The new documentary Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd promises to shed some light on the rise and fall of Syd Barrett. Unseen footage, but also far too much of the unevitable talking heads waxing lyrically about his importance. Coming to cinema's in the UK and the US on May 15th. Rest of the world will have to wait.
Kevin Barnes, the singer and multi-instrumentalist of indie band of Montreal, recorded two covers for Aquarium Drunkard's The Lagniappe Sessions: Syd Barrett's Dark Globe (MP3) and T.Rex's Cosmic Dancer (MP3). About that last track:
Marc Bolan, the sexy elfin poet of the eternally glamned. He saunters across our brains like a Jupiterian gypsy of the immediate now. I chose “Cosmic Dancer” because it embodies all that I love about T-Rex, it’s hooky and salacious and dreamy and groovy as fuck.
Watch Mick Rock revisit the locations where he shot iconic photographs of David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Mick Jagger and Syd Barret in a short film made by Zoe Travica.
(thanks: Bettina Der Fuchs)
