‘Apollo’: Brian Eno’s ‘zero-gravity country music’ gets the deluxe treatment
Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks, the seminal collaboration between Brian Eno, his brother Roger Eno, and Daniel Lanois was recorded as the score for what ultimately…
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Epic Martin Rev interview about his early life and the making of Suicide’s first album
In 1922, T. S. Eliot’s poem The Wasteland was published in the Criterion magazine. It was read by no more than a handful of people.…
Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Love ’em or hate ’em?
ELP poster by Tadanori Yokoo Five years ago I wrote a piece here pondering the musical question: “Emerson, Lake & Palmer, do they suck?” I…
Don’t Watch Alone: The ‘Don’ts’ rather than the ‘Do’s’ of Movie Posters
‘Don’t Look in the Basement‘ (1973). These movies have a clue in their title. You could say the whole fucking plot’s in the title. Don’t…
Obscure occult horror film gem, ‘Dark August,’ 1976 (with a DM premiere)
The movies that make up Arrow Video’s American Horror Project series were made with modest budgets, but the makers of these ‘70s motion pictures were…
Rebel Without Applause: That time Sir John Gielgud got busted for cruising
Being invested with a knighthood can have its advantages. The media will take a knight more seriously and give credence to their pronouncements no matter…
Donald Sutherland as ‘a sperm-filled waxwork with the eyes of a masturbator’ in Fellini’s ‘Casanova’
For a man as superstitious as Federico Fellini the omens of 1973 were not good. Too many friends were ill or dying; his private life…
That time Marty Feldman almost had his portrait painted by Francis Bacon
When Marty Feldman met Francis Bacon drink was involved. Before he became internationally famous for his performance as Igor in Young Frankenstein, Marty Feldman was…
Renato Zero, the gender-bending Italian superstar that you’ve probably never heard of
Despite the fact that he is said to have sold 40 million records and his albums sit atop the Italian pop charts for half a…
Take a walk around a masterpiece with the Residents’ ‘Eskimo Deconstructed’
With any longstanding musical career, fans tend to favor one particular era of a band or performer’s back catalog–the years that provide your go-to albums–and…