Author: Marc Campbell

Johnny Thunders as “Johnny Valentine.” Mona et Moi directed by Patrick Grandperret in 1989 is mainly notable for Johnny Thunders’ performance as a character–clearly based…

In the mid-70s I started a reggae band called The Ravers. I was living in Boulder, Colorado and had recently discovered The Wailers, Toots and…

Gerry Humphrys His voice immediately let you know what was coming. It was a voice that grabbed you by the lapels and lifted you several…

I could feel it before I got there. Several miles out and the dark vibes curled through the air like a toxic vapor. Serpentine streams…

The mysterious Steelberg has been re-imagining newly released movies as VHS tapes that you would have rented from your local video store when video stores…

When I got to San Francisco, the Summer Of Love was in full effect and I was crashing at a pad on Waller street in…

In March of 2013 I wrote a piece for Dangerous Minds about Khun Narin, a band from the Phetchabun Province of Thailand. I characterized their…

Nicolas Winding Refn directs films that really can be called visionary. From the Pusher Trilogy through Bronson to Valhalla and Drive, Refn’s trippy visuals blended…

Giorgio Gomelsky with a young Eric Clapton looking on. Giorgio Gomelsky died of cancer earlier today. He was 82. Gomelsky opened London’s Crawdaddy Club in…

Directed by Çetin Inanç and starring Turkish action superstar Cüneyt Arkin, The Man Who Saved The World is an amazingly over-the-top knock-off of George Lucas’s…