a special bonus CD of what seems in effect to be a single of the Super song "Undertow," with an added remix of "Burn" and a new studio recording of Stuart Price's new Super Tour arrangement of "Left to My Own Devices." Offered in a limited edition from the official PSB website, Annually 2017 very quickly sold out, which resulted in some fan frustration as well as copies appearing in short order on third-party sites at tremendously inflated prices.
In addition to the more or less typical summation of recent releases, descriptions of recent activities, and answers to fan questions, the third (and second consecutive) Annually is highlighted by a "tour" with Chris and Neil of central London spots of special significance to PSB history, a discussion of "the Pet Shop Boys' enduring relationship with and influence on fashion," a lengthy interview with longtime programmer Pete Gleadall, and observations from their June 2017 show in Israel as part of the Super Tour. Its vibrant yellow cover, contrasting with the previous year's fuchsia, signals a likely ongoing pattern of similar bold covers for future editions.
WDET rang in 2021 with a special live-4 hour program, hosted by Nick Austin. The event included call-ins from music hosts, reflections on 2020, and a tribute to Bill Withers. By popular demand, here is the playlist from the event and thank you for your support in 2020.
Continuing their tradition for complicated packaging, the band and their designers opted to create a lenticular motif for the special edition front covers, The photograph, depending on which angle you looked at it from, was either Chris or Neil. The idea for this concept was Mark Farrow's and it was executed by his design team. This concept was added to the 2CD box set and 3LP editions of the release. These releases also contained multi-page booklets in which Chris Heath interviews the band about each of the b-side songs.
KAMCHATKAContact the shopOKSeller Rating (1 190 feedback)
- Customer satisfaction
- Fill rate
- Confirmation response
- Shipping response
- Catalogue16 085 items
- Seller since12 - 2011
- Total sales of all items5 002
- LocationRussia
madonnadepeche modetalk talkqueenfrankie goes to hollywooda-haduran durancurenew ordereurythmicsalphavillesandraerasureyazookylie minoguefun funmodern talkingtears for fearsbananaramaultravox
To celebrate their fourth anniversary, two of the city's biggest Sunday afternoon parties, Churros con Chocolate, along with Ventú, are putting on a special edition for kids. Don't panic! This mini Churros will take place in the morning, with loads of activities for the little ones and a very special guest host in Jordi Cruz, the face of the Spanish version of the arts and crafts TV show 'Art Attack', and practically a legend himself. Proceeds from ticket sales go to Pallapupas, an organisation dedicated to bringing laughs to hospitals and their patients, especially to boys and girls.
Does anybody find this particular special edition almost childish? What has a camera got to do with Bond films, unless it's a tiny Minox? Omega's commercial tie-in watch model was relevant, but I can't remember Bond swaggering about with a Leica camera, while his gorgeous woman says "Oooh, Leica... beautiful" in a shameful act of product endorsement.
That statement I quoted was a serious part of the article, all puns aside. He made a point to go into his point in depth as well. My point is that pigeon holing others into groups or all in terms of behavior is not healthy, let alone is it accurate. So don't lump anyone, especially me, even more your readers as "our". To me that is a bad writing habit and promotes sheepish behavior further.
Above $2500 cameras tend to become increasingly specialized, making it difficult to select a 'best' option. We case our eye over the options costing more than $2500 but less than $4000, to find the best all-rounder.
aa06259810