the Japanese film industry’s rise to international prominence during the 1950s and 1960s
Vince Aletti became the first person to write about the emerging disco scene… Photocopies of Aletti's Record World columns circulated for years among DJs and music lovers
a way to circumvent the art market and make contemporary art accessible to nearly anyone
This ground-breaking exhibition
Including stories from the 1970s to the present day
Blank Forms: A Strange Celestial Road Cary Kwok the Japanese film industry’s riseBlank Forms, 2023, softcover, 536 pages, 15. 9 x 20. 9 cm In this captivating memoir, the first full length account of life in the Arkestra by any of its members, Harlem born trumpeter Ahmed Abdullah recounts two decades of traveling the spaceways with the inimitable composer, pianist, and big band leader Sun Ra. Gigging everywhere from the legendary Bed Stuy venue the East to the National Stadium in Lagos, Abdullah paints a vivid picture of the rise