A short film on the making of Mark Stewart’s ‘Learning to Cope with Cowardice’ (a DM premiere!)
Mark Stewart and the Maffia live in Kentish Town, 1986 (Photo by Beezer) Last month, when Mute brought out a double-LP reissue of Mark Stewart’s…
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The remarkable story of the pioneering Renaissance artist Sofonisba Anguissola
‘Self-Portrait’ (1556). You don’t have to be no punk rock star or drug addled cult writer to earn the tag of a dangerous mind. A…
Get a second helping of Gram Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers with ‘Burrito Deluxe’
Whenever I’m bragging about my middle-aged man’s audiophile stereo system, the all important “demo” record that I always pull out first is Intervention Records‘ ridiculously…
Terrifying Feelings: Innermost anxieties, curious creatures and alluring lands
On Thursday February 28th, a pop-up gallery event will take place in New York’s Lower East Side at 198 Allen Street featuring the work of…
The obscure teen film that inspired ‘Captain Midnight’ the infamous HBO hacker
During the early morning hours of April 27, 1986, a Florida man by the name of John R. MacDougall hacked into Home Box Office’s satellite…
Test Dept returns with the new video ‘Landlord’ (a DM premiere)
Test Dept’s new album, ‘Disturbance’ Next week, the London-based activist industrial group Test Dept, forgers of the “Stakhanovite sound,” will release their first new album…
Get your hands on Peter Hook’s personal Joy Division and punk memorabilia
Over the years, legendary New Order and Joy Division bassman, Peter “Hooky” Hook has been collecting almost every single piece of memorabilia relating to his…
Oliver Reed as a prototype Alex from ‘A Clockwork Orange’ in ‘These are the Damned’
At one point Ken Russell was the favored director for a movie version of A Clockwork Orange supposedly starring the Rolling Stones. What Russell would…
Listen up liberal loonies: Right-wing talk show host Wally George’s 1984 novelty record
America doesn’t need another Wally George. He was host of the Hot Seat – a reality talk show that ran locally on Southern California cable…
Lux Interior: Ten years gone, but his bones keep rockin’! Unheard 1981 interview!
Yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the passing of Lux Interior, the great frontman of The Cramps, one of the most influential bands of the…