MOJO 31 October by Ross Bennett Halloween Special! Queen man talks MOJO through Diableries: his weird collection of ghoulish 19th Century 3D tableaux. HE MAY HAVE SPENT over 40 years as a driving force behind one of the biggest bands in the world, but for the last decade Queen’s Brian May has … [Read more...]
BRIAN MAY CONFIRMS FREDDIE MERCURY ACTOR SORTED, AT LAUNCH OF DEVILISH NEW BOOK ‘DIABLERIES’
HUFFINGTON POST 31 October 2013 “We think we have our man,” says Brian May, about the much-speculated identity of the actor to play Freddie Mercury in the forthcoming biopic. He’s understandably circumspect. “There’s a film?” he asks, with a twinkle in his eye when pressed at the launch of his … [Read more...]
RIDING WITH THE DEVIL (IN VICTORIAN FRANCE)
A lovely piece about Brian's Diableries book in LA Times... LA TIMES 23 October 2013 Jacket Copy BOOKS, AUTHORS AND ALL THINGS BOOKISH The devil was close at hand in Victorian-era France, particularly if you had a stereoscope. A series of double-image cards -- Diableries -- fit into a … [Read more...]
BROUGHT TO BROCK
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 27 October 2013 Matthew Bell - The Feral Beast Well known for his love of badgers, Queen guitarist Brian May has yet another string to his bow. On Wednesday, he launches his latest project, a compilaiton of "diableries", Victorian stereographs of skeletons doing bizarre … [Read more...]
BRIAN MAY ON PHOTOGRAPHY, ‘WE WILL ROCK YOU’ AND ADAM LAMBERT
ULTIMATE CLASSIC ROCK 24 October 2013 by Annie Zaleski Many artists claim to possess multiple talents, but it’s not a stretch to say that Queen guitarist Brian May comes closest to actually being a Renaissance Man. Besides being an influential musician, Dr. May — he’s an astrophysicist who … [Read more...]
BRIAN MAY: THERE’S LIFE IN THE OLD DEVIL YET
Pick up a copy ot the Telegraph - for a Reader Offer !! Diableries will feature in Weekend Supplement TELEGRAPH 25 October 2013 by Christopher Middleton Brian May is still raising hell with Diableries, a book of demonic 3D images from the 19th century. Download JPG version [thanks to Jen … [Read more...]
BRIAN ON MAGIC FM THIS MORNING
Queen Legend Brian May - http://youtu.be/AO6CLjnp1lY Listen in on Dr Neil Fox's Breakfast Show on MagicFM Radio this morning - 25 October. Brian May's interview, that we reported he did recently, is airing on the programme. Sorry no exact time known. The show goes out from 5-9AM. LISTEN … [Read more...]
BRIAN MAY: THIS COUNTRY IS IN A TERRIBLE PLACE
Brian May's interview with Esquire Magazine.... ESQUIRE 24 October 2013 by Johnny Davis The Queen legend on his latest hobby, badgers and the Freddie movie Denis Pellerin and Brian May For his latest project, Queen guitarist, astrophysicist and friend of the badgers Brian May has teamed up … [Read more...]
QUEEN’S BRIAN MAY TAKES READERS ON A 3-D TOUR OF HELL
NEW YORK POST 23 October 2013 by Tim Donnelly Brian May Signs Copies Of His Book "Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures In Hell." Photo: Jim Spellman/WireImage Long before 3-D was forced into every movie from “Avatar” to “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,” Victorian-era households had their own … [Read more...]
GOING TO HELL WITH QUEEN’S GUITARIST
THE HUFFINGTON POST 22 October by Mallika Rao Think of them as the holograms of the nineteenth century -- stereoscopic photographs, pairs of flat images that appear three-dimensional when seen through a special lens. A book out this month, “Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures In Hell," sheds … [Read more...]