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Issue 10 (also
known as Volume 3 number 2) of the Ptolemaic Terrascope remains one of my
very favourite issues. Everything about it was working at that time (April
1992) - artist and genius-in-residence R.M. "Cyke" Bancroft was firing on
all cylinders; I'd finally discovered a typeface I was happy with so there
was a clean, open-faced look about the mag (we changed typefaces at least
twice a year back in those days); Nick Saloman found time to write some
really insightful reviews and help out on interviewing people - and I found
time to research and write feature articles rather than simply transcribing
interviews. What's more, the cover, a in glorious shade of chocolate and
cream reminiscent of the heyday of the Great Western Railway, somehow evoked
exactly the English pastoral theme I wanted to capture at that time.
All that, and
an amazing interview with a very beautiful, gracious and intelligent
Shirley Collins undertaken for us by (amongst others) David Tibet of
Current 93, which, even when reading it back now, still evokes feelings of
awe and wonderment. The part where Shirley describes losing her voice still
brings a lump to my throat.
Times have
changed a great deal since 1991 and it's finally OK to admit to liking folk
music again, in fact it's almost trendy (gasp!) - but at the time the
Terrascope was one of the only magazines around publishing anything
approaching this kind of thing. And dammit, I'm proud we were able to do it;
and proudest of all of the interview that follows... (Phil McMullen,
November 2009) |
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