William Charles Franklyn Plomer CBE (he pronounced the surname as ploomer) (1903–1973) was a South African author, known as a novelist, poet and literary editor. He was educated mostly in the United Kingdom. Plomer edited several of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels in the 1950s and 60s.

He became famous in South Africa with his first novel, Turbott Wolfe, which had inter-racial love and marriage as a theme. He was co-founder of the short-lived literary magazine Voorslag ("Whiplash") with two other South African rebels, Roy Campbell and Laurens van der Post; it promoted a racially equal South Africa.

He spent the period from October 1926 to March 1929 in Japan, where he was friendly with Sherard Vines. There, according to biographers, he was in a same-sex relationship with a Japanese man. He was never openly gay during his lifetime; at most he alluded to the subject.

He then moved to England, and through his friendship with his publisher Virginia Woolf, entered the London literary circles. He became an important literary editor, for Faber and Faber[1], and was a literary adviser to Jonathan Cape[2]. He was active as a librettist, with Gloriana, Curlew River, The Burning Fiery Furnace and The Prodigal Son for Benjamin Britten.

Bibliography[link]

• 1925. Turbott Wolfe (novel)
• 1927. Notes for Poems. Hogarth, London (poetry)
• 1927. I Speak of Africa (short stories)
• 1929. The Family Tree. Hogarth, London (poetry)
• 1929. Paper Houses. Hogarth, London (short stories)
• 1931. Sado. Hogarth, London (novel)
• 1932. The Case is Altered (novel)
• 1932. The Fivefold Screen (poetry)
• 1933. The Child of Queen Victoria (short stories)
• 1933. Cecil Rhodes (biography)
• 1934. The Invaders (novel)
• 1936. Visiting the Caves. Cape, London (poetry)
• 1936. Ali the Lion (biography, reissued in 1970 as The Diamond of Janina)
• 1937. William Plomer (editor): Haruko Ichikawa: A Japanese Lady in Europe. Cape, London
• 1938. Selections from the Diary of the Rev. Francis Kilvert (1870–1879)
• 1940. Selected Poems. Hogarth, London
• 1942. In a Bombed House, 1941: Elegy in Memory of Anthony Butts (poetry)
• 1943. Double Lives: An Autobiography. Cape, London.
• 1945. The Dorking Thigh and Other Satires (poetry)
• 1949. Four Countries. Cape, London (short stories)
• 1952. Museum Pieces (novel)
• 1955. A Shot in the Park (poetry, published in U.S. as Borderline Ballads)
• 1958. At Home: Memoirs. Cape, London.
• 1960. Collected Poems. Cape, London.
• 1960. A Choice of Ballads (poetry)
• 1966. Taste and Remember (poetry)
• 1975. The Autobiography of William Plomer. Cape, London (revision of Double Lives, he died before he could rework At Home)
• 1978. Electric Delights. Selected and introduced by Rupert Hart-Davis. Cape, London (previously uncollected pieces)

References[link]

• Peter F. Alexander. William Plomer: A Biography (Oxford Lives, 1991)

External links[link]

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: William Plomer

• Picture of Plomer from the National Portrait Gallery.
• William Plomer and Japan; themargins.net.

Roger Glover
Glover performing live with Deep Purple in 2006
Background information
Birth name	Roger David Glover
Born	(1945-11-30) 30 November 1945 (age 66) Brecon, Wales
Genres	Hard rock, heavy metal, pop rock
Occupations	Musician, songwriter, producer
Instruments	Bass, vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica, saxophone
Years active	1964–present
Associated acts	Episode Six, Deep Purple, Rainbow, Gillan & Glover
Notable instruments
Rickenbacker 4001 Vigier

Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945 in Brecon) is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. Glover is best known as the bassist for the hard rock band, Deep Purple.^[1][2] Glover wrote the guitar riff on "Maybe I'm a Leo"^[3][4]

Early career[link]

Born near Brecon, Wales, Glover moved with his family to St Helens before settling in the South Kensington area of London, at the age of ten. Around that time, Glover's interests started to shift towards rock music, and by the time he was thirteen, Glover began playing guitar. He later moved to the North London district of Pinner and while at Harrow County School for Boys Glover formed his first band, Madisons, with a group of friends, which later merged with a rival band to become Episode Six, a band which later featured Glover's future Deep Purple bandmate, vocalist Ian Gillan. The two left Episode Six in 1969 to join Deep Purple.

