Author: Martin Schneider Archives: 05/2016

In 1983 Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin published a standalone novel drenched in classic rock that featured the following: a sorceress marshaling a…

Samla Mammas Manna was a prog rock band that was active during the 1970s and later that seems to have been Sweden’s closest approximation to…

To greet the 1990s, NME commissioned a photo shoot for its last issue of 1989 (December 23-30 issue) featuring Ian McCulloch, the presiding genius of…

Richard Kern was a big part of the underground cinema of the East Village in the 1980s. Among other things, he directed videos for Sonic Youth’s “Death…

The marvelous cover for the first hardcover edition, 1969 For those who enjoy their realities getting fucked with, there’s no better writer for that than…

The memorably named Tuttii Fruittii and Toni Tits–Tuttii’s the one on the bicycle above–are inclusive clowns for the generation that has decisively rejected the imposition…

‎Ligne claire whiz Derek Eads has concocted a gorgeous tarot set for fans of FX’s creepy shudder-fest American Horror Story. Using the stately Art Nouveau…

Sometime in the 1990s the Swiss occultist who goes by the name Akron suggested to his countryman H.R. Giger that he create a set of…

It took a while, but John Carpenter has lately been getting due recognition for his considerable accomplishments as a composer. Just a month ago the…

We’re not going to ask what you want to use them for, but in case you do want optically convincing fake drugs and fake money…