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06/02/2015

Nods to THE HUNDREDS for mentioning our exhibition of Spot's work in their recap of last weekend's Printed Matter, Inc. LA Art Book Fair at MOCA | The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Many thanks to all of those who checked out the show!

We attended Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair ( ) Opening Preview last night. Preview nights are fun because: 1. It feels less stress-y, 2. you get first

05/02/2015

Houston Rap & Houston Rap Tapes author, Lance Scott Walker, talks the Houston rap scene & his books via Homemade News.

Last year, Lance Scott Walker and bestie Peter Beste published Houston Rap Tapes an oral history of the abundant rap scene in Houston. As Lance says, the book is more than the music. It’s about the neighborhood and the vast city limits of Houston that shaped it. Lance, who is originally from Galvest…

29/01/2015

Fresh Spot interview with the folks at Punktastic!

"Those old, primitive box cameras were really 'magic.' Back in the 50s and 60s black & white film had highly developed (no pun) emulsion/chemical formulas that were extremely versatile. Colour hadn’t progressed to near that level and tended to look unnatural."

If you were to pull out your favourite LP’s from legendary punk label SST Records you will notice the name Spot appearing in the credits of most of them. Wether it was the volatile hardcore of Black Flag’s debut album ‘Damaged’, or the shredding alt-punk of ‘Zen Arcade’ by Husker Du – to name but a…

27/01/2015

"The book is affectionate in its depiction of a skating community that included as many women as men. They were 'girls who were doing things, not just trying to look pretty', Spot has said."

Wow. Spot's "Sounds of Two Eyes Opening" got the full-page treatment in this past Saturday's The Telegraph!

Check out the book: http://bit.ly/1wb4yV3

17/01/2015

Picked up some beautiful(!) archival pigment prints of Spot's work that we'll be exhibiting at this year's Printed Matter, Inc. LA Art Book Fair at MOCA | The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Jan. 29 - Feb. 2. Come hang out!

15/01/2015

Hey LA! Lance Scott Walker, author of Houston Rap Tapes and Houston Rap, will be at The Last Bookstore on January 16th for an in-store signing and lecture. 8-10PM.

453 South Spring St., LA, CA

The Last Bookstore is pleased to welcome writer Lance Scott Walker for the West Coast launch of Houston Rap Tapes, the second of his collaborative books with photographer Peter Beste.

15/01/2015

"I read Houston Rap like an account of a psychedelic renaissance comparable to San Francisco in the ’60s — far-out music to tell the story of the people and replicate the effects of their drug of choice."

Austin Brown of Parquet Courts talks HOUSTON RAP and growing up on the Gulf Coast via Talkhouse Music.

HOUSTON RAP: http://bit.ly/1AjumfT

The moving story of how a kid from “Big Money Texas” found solace and salvation in rap music from the poor side of Houston.

09/01/2015

Many thanks to the fine folks at LensCulture for this fantastic write-up!

Iconic photos from the golden days of California punk—these amazing captures from behind the scenes were taken by Spot, a legendary music producers who was there, at the heart of it all

06/01/2015

Dangerous Minds on the exclusive 7" that accompanies every direct order of Sounds of Two Eyes Opening:

"...it’s a loose, free, and economical piece of music with spoken vocals that recalls moments from Funambulist, Worldbroken-era Saccharine Trust, or Keith Morris’ Midget Ha***ob project..."

Grab the 7" in our slipcased edition of the book, along with a poster and photo print, available only from us: http://bit.ly/1wb4yV3

To the extent that he’s known at all, Glen “SPOT” Lockett is known for his time as the in-house producer for SST records in the 1980’s. His were the hands on the board for unimpeachable classics like Meat Puppets II, What Makes a Man Start Fires?, Zen Arcade, Milo Goes to College, and the first fo…

19/12/2014

"I didn't pay attention to what other photographers were doing. I paid attention to my subjects and what they were doing."

Killer new interview with Spot now featured on VICE!

We interviewed the legendary punk producer for SST about his amazing new collection of photos.

16/12/2014

"When ground level punk/art/fanzine culture established itself, music became fun again because it didn't have to be popular to be exciting. Popularity is a bad measurement of quality. And mainstream culture seriously avoided us!" -- Spot

Fantastic interview with Spot up now via AnOther!

We enter the sun-kissed world of Southern California in the 1970s – complete with roller skates, beaches and burgeoning punk rock – via a brilliant new book by music producer and photographer, Spot

10/12/2014

"Take a ride back in time to the dawn of rollerskating and skateboarding in the late 60s and 70s, with police run-ins, boardwalk love-ins and stratospheric stunts."

The Guardian has featured a wonderful slideshow of Spot's work, focusing on his photographs of early rollergirls and skateboarders!

Take a ride back in time to the dawn of rollerskating and skateboarding, with police run-ins, boardwalk love-ins and stratospheric stunts