Many of you will recall that David Gilmour recently signed a batch of seventeen very interesting, one-off rarities - proofs of the various "Remember That Night" DVD artworks including alternate versions that weren't used - which were donated for auction. They were offered on eBay from Monday, November 19th, and closed this evening, with all the proceeds from the sales going to Crisis. This is the homelessness charity that David is vice-president of, and is a very worthy cause.

The final tally for the seventeen items was a very handy £4174.17 (minus, of course, selling fees). This will be a useful amount going to the charity. If you want to make your own donation to Crisis, please click here.

Last night saw the official launch of an absorbing collection of Storm Thorgerson's work for Pink Floyd. The exhibition (and associated book), “Mind Over Matter: Images of Pink Floyd”, celebrates the 40th anniversary of Pink Floyd and the unique relationship between band and artist.

The exhibition opened to the public on November 16th at the Elms Lesters Painting Rooms in central London, and runs until Tuesday, December 4th. As the assembled friends and colleagues of Storm's found last night, it is an exhibition not to be missed...

Our German friends have a treat this coming Sunday (November 25th). Nick Mason is interviewed in London by SWR1's Bob Murawka about his cars, Pink Floyd, and what the future might bring. You can catch the interview between 10 - 12pm, and you can find out more information about it (and SWR1 itself) over at www.swr.de. (Thanks to our friends at Bruder Franziskus and Pulse & Spirit for the info).

Some advance notice for our US readers - our friend Jeff Touzeau (a writer, a producer and the owner of a New York studio) has written a cover story for EQ (a US audio magazine) on Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (December issue, on newsstands imminently).

It features an extensive, exclusive interview with Norman Smith (producer) on the topic (he doesn't talk about this subject much) as well as some very rare photographs of Syd during recording of Vegetable Man in De Lea Lane studios around October '67. It also features exclusive insight from both Joe Boyd and John Wood (producer/engineer respectively of Emily, Arnold, others...) on the Sound Techniques sessions. More info on the magazine at www.eqmag.com soon.