As most of you are fully aware, the next phase of the Why Pink Floyd? campaign focuses on Wish You Were Here, which is released as Experience and Immersion editions on November 7th 2011. On the same day, A Foot In The Door, a "best of" following on from the Echoes compilation, is also released on CD. In this newly released video, David Gilmour talks about the release with Paul Rappaport, who visited David's houseboat/recording studio, Astoria, for the conversation. Gilmour even takes a moment to play a little of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond":

As visitors to his official Facebook page will know, One Small House has teamed up with Roger Waters to help build homes for 10 extremely impoverished families in Mexico this December. From now through the end of December, Roger will match every dollar donated by fans. Click here to meet the families and give $5, $10, $100 or more!

One Small House has built over 30 homes in rural Mexico over the past 10 years. Through utilizing trusted contacts and community leaders, needy and hard-working families are identified and assessed for eligibility. This ensures that the homes being built are going to those who will benefit most from a safe, secure new home.

"Check out One Small House, they are special people, help if you can. Each small candle lights a corner of the dark."
- Roger

London's Idea Generation Gallery was the venue last night for the official launch of BIG & SMALL, a brand new exhibition of the album cover art of Storm Thorgerson and StormStudios. Opening to the public on October 21st, and running until November 13th, Big & Small illustrates the vast diversity of format now facing music designers, from billboards to digital downloads and postage stamps. In particular, the show features enormous high quality fine art prints at 5-foot square that are by far the biggest they have ever attempted, of album covers from Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Muse, The Mars Volta et al derived from original art and individually supervised.

The exhibition also displays more manageable sized prints of recent StormStudios work including Pendulum, The Wombats, Younger Brother alongside more familiar works from Black Sabbath, Peter Gabriel, Steve Miller, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. There's also some new, never before seen in public works which are well worth checking out.

Idea Generation were the hosts of the excellent Syd Barrett: Art and Letters exhibition which took place in March/April this year. The presentation of that exhibition was a great showcase of Syd's artistic endeavours, and as we saw last night, they've done a great job at displaying Storm's work, which ranges over many years, for a wide range of musicians. The venue packed with guests ranging from other artists, to musicians, to members of various band management teams and record company personnel, a great time was had by all, as they explored the show - and more on the show, and our exclusive pictures, are below.

Our hearty congratulations to Jon Carin, who today celebrates his 47th birthday (Friday, October 21st).

The talented multi-instrumentalist has been a key part of the Pink Floyd operation since 1985, and more recently toured with David Gilmour (on his On An Island tour), and Roger Waters (on his Dark Side Of The Moon tour). He is currently a key member of Roger's band for the mammoth Wall tour, which has completed 120 shows in front of thrilled audiences in North America and Europe, playing keyboards and more during the show. The tour resumes in January 2012, with dates in Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Argentina and Brazil announced so far, with more to come (including a return to North America).

For those who might have missed it, or want another chance to read it, check out our extensive and exclusive interview with Jon from August 2007. It's full of fascinating insights into his life and work with various top musicians, including (of course) David, Roger, and Pink Floyd!

Have a great day, Jon - and many happy returns!