Clay Harper

former Tolkien Projects Director, HMCo
fine artist #ArborwayMatters

[Clay Harper @ClayHarper]

Wicked good thread --->

[Thing Bad @Merman_Melville]

I'm committing truly immense fraud to fund a 56 million dollar shot-for-shot remake of Lord of the Rings where everyone has a Boston accent

[Clay Harper @ClayHarper]

@BookLockdown @CONELRAD6401240 @TolkienSociety @MavrocksGirl May QPB, but I think HMCo did this "signature" set in 1978, adding Hobbit to the box in 1979 (perhaps first instance of Adult poaching from Children's? or UK run-on). The (first) Alan Lee designed covers - the muted grey-ish ones) appeared in 1980 (type and image frame). Not sure

[Clay Harper @ClayHarper]

@BookLockdown @CONELRAD6401240 @TolkienSociety @MavrocksGirl I'm getting rusty but isn't that typeface more typical of Ballantine in that era?

[Clay Harper @ClayHarper]

@BookLockdown @CONELRAD6401240 @TolkienSociety @MavrocksGirl I'm not entirely sure HMCo's hand is in this. It's LotR (and Hobbit) focused, not Silmarillion that I can see, and all HM had at the time (for the most part) was the hardcovers. Maybe just Ian capitalizing on Silmarillion?

[David Gura @davidgura]

From the Tony Bennett obituary in the @nytimes:

[Sean Casten @SeanCasten]

A few more thoughts on this tweet that I typed as I was walking off the House floor today, angry and wondering what has become of any semblance of decency among the Republican caucus:

[Eliza Parad @Eliza_Parad]

WHY are you planting new trees around Murray Circle @MassDCR?! This makes me think youare not going to do safety improvements on the Arborway like promised this year...#SafetyNotSpeed @bostonbikeunion @StreetsBoston @EmNecklaceBos

[Keith Richards @officialKeef]

Good Morning!

Photo: Dominique Tarle 1971
Nellcote

[Lockdown Book Detective @BookLockdown]

This 1958 Abbott Laboratories ad for Nembutal got me wondering about the artist and whether the illustrator may have added a subversive element to his depiction of the zombie child.

The style reminded me of the work of David Stone Martin and Ben Shahn. 1/7

[Clay Harper @ClayHarper]

@MilesHa91389803 Here in Boston I'm getting a daily dose of tree swallows, barn swallows, and... chimney swifts.

[Clay Harper @ClayHarper]

@TVietor08 Celtics in array

[Clay Harper @ClayHarper]

@CAKitchener @scotusreporter @amarimow The writing and reporting here is terrific. Thanks. One shoe drops, then another, and another, and another....

[Clay Harper @ClayHarper]

@ArchivesBoston @CllrKendraLara @JPHistoricalSoc High School on the hill to the left

[Clay Harper @ClayHarper]

@ArchivesBoston @CllrKendraLara @JPHistoricalSoc The raised beds of the Arborway (L-R), the massive granite heavy rail viaduct, and the steady march of the Elevated rail down Washington - waiting on station construction.

[Clay Harper @ClayHarper]

Grateful for the @billjanovitz bio of Leon Russell: monumental, enormously entertaining and informative. Russell was everywhere and everything to such profoundly great and lasting music; an accomplished and complex cat. So many voices help tell the story so well. You'd love it.

[Clay Harper @ClayHarper]

Nothing like Chicago (thread) --->

[Jason Meisner @jmetr22b]

🧵 20 years ago today, I was the overnight desk editor for City News.
My one reporter was busy checking on the usual list of fires and murders.
We were the only 2 journalists on duty in Chicago when a crazy tip came in: Bulldozers were rolling down the street, toward Meigs Field.

[Clay Harper @ClayHarper]

This (and more...)--->

[Bill McKibben @billmckibben]

Since this once-spunky-if-odd website seems destined to collapse in on itself in the days ahead, becoming a black hole occupied by people who think the globe is cooling, polio wouldn't be so bad, and being awake is a terrible fate, I feel like getting a few things out while I can

[Clay Harper @ClayHarper]

Great footage -->

[Red Sox @RedSox]

The moment Masa knows it's out.

[Clay Harper @ClayHarper]

@hhharlow Seriously though: fabulous storytelling and tribute to Carla tucked in there like an emotional landmine - props for being able to deliver it with such grace. I was blubbering just watching.

[Clay Harper @ClayHarper]

Every day is a good day to listen to the wonderful @hhharlow talk about the power of books and the passion of our late great friend Carla Gray

[GBH @GBH]

Watch @ShopFarms's @hhharlow on #StoriesFromTheStage's "Turn the Page" episode from @GBH's @worldchannel, now streaming: https://t.co/KUAZlQIfTk