With great timing, due to the imminent record breaking Wall concerts in the country this month, a new biography of Roger Waters appeared in Argentinian bookstores yesterday (March 1st). "Roger Waters - Paredes y puentes: el cerebro de Pink Floyd" (which translates as "Walls and bridges: the brain of Pink Floyd") is certain to be a popular title with the many Floyd fans in that country.

The book is described as the "first and only biography of the English musician who broke all the records in Argentina. An essential document written by the specialized Argentinian rock reporter Sergio Marchi, to understand this genius, and how a young boy - almost an architect - paradoxically build his musical career knocking down walls".

The author, Sergio Marchi, has been a music journalist in the country for many years, writing for everything from newspapers to the local edition of Rolling Stone. This is his sixth book.

Our thanks to Claudio David Knaup for his help in bringing this information to you.

Many Pink Floyd fans have developed a unique perspective on director Roddy Bogawa's documentary "Taken by Storm: The Art of Storm Thorgerson and Hipgnosis": in 2010, Bogawa approached Pink Floyd's fan community (among others) to help finance this project. By all estimates, that effort paid off.

Since then, that fan community's knowledge of the documentary has been predominantly centered on a rough understanding of what Bogawa has weaved together on film as well as awareness of its sojourn through festivals and museums. It has been left up to this community to develop a collective reckoning of how the Thorgerson and Hipgnosis saga has been chronicled in the documentary – but opportunities to see the end result are beginning to materialize: the result is a truly moving film offering the narrative for three stories Pink Floyd fans can all relate to: a story about Thorgerson's work, a story about Thorgerson himself, and a story about the art of the album cover.

Making a journey, if possible, to catch this on the big screen is well worth the effort: particularly as Bogawa travels with the film and takes questions from his fans and supporters. This is a unique opportunity that is unlikely to be replicated often once the film lands a distribution deal. Such was the occasion at New York City's Museum of Modern Art last Thursday night (February 23rd, 2012), when it welcomed "Taken by Storm" and Bogawa. The director was joined by co-producer and score composer Chris Brokaw as well as film editor Karen Skloss in a Q&A session with the audience after the film's screening.

Some of you will recall that back in November 2010, Harry Waters took advantage of a free night on the Roger Waters Wall tour that year, to make a special appearance at a local Miami venue called "7th Circuit Studios". Some good news for our friends who will be in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Sunday, March 11th - another special one-off show has been lined up, in the midst of the record-breaking run of his father's shows.

Follow this link for more information on the show and the venue. Scroll down the target page, and you'll find Harry's show. The picture to the right [click the thumbnail] is the concert poster that is currently plastered all over Buenos Aires announcing the show!

Harry's solo album was licensed to an Argentine label called DBN Discos, and as a bonus for the Latin American edition, Harry joined forces with an up and coming Tango music oriented act in Argentina called Timotteo. They recorded two bonus songs, covers of songs by the legendary Argentinean bandoneon player Astor Piazolla. Violentango and Libertango are the two bonus cuts. The new version of the CD is now available to purchase via Amazon USA.

The album enlists, amongst others, Ian Ritchie on tenor sax, Chester Kamen on acoustic guitar, and the excellent Yaron Stavi on double bass (part of Phil Manzanera's band for the Firebird V11 project). We really enjoyed Harry's first album; its style and infectious jazz-centred tunes certainly made us sit up and listen, and might take you by surprise!

The standard edition (without the extra tracks noted above) can be ordered through the following links: Amazon UK, Amazon.com, Amazon Canada, Amazon Germany, or Amazon France. Harry's own website, www.HarryWaters.co.uk, includes some audio samples to give you a taster.

The well-respected UK radio station Planet Rock are broadcasting a one-hour special - "Building The Wall" at 7pm on Saturday, February 25th. Based on exclusive interviews conducted by this Floyd-friendly station, they take a close look at Pink Floyd's The Wall from conception, to recording the original album and staging the shows, right up to Roger Waters' current tour. It includes interviews with Roger Waters, Nick Mason, Snowy White and Gerald Scarfe.

Those in the UK can tune in on DAB radio, via Sky satellite TV (channel 0110), Virgin Media digital cable (channel 924), or Freesat (channel 730). Alternatively, fans worldwide can listen in via their website: PlanetRock.com. They also have a "Listen Again" facility online but we cannot guarantee that this interview will be available through that route.