Best of
Musicians

2010

John Cage: Every Day Is a Good Day: The Visual Art of John Cage


John Cage - 2010
    As with his music, the use of chance operations--in particular via the Chinese Book of Changes, or I Ching--was central to Cage's approach to visual art, determining technique, the placement of forms and even tonal values. Every Day is a Good Day provides the first broad assessment of Cage's art, and is fully illustrated with plates of his drawings, watercolors and prints, including series such as Where R=Ryoanji (1983-92). Cage's working methods and philosophies are brought to light in new interviews with key collaborators: printmaker and writer Kathan Brown, founder of Crown Point Press; Laura Kuhn, Director of the John Cage Trust; artist Ray Kass; and Julie Lazar, curator of Cage's composition for a museum, Rolywholyover: A Circus. Extracts from a 1966 interview between John Cage and critic Irving Sandler are also reproduced. At the heart of the book is a "Companion to John Cage," a selection of quotes by Cage and notes on key themes and influences, all of which make it essential reading on this important figure of the twentieth-century avant garde.

Love on the Rocks


Marcus McNally - 2010
    except love. Finding Mr. Right is the last thing on his mind during his holiday in the sun, but he opens his door one day to find the man he immediately and desperately hopes he will spend the rest of his life with. The curve balls and challenges they're thrown along the way sorely test them as they strive to ensure that true love conquers all. Like Batman and Robin, there's a bit of "biff", plenty of "bonk", and the odd "kapow", as Mike and Ty try desperately to avoid 'love on the rocks'...

Pianist Envy


Helen Hardt - 2010
    Coming from a modest background, she’s had to work hard for everything she has. When a music agent attends one of her rock band’s performances at a local club, she thinks her big break has finally come, until an inebriated—though handsome and muscular—patron spoils her show.Classical pianist Chandler Hamilton has had most of his success handed to him due to his family name. He has his reasons for detesting rock music, but he finds himself drawn to beautiful and talented Jane. Although the two sizzle between the sheets, outside the bedroom they bicker endlessly and envy what they perceive as the other’s good fortune. When Jane needs a favor, Chandler resists. Can love blossom amid clashing notes and tempos?