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The Who s ninth studio album, Face Dances , was released 40 years ago this week. The album was the first one that the British rock legends recorded after the 1978 death of original drummer Keith Moon , and the first of two studio efforts to feature Moons replacement, founding Small Faces and Faces member Kenney Jones . Face Dances peaked at #4 on the Billboard 200 and yielded the hit single " You Better You Bet ," which reached #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 and toppe...

A bottle of 1967 whisky from the The Macallan’s Anecdotes of Ages Collection, with artwork by Sir Peter Blake, went for the highest amount, of $437,500. This limited edition whisky and art collection with Blake consists of 13 one-of-a-kind bottles of the 1967 whisky, and the bottle in this auction was A New Era of Advertising. It was offered alongside a print donated by Sir Peter Blake as well as a bespoke trip to The Macallan Estate in Speyside, Scotland. Jamie Ritchie, worldwide head of S...

By Diane Brand for The Conversation Every good race needs an avid audience of dedicated fans to spur the competitors along and the 36th Americas Cup, which starts today, is no exception. But current protocols are a far cry from the events rarefied and remote origins in Britain. For most of the cups history, the race was sailed on offshore courses away from the viewing public, under the auspices of elite yacht clubs. Times have changed. Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton specifically sited the op...

Designer, photographer, style guru and master shoemaker Alan James Raddon died peacefully at his beloved home in Aberarth, last week, aged 75. In 1960, aged just 16, Alan entered Harrow Art School, one of the creative crucibles of the Swinging Sixties. Here he honed his skills in graphic design with teachers such as Peter Blake. From there, he took his talents into the world of advertising, becoming a successful art director until, in the early seventies, he was seduced by the growing tre...

Macallan 1967 whisky sells for US$437,500 at auction 15th March, 2021 by Nicola Carruthers A ‘one-of-a-kind’ bottle of 1967 whisky from The Macallan’s new Anecdotes of Ages Collection sold for US$437,500 at auction. Sotheby’s sold the A New Era of Advertising bottle from the collection The bottle, which features a label designed by English artist Sir Peter Blake, was sold during a live Sotheby’s auction in New York on Saturday 13 March. Estimated to sell for between US$125,000 and U...

STUFF Stuffs Todd Niall and Duncan Johnstone analyse a day of Americas Cup racing that will go down in history as Team NZ gets the break. OPINION: Peter Burling has been a random puff of wind away from becoming the Prince Harry of New Zealand sport. Aotearoa’s young sailing royalty has perilously walked the plank towards being unloved, cast aside, unfairly derided and maligned by a public who have somehow overlooked a string of previous great deeds. When Team New Zealand trailed Luna Rossa ...

Letters to the editor: Taking out the trash, Harry and Meghan, lockdown 14 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 10 minutes to read Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in conversation with Oprah Winfrey. Photo / Harpo Productions NZ Herald I am sure most of us here are shocked by the way Australia is deporting New Zealand citizens because they have been found guilty of a crime or considered to be of "bad character", such as belonging to a gang – calling these people "trash". Like most of us here I immed...

A Laguna Beach councilmember who was censured by city council says he’ll continue to attack the political colleagues ...

Dick Meadows Norwich Cathedral by John R Davies - Credit: Submitted It is almost exactly 100 years since an American advertising executive coined the phrase ‘a picture is worth a thousand words.’ That’s certainly true of a unique collection of art due to be auctioned in Norwich next Friday. It just so happens that in this case it will also take around a thousand words to explain the story behind the art, the auction and the organisers. So art, auction and organisers. Art first. You may al...

Laguna Beach Local News People have lost everything. Their businesses, their sense of community, but most of all: their loved ones. One would think, given the circumstances, that the City Council would be laser-focused on one agenda item: helping our residents emerge on the other side of this dark time. This is not the case with Councilmember George Weiss. As his first agenda item, he is bringing a politically-charged censure against Councilmember Peter Blake, which is no surprise, given his ...