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Your Future Disney Bookshelf – Walt’s People, Vol. 9

I was extremely pleased today to receive a copy of the latest edition of Didier Ghez‘s truly wonderful book series, Walt’s People: Talking Disney with the Artists who Knew Him. Volume Nine, available now in paperback or digital download, weights in at an impressive 541 pages. It’s great stuff, too!

The series, which began […]

Stock Your Shelves…

It’s a shame, but a lot of the great Disney-related books are out of print. That makes things occasionally difficult for the researcher or fan who might be just starting their own Disney library. For some time now, I’ve been using Alibris to locate those hard-to-find classics. They stock all the must-haves, like Richard Beard’s […]

Good Vibrations

Bumble Boogie, anyone?

Here’s something I’ve been waiting to hear about for a while.

On August 17th, the new “Disney Pearl” imprint will release an album by the great Brian Wilson containing covers of works by George and Ira Gershwin. Some of these songs are well-known standards, while two are previously unfinished compositions that Wilson […]

Progress City Library – Warp And Weft: Life Canvas of Herbert Ryman

Seeing as we’ve dedicated this month to Disney artist Herbert Ryman on the occasion of what would have been his 100th birthday, it’s only appropriate that we review at last a book about Mr. Ryman that came out earlier this year. Warp and Weft: Life Canvas of Herbert Ryman is far from a conventional […]

For The Boys

I just wanted to post a brief note that The Boys: The Sherman Brothers’ Story is now available for download on iTunes. I never gave this film an official, full review after seeing it last year at the D23 Expo, but it’s fantastic. Directors Gregory V. Sherman and Jeff Sherman do an excellent job […]