Deep Purple and solo[link]

Deep Purple, Roger Glover 1970

After spending four years with Deep Purple, where the band saw their most successful releases in the albums, in Rock and Machine Head, Glover, along with Gillan, departed after Deep Purple's second tour of Japan in the summer of 1973. Glover said, "I wrote the riff to "Maybe I'm a Leo" after hearing John Lennon’s "How Do You Sleep?".^[3]

Throughout the 1970s, Glover went on to produce such bands as Judas Priest, Nazareth, Elf, the Ian Gillan Band, and David Coverdale.

In 1974, Glover released his first solo album, Butterfly Ball, and in 1978, released his second solo album entitled Elements.

From 1979 to 1984, he was the bassist, lyricist and producer for Ritchie Blackmore's solo band, Rainbow, working on four of the group's studio albums.

In 1983 he recorded his third solo album, Mask, released the next year. When in April 1984 Deep Purple reformed, Glover returned to his old band where he has remained for the last two-and-a-half decades.^[5]

In 1988, Glover and fellow Deep Purple member, Ian Gillan, recorded the side-project album, Accidentally on Purpose. Almost two decades later, Glover played with Ian Gillan during Gillan's brief solo tour in 2006.

In 2002, Glover released his fourth solo album entitled Snapshot under the name Roger Glover & The Guilty Party. The album featured performances from Randall Bramblett (who shared co-writing credits on several tracks) as well as Glover's daughter, Gillian.

In 2011, Glover released his fifth solo album, If Life Was Easy, which featured guest appearances by Nazareth's Dan McCafferty and Pete Agnew as well as Walther Gallay and Daniel "Sahaj" Ticotin.

Notable collaborations and performances[link]

In 2001 Glover was among a host of bass players who contributed to Gov't Mule's double album The Deep End, recorded as a tribute to the late Allen Woody, Mule's original bassist. Glover played on Deep Purple's "Maybe I'm a Leo", which was one of Woody's favourite songs. On May 3, 2003 in New Orleans Glover also took part in a special concert performed by Gov't Mule featuring appearances from all bass players who had contributed to The Deep End album.

On October 7, 2007 Glover joined his former bandmate Jon Lord to perform Concerto for Group and Orchestra at the Royal & Derngate Theatre in Northampton. The concert also featured Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conduced by Paul Mann.

In 2008 Roger Glover played bass on a charity single called "Lucy's Song" written and produced by David Domminney of Rogue Studios in London and available at iTunes. Income from the sale went to The Linda McCartney Cancer Centre (specifically to promote their Field of Women event which took place at Liverpool Cricket Club on July 6, 2008).

On March 21, 2012 Ian Paice was playing a gig with the Deep Purple tribute band Purpendicular in Pratteln, Switzerland. The band received a surprise reinforcement as Roger Glover "happened to be in the neighbourhood" and joined them on stage.

Personal life[link]

Glover currently resides in Switzerland where he lives with his partner Myriam. Myriam gave birth to a girl, Lucinda, on 27 June 2009.^[6] Glover has been married twice, and has another daughter, musician Gillian Glover (born 1976), from his first marriage.

In 2004, ITV Wales aired a TV special about Roger Glover called "Roger Glover – Made in Wales" (produced by Craig Hooper) which features interviews from fellow musicians Ian Gillan and Ian Paice, as well as Glover's mother, Brenda, and his wife Lesley.

Painting and photography[link]

On October 22, 2010 Roger Glover’s artwork exhibition called "Happy Silence" opened at the K-8 e.V. Galerie in Cologne. Previously Glover has let many of his pictures be auctioned in other galleries for good purposes, but this was his first own big presentation.

Discography[link]

Roger Glover in concert at Big Flats, New York in 2002

With Episode Six[link]

• Put Yourself In My Place (1987)
• BBC Radio 1 Live 1998/1969 (1997)
• The Complete Episode Six (1991)
• Cornflakes and Crazyfoam (2002)
• Love, Hate, Revenge (2005)

Compilation albums of songs recorded between 1964 and 1969

Roger Glover performing in London for the Sunflower Jam, 2007.

