Dylan, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Neil Young - I wish I could write like all those guys. Kate Bush is her own category - even John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) said that Kate is 'f*cking brilliant' and you know HE doesn't hand out the compliments lightly. btw my favorite versions of Desolation...

I suggested 'Variety' because I thought it would offer a lot of scope musically for you guys - I am pleased that you know of the film, it's strange to me that it's not as well known or circulated as so many other 1920's German films. Thanks for your time, Ken - I deeply envy you in that you get to d...

Wow, I've never even heard of this film! I think 'must-see' is spot on.

I don't know if international silents are more or less difficult to clear for use, but I think E.A. Dupont's 'Variety' might be a good choice. PS: I also think British silents are very under-represented in general - Maurice Elvey's 'At The Villa Rose' might be a good candidate, its storyline involve...

Just out of curiosity, what other "visual works" did the Monkees ever do? The TV series, Head, and the TV special. I favor Head out of all of those, and I prefer Mike Nesmith as a songwriter to Boyce & Hart. One problem with the TV series was that it was an attempt to create an 'Ameri...

I should mention that I currently listen to my wind up gramaphone more than any other listening device. I've acquired about 400 78's over the last 15 years (mostly for free or $.25 each) and play them on my early 20's Victrola wind up (console) player. You have just completely and irrevocably won m...

Mr. Winokur, you've mentioned Paul Fejos' 'Lonesome' as a film Alloy has scored; is there any chance of this having a DVD release? This is one of my absolute favorite films, yet it's such a little known and underrated work - I would love to see it get a proper DVD release. Thank you for your time an...

"Head (a travesty, along with the New Monkees)"

Head was the greatest visual work the Monkees ever did, far more interesting than any given episode of the very hackneyed TV show.

You want travesty, track down the TV special 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee.

...one more... http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a16/bdpuffin/hollywood_cover.jpg The problem with this one is apparent - the text on the rear cover is too small to read. I tried to duplicate all the information that was on the back cover of the laserdisc box, all the episode summaries, and it's just...

In all fairness, though I appreciate your kind words, I must say that the last two were designed professionally by someone else, I merely borrowed their designs and modified the dimensions (in the case of Isn't Life Wonderful I also added an extra publicity still to the back cover). I am pleased tha...

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a16/bdpuffin/wonderful.jpg Okay, last one, I will not spam this forum! :lol: Scanned from the laserdisc cover and modified thereafter. I did one for Griffith's Hearts of the World also, one for the Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow, and one for Kevin Brownlow's Ho...

This cover I made by scanning the VHS tape case and modifying it to DVD dimensions - I was quite pleased at how it came out. I also did a custom design for printable disc to go with this.

I knew I had borrowed that phrase from somewhere...

I designed this for my Thames version of Harold Lloyd's The Kid Brother:



Sometimes I adapt tape or laserdisc covers or grab vintage poster art from the net, and sometimes I like to try my hand at just creating my own.

If you are basing your dislike of Alloy on some of our more "out" scores (Arbuckles, Metropolis, Lonesome etc.) you might want to give a listen to some of our more conservative scores Yes, it is definitely those 'out there' scores that I dislike; I had no idea you gentlemen did other kind...