Scratch My Back

Less than a week until Peter Gabriel's new covers project, 'Scratch My Back', is released.

What a tracklist!

'"Heroes"' (David Bowie)
'Street Spirit (Fade Out)' (Radiohead)
'The Book Of Love' (Magnetic Fields)
'Flume' (Bon Iver)
'My Body Is A Cage' (Arcade Fire)
'Listening Wind' (Talking Heads)
'I Think It's Going to Rain Today' (Randy Newman)
'Après Moi' (Regina Spektor or Eartha Kitt)
'Waterloo Sunset' (The Kinks)
'The Boy In The Bubble' (Paul Simon)
'The Power Of The Heart' (Lou Reed)
'Philadelphia' (Neil Young)
'Mirrorball' (Elbow)

Have a gander at his website for a preview video about the making of this album and visit Hypergallery to see Peter Gabriel prints on the walls and for news of more to come.

Houses of the Holy

Stefan Gates is the star, along with his sister, of the famous Led Zeppelin album cover art for 'Houses of the Holy'by Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell.

In a fascinating programme for Radio 4 (broadcast yesterday) he explores his feelings about the cover in which he appears age five. Talking to his sister, mother and the artists who created the image, he asks some interesting questions about this iconic image that remains disturbing and intriguing, not least to Stefan himself.