Solo[link]

• Let's Go To The Disco/Broken Man (single) (1974, with Ray Fenwick, released under the name Marlon)
• The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast (1974)
• Strawberry Fields Forever/Isolated Lady (single) (1975, with Eddie Hardin)
• Elements (1978)
• Mask (1984)
• Accidentally on Purpose (1988, with Ian Gillan)
• Snapshot (2002)
• If Life Was Easy (2011)

Guest appearances[link]

• Rupert Hine & David MacIver – Pick Up A Bone (1971)
• Jon Lord – Gemini Suite (1972)
• Dave Cousins – Two Weeks Last Summer (1972)
• Nazareth – Loud 'n' Proud (1973, "Free Wheeler")
• Andy Mackay – In Search For Eddie Riff (1974)
• Dan McCafferty – Dan McCafferty (1975)
• Ian Gillan Band – Child In Time (1976)
• Eddie Hardin – Wizard's Convention (1976, "Loose Ends")
• John Perry – Sunset Wading (1976)
• Eddie Hardin – You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks (1977)
• David Coverdale – White Snake (1977)
• David Coverdale – North Winds (1978)
• Joe Breen – More Than Meets The Eye (1978)
• Wheels – Don't Be Strange (1979)
• Eddie Hardin – Circumstancial Evidence (1982)
• Ian Gillan – Naked Thunder (1990, "No More Cane On The Brazos")
• Pretty Maids – Jump The Gun (1990, "Dream On")
• Ian Gillan – Cherkazoo and Other Stories ('73/'75 sessions) (1992)
• Gov't Mule – The Deep End, Volume 1 (2001, "Maybe I'm A Leo")
• Gov't Mule – The Deepest End, Live In Concert (2003)
• Ian Gillan – Gillan's Inn (2006)
• Field Of Women / Domminney – Lucy's Song (for the field of women charity event) (2008)
• Bernhard Welz – Stay Tuned (2010, "Believe Me")

As producer[link]

• Rupert Hine & David MacIver – Pick Up A Bone (1971)
• ELF – ELF (1972, with Ian Paice)
• Nazareth – Razamanaz (1973)
• Nazareth – Loud 'n' Proud (1974)
• Nazareth – Rampant (1974)
• Spencer Davis Group – Living In A Back Street (1974)
• Hardin & York, with Charlie McCracken – Hardin & York, with Charlie McCracken (1974, two tracks only)
• ELF – Carolina County Ball (1974)
• ELF – Trying To Burn The Sun (1975)
• Reflections – Moon Power/Little Star (single) (1975)
• Strapps – Strapps (1976)
• Ian Gillan Band – Child In Time (1976)
• Rory Gallagher – Calling Card (1976)
• Status Quo – Wild Side Of Life/All Through The Night (single) (1976)
• Judas Priest – Sin After Sin (1977)
• Young & Moody – Young & Moody (1977)
• Eddie Hardin – You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks (1977)
• Strapps – Secret Damage (1977, with Louie Austin and Chris Kimsey)
• David Coverdale – White Snake (1977)
• David Coverdale – Northwinds (1978)
• Barbi Benton – Ain't That Just the Way (1978)
• Joe Breen – More Than Meets The Eye (1978)
• Grand Theft – Have You Seen This Band? (1978)
• Rainbow – Down to Earth (1979)
• Young & Moody – Devil Went Down To Georgia/You Can't Catch Me (single) (1979)
• Young & Moody – All The Good Friends/Playing Your Game (single) (1980)
• Michael Schenker Group – The Michael Schenker Group (1980)
• Rainbow – Difficult to Cure (1981)
• Rainbow – Straight Between the Eyes (1982)
• Rainbow – Bent Out of Shape (1983)
• Rainbow – Finyl Vinyl (1986)
• Pretty Maids – Jump the Gun (1990)
• Deep Purple – Slaves and Masters (1990)
• Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On (1993, co-producer with Thom Panunzio)
• Deep Purple – Purpendicular (1996)
• Deep Purple – Abandon (1998)
• Dream Theater – Made In Japan (live cover of the Deep Purple album) (2006)
• Gillian Glover – Red Handed (2007, additional production)
• Café Bertrand - L'Art délicat du Rock & Roll (2008, mixing)
• Young & Moody - Back For The Last Time Again (2011, archive recordings)

