‘Stars Starve, You Know’: Funk priestess Betty Davis calls out her record company in 1976
An icon of the game.
Author: Bart Bealmear
Articles by Author: Bart Bealmear
Tear gas and used syringes: How Frank Zappa’s disastrous 1982 European tour ended in a full-scale riot
Discover how things fell apart.
‘The Traveler’: David Bowie’s mysterious and failed movie starring Flo & Eddie
David Bowie attempted to make a film starring The Turtles.
When The Velvet Underground survived a week of shows without Lou Reed and Nico in 1966
The Velvet Underground played Chicago in June 1966 without Reed or Nico.
The psychotic puppet in ‘Deep Red’: Dario Argento’s most unsettling creation
Argento’s uncanny terror.
Unauthorized, unhinged, unforgettable: The ‘Charlie’s Angels’ TV trash that still slaps
Campy, sleazy, but undeniably entertaining.
Rare footage of David Johansen and Johnny Thunders discussing Sex Pistols and Tom Petty in front of CBGB’s, 1976
A wonderful moment in time.
‘There’s Nothing Out There’: Did this low budget 1990 horror-comedy influence Wes Craven’s ‘Scream’?
If you’re a horror movie fan, I think you’ll agree with the assessment that Scream (1996) is a top-notch meta horror-comedy. But did you know…
The Happy Dragon-Band: Potent, art-damaged LP powered by a Detroit wizard, 1978
In 1978, a wonderfully weird album was released under the name the Happy Dragon-Band. The Detroit outfit wasn’t really a band, but a project steered…