All My Friends Are Dead

I know I'm a little late to this party, but I am now the proud owner of All My Friends Are Dead. 

And Chronicle always hits it out of the park with their endpapers.

All the dinosaur patterns all the time, please.

Thanks to my boyfriend, who surprised me with this at the airport before a trip a few weeks back. I can't decide if this is the most thoughtful gift ever or the strangest gift ever, but I decided it was an appropriate post for the spookiest day of the year.

Happy Halloween!

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new(ish) fairy tales
some helpful books from Chronicle on blogging as a creative

Oh Joy!

(At the risk of sounding like a blog groupie...)

I'm a big fan of Joy Cho's blog, Oh Joy!, and her work as well. I'm just starting to dive more into freelance work and recently ordered her first book, "Creative, Inc." and I pre-ordered her new book, "Blog, Inc." immediately after seeing her post about it earlier today.

Joy says:

I've given hundreds of consulting sessions and dozens workshops on the topic, and this book summarizes everything about blogging that I get asked the most...from coming up with a name and concept, to creating unique content to monetizing, and more. It's also filled with interviews from more than 15 of my favorite fashion, craft, design, and personal bloggers as well as from companies who work with bloggers.

Click here to pre-order from Amazon,
& click here to learn more about Joy's first book, "Creative, Inc."

(images Oh Joy!)

Autumn De Wilde

Autumn De Wilde is probably best known for her work with Elliott Smith, who she was close friends with. I already own her book about Smith, which includes interviews with Beck, Chris Walla and many more artists about their own experiences with Smith. Of course, the book is also full of De Wilde's incredible portraits of the Elliott.

I love her Elliott Smith book so much and was really happy to hear (via her blog) that she now has a book out on Beck. The cover is just perfect and I think the colors and styling are very representative of Beck's style. And of course, the book promises to hold some great portraits and stories. Plus, hey, a forward by Michel Gondry. This just gets better and better.

The book doesn't come out until November, which means it will definitely be on my Christmas List. Until then, here are a few of my favorite portraits Autumn has made of Beck. The first was used for the cover of his album "Sea Change" but I would definitely frame it and hang it up in my apartment.

Both books are available from the always awesome Chronicle Books. 

(all images Autumn De Wilde)