The Back Room Blog

Everyone at Govinda Gallery loved Astrid Kirchherr and her photographs. We presented her work in exhibitions in over thirty cities… Read More

My own rock & roll DNA rests on two pillars, Little Richard and Elvis Presley. I was fortunate to be… Read More

Leave it to Donovan to release the best album of these times, Eco-Song, a compilation of 21 tunes written and… Read More

Though written by George Harrison 50 years ago, the lyrics and music to Here Comes the Sun remain as meaningful… Read More

These days Richard Lewis’s Reflections from Hell (powerHouse Books) seem prescient. The one above very much so. Carl Titolo’s image… Read More

This week the number of deaths from coronavirus in the United States surpassed the number of Americans killed in the… Read More

This photograph by E.S. Curtis is of a Hamatsa shaman, possessed by supernatural power, emerging from the woods after many… Read More

From Reflections from Hell by Richard Lewis (powerHouse Books). Read More

Mati Klarwein is one of my favorite artists. His exhibitions at Govinda Gallery were some of the most memorable we… Read More

The Washington Post published a front page feature story today on comedian and actor Richard Lewis. It was an excellent… Read More