Book of Jam - Now available!

switchbladesusie · #1 12-05-2007, 11:26 PM

Just a silly dream for the future, but I'd love to have the first ten (or whatever) issues in a big coffee table book proudly displayed. Beautiful!

testudo · #2 12-06-2007, 04:06 AM

it pretty much lost me on the super bad letter spacing of the all caps... all JW knows is 'stunt typography'

i am into the marketing of an entire fleet of books, NOW that is great ART!

holden · #3 12-06-2007, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by testudo

it pretty much lost me on the super bad letter spacing of the all caps... all JW knows is 'stunt typography'

I understand your sentiment, though in fairness, JW does a lot more than that and has the design credentials to prove it. Agreed, with the RiverRun series and on, tomato has been in a phase with their typo, but i think one could point to other periods of the band where the logo or text had a familiar or oft-used style.

Take another look...there's sooo much good stuff in the writings and the photos/art of this first installment.
i need to print this out on glossy paper! Kudos to the band for their multimedia prowess!

winjer · #4 12-10-2007, 11:20 AM

Lots of love and thanks so much guys! Spoiled fans as per usual...

Love the linkage to Black Mountain & Brian Eno's generative music... two things that have defiantly been on the go alongside Oblivion With Bells for the past few months...

Late night, brain-blurring/brightening/bubbling web-browsing is what got me the guts to, at 3 in the morning, just order the tickets to NY and tell the girlfriend, 'September 14th. Central Park.' Trip of a lifetime.

I really envy and admire Underworld's devotion to the arts, and in today's world it's stuff like this that keeps me goin...

Keep up ta good work.

viddy · #5 12-11-2007, 08:43 AM

Love the book!

dubman · #6 12-11-2007, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by testudo

it pretty much lost me on the super bad letter spacing of the all caps... all JW knows is 'stunt typography'

i am into the marketing of an entire fleet of books, NOW that is great ART!

so many things wrong with this post i dont even know where to begin.

cacophony · #7 12-11-2007, 01:26 PM

if i could kiss a PDF i would.

i pulled an image for my desktop at work (the one of karl lying on his back with a camera, oriented 90 degrees counter-clockwise) and one of my coworkers asked, "is that your husband?"

it was all i could do not to shout, "I WISH!" instead i said, "no that's a 50-year-old musical british dude that i worship."

testudo · #8 12-11-2007, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by dubman

so many things wrong with this post i dont even know where to begin.

well you are right; but SO am I.

dubman · #9 12-11-2007, 01:55 PM

i vehemently disagree

BeautifulBurnout · #10 12-11-2007, 02:16 PM

I am agreeing with Dubman again - damn, that must be at least 3 times this year.

Testudo - it is a bit like looking at the Sistine Chapel and complaining about a particular brush-stroke that you don't like. I am no artist/designer and have never professed to be one, but surely one needs to view the piece as a whole, not just concentrate on one tiny aspect of it as being the measure for totality?