Just published is the latest issue (number 23 - cover date November 2013) of the Pink Floyd fanzine "Heyou" run by our friends over at the Italian website of the same name.

The 52-page dual language magazine (in Italian and English), which is published every six months or so, catches up with Floyd news from July 2013 through to the cover month. Curiously though, the news is given in reverse order, with the latest first!

There are two major features in this issue. First, there's a large and nicely illustrated feature on the late Storm Thorgerson, followed by a very detailed look at the huge Wall exhibition run by the people behind the Floydseum which took place in Padua, Italy throughout July.

Elsewhere in its pages, there's an extensive look at the band's activities in 1973, and a look at the recent discovery of how and where Eric Fletcher Waters, Roger's father, died during the war. There's also an interview with The Lunatics, the team of devoted Floyd collectors who  published Pink Floyd: Storie e Segreti (Histories and Secrets) a year ago. Questions are asked of their favourite items, the whole world of the Floyd collector, which "side" they fall on (Waters or Gilmour) and what the future holds for them and the book.

More details of the Heyou fanzine can be found at www.heyou.it/fsubscrbd.htm, where you can get individual copies, and subscription enquiries (four issues costing 30 euros within Europe, and 40 euros outside Europe) should go to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it - make sure you mention Brain Damage when you write!

As most of you will know now, the London exhibition to coincide with the release of the wonderful new book, The Gathering Storm: The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson is now up and running at the newly opened Proud Archivist, a combined gallery, bar, restaurant, cafe and events space in Hertford Road, London N1. Today, we have an update on one of the events - the remaining one - from the range of these that they scheduled during the exhibition run.

The exhibition itself is a wonderful look through the archives of his work, and the work of his colleagues over the years, with some of the pieces presented in stunningly large sizes. There are also other items which are great fun - letters from Storm to record companies which are a hoot. Very much worth a visit.

The final event takes place on Saturday (November 23rd) when they're hosting a pair of free screenings of Taken by Storm by Roddy Bagawa. This is a fantastic documentary about Storm's life and work. [UPDATE: See below for a review of one of the screenings, written by BD regular, Bruce Tippen]

Taken by Storm: The Mind Movies of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis (to use its full name) is a film about Thorgerson life's work as told through his own reflection, his personal archive of never-before seen photographs and films, ex-partner of Hipgnosis Aubrey Powell, and through first hand narratives from some of the most important musicians of our time: David Gilmour and Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Robert Plant, Peter Gabriel, and more recent collaborations with Scottish group Biffy Clyro, Rob Dickinson of Catherine Wheel, Dominic Howard of Muse, Cedric Bixler Zavala of The Mars Volta and many others as well as the numerous photographers, illustrators and colleagues who have helped execute the work from the days of Hipgnosis to the last twenty years with StormStudios. Taken By Storm documents Thorgerson's idiosyncratic artistic process (i.e. dragging 765 iron beds onto a beach for Pink Floyd’s A Momentary Lapse of Reason) and also explores how one of the most powerful image-makers in rock and roll transcended the constraints of commercial marketing to realize his unique artistic vision, creating a powerful visual legacy that resonates throughout contemporary culture. The film was shot entirely on 16mm film, and it was completed in 2012.

Both screenings will include a Q&A with Roddy afterwards. The first screening takes place at 1pm, running until 4pm [register for your place(s) through this link], and the second screening is at 7pm until 10pm [again, click here to register your place(s) at this event]. As a reminder, these events are free - you just have to register your attendance!

The Making of Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii is a new book currently being worked on by Sam Sleiman.

The full story of how this film came to be has never been told… but that could be about to change. For the past three years Sam has been researching the film, trying to piece together a comprehensive and definitive documentation of its history. Numerous interviews have already been conducted, and a significant amount of material has been gathered for the book.

Although Adrian and the Floyd have occasionally shared anecdotes about the film, there are still plenty of other people who worked on it and whose stories have yet to be heard. Should sufficient funding be provided for the book to be completed, the intention is that this will be a lavish coffee table book, featuring numerous never-before-seen photos, as well as ads and related publicity from the film's subsequent theatrical releases. Jacques Boumendil, one of the camera operators for the Pompeii shoot, took an impressive amount of exceptional photos that have never been shared or published since they were developed. If funding for the project is a success, the book will be available by June 2014 as a hardcover and e-Book purchase. [As a sidenote, the title has changed ever so slightly since the original story was posted.]

Sam is seeking funds through an Indiegogo page, to help pay for things like licensing images, design, translation and editing costs, and covering the costs of the initial print run. Contributors will receive a range of benefits depending on how much they put toward the project...

Yesterday, Roger Waters did the keynote Q&A at the Billboard Touring Conference and Awards 2013, at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York.

The 80-minute discussion covered a number of subjects, not least his long-awaited new album which is now moving apace. ROlling Stone noted that 'his succinct synopsis of the album's storyline included the character voices of a six-year-old Northern Irish boy and his grandfather who comforts the child after he's had violent nightmares which include children being killed. The grandfather "enters into a covenant with the boy that he will take him on a quest to find an answer to his question, 'Why are we killing the children?' And that's what the record's about," Waters explained.'

More information on the Q&A and what Roger discussed can be read here. Billboard have also put together a short highlights video which can be seen here: