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Pink Floyd’s burning man: Aubrey Powell’s best photograph – The Guardian
‘A gust of wind blew the fire into the stuntman’s face. His team piled in with blankets to put him out – but he still lost an eyebrow and some of his moustache’
Storm Thorgerson and I had created most of the artwork for Pink Floyds albums, including Dark Side of the Moon. One day we were asked to Abbey Road Studios to listen to tracks from the bands new record. The lyrics were mostly about absence, and the albums title, Wish You Were Here, was a reference to Syd Barrett, who had left the band some years earlier due to issues with LSD. They were also making a statement about record company executives who regarded musicians as money-making machines, deman…
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Noosa News17 hours agoWhere, when and why? Everything you need to know about Sunday’s pro-Palestine protest march in Brisbane
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