Omar the FABULOUS
Tony Shafrazi—Moogambo (1976)
Tony Shafrazi
Moogambo
24×26cm, 1976, Edition of 1000
Don’t mistake courtesy for friendship; an Irani is always polite
From the Arabist
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Eastern Tales
Oliver Herford — The Rubaiyat of a Persian Kitten (1904)
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Yes, this is exactly what you think it is—the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayam penned from the point of view of a kitten. It was written and illustrated by America’s foremost Kitten humourist of the time, Oliver Herford, whom you may (or may not) recognize from his other titles such as A Kitten’s Garden [...]
Holger Czukay — Persian Love (1979)
Persian Love is a single off of Holger Czukay’s first post-CAN solo recording, Movies. The song has sort of been canonized as a milestone in the evolution of sampling technique/application and it is often suggested that it is directly from Czukay, perhaps even specifically Persian Love, that Brian Eno picked up his tape splicing/”third world” [...]