Hard to Classify Cool StuffNew Breed LibrarianIt's more than what it sounds like. While it is a continuously updated source of information about issues regarding the library/information science field, some genuinely bizarre links pop up here. Not your typical professional site. Closer in feel to a web log than an information site, but filled with information nonetheless. TangentsAn eclectic UK webzine, run out of a gallery. It bills itself as "The Journal of Unpopular Culture." An odd balance of trendiness with social criticism. While I don't always agree with the articles posted I do find them interesting. Music is the subject that dominates the articles, but its not the sort of fare you find most places. GalleriesFixing ShadowsWhile it looks like it hasn't been updated in a while, the gallery section of this site is a real winner. I don't care for the site design, or David Plowden's pontificating, but I really liked the photographs of Paul Baldesare and Peter Marshall, two London photographers. Be sure to check out Marion Post Wolcott, one of the unsung photographers of the FSA, and Jack Welpott. You could spend a lot of time here; I did. AfterimageThis site has a number of things of interest. There is an online photography quiz that is a lot of fun. I pretty much aced it, except for the "real names" section at the end. They represent a few photographers that I love like George Tice and Geoff Winningham, and a few that I hate, like Frank Armstrong. They have a nice gallery section. They also have ordering information for Shots magazine, which is a great photographer supported magazine that published a few of my things a long time ago. I need to subscribe again! PhotographersAnders PetersonAn incredible Swedish talent. This site contains information and selections from his latest book, which is highly recommended. Henri Cartier-BressonA nice exhibition of portraits. Get to know him; he's impossible not to like. Mary Ellen MarkEven if you haven't realized it, you've probably seen her work before. She is just too good to ignore. Jack RadcliffeAn interesting assortment of photographs of his friends. Cynthia McAdamsI usually don't care much for photographs of celebrities. She does it better than most though, with a nice site design. Karren TolliverA photographer from the Raindogs list. While I generally avoid people with a commercial orientation like the plague, I was very amused by her series "Things with Bob" so I thought I'd include the link. PaintersWarren CriswellFew people leave me in awe the way Warren does. For a short period of time, I finished frames for him, and gave him photographic advice. How we met is a long story; of all the friends I never had, he's perhaps the one I regret the most. Take a look at one of the most complex and literate artists I know; there is a wide variety of work linked from his site. He manages to combine classical sensibility with a post-modern edge. Perhaps one of the greatest compliments I've ever received is that he was thinking of me while composing a small part of one of his paintings. I really wish I knew him better. MusiciansRoy HarperOne of the greatest people you've never heard of. He's turning 60 this year, and still going strong. He appeals to my sense of poetry, my sense of politics, and my sense of art. A total craftsman in all respects. Visit his site. Buy something! Help him keep making music. Few people have enriched my world in quite the same way as he has. I used to enjoy watching the jaws drop, when people heard him for the first time. Do yourself a favor and don't miss out. There are numerous sites of interest besides the official one, linked above. StormcockThe premier fan site. It's updated more frequently than the official site, and run with loving care by Paul Davidson. It is also the home site of the Stormcock mailing list. To explain the name, the Stormcock is the mistlethrush, who sings its song into even gale force winds. Harper is that, and even more. Roy Harper HQAnother fan site that contains guitar transcriptions and additional information run by Aaro Koskinen. When I first got Internet access in the late stone age, Aaro's site was my first clue that someone else had heard of Harper! Hors d'OeuvresThis site contains transcriptions of an old Harper fanzine. Though I really appreciate it, I wonder if it isn't time for a new zine? For hardcore fans. |