London Book
IT'S THE LONDON BOOK. AND LOOK. BOW WOW WOW'S ANNABELLA LWIN ON ONE
OF THE BEST COVERS EVER. PUBLISHED IN JAPAN AS A GUIDE BOOK FOR YOUNG JAPANESE TRAVELLERS TO POST PUNK LONDON (AKA
THE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSE AKA THE CORE OF THE REACTOR AKA THE WORLD'S END).
Now that is a cool looking book. Annabella was sixteen in 1982. Fifteen perhaps in this picture. She was thirteen the band was first formed. The WOW in Bow Wow Wow.
The 13 hour clock that spins fast and backwards above the shop front at Vivienne Westwood's World's End store.
Androgyny on The King's Road. No need for a mirror in their house.
The paisley carpet. Camden Palace would be our best guess. Do people still sit on the floor at gigs and 'indie discos'? We hope they do. Fond memories of many walls and stairwells.
Grindr circa 1982. Sent under Plain Cover
reads the text at the bottom of this advert.
Don't think these two met via the ad above. Maybe some kind of early psychedelic 4 new romantic dating correspondence service was operating. This pic predating Withnail
and I
by some five years. Impressive.
Simon Jeffes of The Penguin Cafe Orchestra. Well worth listening to Perpetuum Mobile
to take a break from the state of suspended animation we are living in. Check out the comments below this youtube link.
We have one copy of The London Book. They only come up every few years. This is a great time to see it again. And to buy it. Now. Via the red button below.