Jan Tumlir's "The Magic Circle" (2015)

Eindhoven, Netherlands: Onomatopee (book, essay), 2015.
6.25" x 4.25" x 0.625", 232 pages, softcover, 800 copies printed, ISBN 978-94-91677-43-4.

The Magic Circle: On the Beatles, Pop Art, Art-Rock and Records by Jan Tumlir, published in an edition of 800 first printing softcover copies by Onamatopee (Eindhoven, Netherlands) in 2015. This is a set of essays centered on the Beatles, and their connections to other creative thinkers.

William S. Burroughs is mentioned on the back cover and receives some discussion at a few pages, particularly pager 173-174. Burroughs also is mentioned in the Timeline at the end of the book.

My appreciation to Jeffrey Ball for pointing this item out.

Not in Schottlaender.

Contents: 

• Introduction:
• Part 1:
• "A language without meaning"
• "The task of positive criticism"
• "About place"
• "The soldiers come home"
• "What's the story?"
• "The information bomb"
• "Enter everyman"
• Part 2:
• "Small and big sounds"
• "My picture on the cover"
• "Court portrait, class photograph"
• "The invention of pop art"
• "Quod visum perturbat"
• "From eternal return to repeat play"
• Part 3:
• "The long and winding road"
• "Fallen idols"
• "Death and the family"
• "Marching orders"
• Part 4:
• "Revelations per minute"
• "I am not a number"
• "Western communism"
• "The garden of earthly delights"
• "First responders"
• "The future eve"
• "Before the end, something is coming to an end"
• Timeline
• Colophon