Film and TV appearances[link]

• 1976 The Butterfly Ball (feature film)
• 1991 Deep Purple – Heavy Metal Pioneers (TV/video)
• 1995 Rock Family Trees, ep. 'Deep Purple' (TV)
• 2000 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock (TV)
• 2002 Gov't Mule – Rising Low (feature film)
• 2002 Classic Albums, ep. 'Deep Purple – Machine Head' (TV/video)
• 2004 Roger Glover – Made in Wales (TV)
• 2006 Memo – Ivan Pedersen's 40 års karriere (Video)
• 2006 Brick by Brick: The Building of Gillan's Inn (Video)
• 2007 Ian Gillan – Highway Star: A Journey in Rock (TV/Video)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Roger Glover

• Roger Glover–the official website
• The Sam Buxton Sunflower Jam Healing Trust
• Bass Roger Glover signature Excess Custom
• Bass Roger Glover signature Excess Original

Love Is All is a five-piece indie pop band from Gothenburg, Sweden. It releases songs in English. Paste Magazine has stated that it makes "infectiously lo-fi punk rock laced with saxophone and melodic vocals".^[1]

Biography[link]

Swedish band Love Is All are composed of Josephine Olausson (vocals, keyboard), Johan Lindwall (bass), Markus Görsch (drums), James Ausfahrt (saxophone), and Nicholaus Sparding (guitar/vocals). Olausson, Sparding, and Görsch had previously been members of Girlfriendo. The trio promptly regrouped after that band's demise and added Lindwall, who had recorded in a side project with Olausson and Sparding called Cat Skills. They finally added the missing piece with saxophone player Fredrik Eriksson. While earning many rave reviews from the blogging community for their blend of art punk and indie rock, the band released several singles, one of which made single of the week in NME. The singles were collected on the debut LP Nine Times That Same Song, released by New York-based What's Your Rupture? in late 2005. After much touring through 2006 and 2007, Eriksson left the band and Love Is All continued on as a quartet. A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night and the remix album Love Is All Mixed Up arrived in 2008, along with Eriksson's replacement Åke Strömer (saxophone, keyboards). They are currently signed to Polyvinyl Record Co..

Discography[link]

Albums[link]

• Nine Times That Same Song (What's Your Rupture?) (2005)
• A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night (What's Your Rupture?) (2008)
• Two Thousand and Ten Injuries (Polyvinyl Record Co.) (2010)

Remix Albums[link]

• Love Is All...Mixed Up (What's Your Rupture?) (2008)

Singles and EPs[link]

• "Spinning And Scratching / Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up / Ageing Hard / Never Been His Friend" 7" EP (2003)
• "Lost Thrills" (Dolores Recordings)
• "Felt Tip" (Smashing Time)
• "Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up" (2006) (What's Your Rupture?) #133 UK
• "Busy Doing Nothing" (2006) (What's Your Rupture?) #103 UK
• "Used Goods" (What's Your Rupture?)
• "Ageing Had Never Been His Friend / Nothing To Be Done" (2007) (What's Your Rupture?)
• "Love is All Play 5 Covers" (2008) (self-released)
• "Wishing Well & Covers" (2008) (Emusic)
• "Last Choice" (EP) (2009) (What's Your Rupture?)

References[link]

1. ^ http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2007/02/band-of-the-week-love-is-all.html

External links[link]

• Love is All on MySpace
• Punkcast#886 video of first USA show - Rockies, Brooklyn - Nov 15, 2005 (RealPlayer) (mp4)
• Subculture Magazine review of Nine Times That Same Song
• Subculture Magazine Interview / August 2006
• Adequacy.net's review of Two Thousand And Ten Injuries
• Pitchforkmedia.com's review of Nine Times That Same Song
• Pitchfork interview
• Official Website
• Live Photos from London gig
• Live Audio Melbourne, Australia February 2007
• Revista O Grito! Interview
• Love Is All at The Indie Music Database
• Love is All at exclaim
• Love is All interview
• Love is All at Polyvinyl Record Co.