‘Kimono My House’: Sparks’ audio guide to the Los Angeles rock scene of the Sixties
Before they were Sparks, brothers Ron and Russell Mael were teenagers growing up in Pacific Palisades. More than the sunbeams, they bathed in the sound…
Author: Oliver Hall Archives: 12/2016
That time the most famous director in Mexico shot a film critic in the balls
Even if you’ve never seen one of Emilio Fernandez’s movies—even if you’ve never seen him in Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch or Bring Me the…
Lou Reed and John Cale’s soundtrack to Andy Warhol’s ‘Hedy,’ 1966
Andy Warhol and Mario Montez filming Hedy (via Continuo) On the night of January 27, 1966, the actress Hedy Lamarr was arrested for stealing $86…
Unboxing the Los Angeles Free Music Society’s new 13-LP collection—a Dangerous Minds premiere
Members of the Los Angeles Free Music Society, 1976 (photo courtesy of The Box LA and Fredrik Nilsen Studio) In 2012, the Los Angeles Free…
This web oracle cuts up text and audio of William S. Burroughs’ ‘Naked Lunch’
Collage by William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin, c. 1965 (via Print) What’s that, friend? You say you’d like to consult the I Ching, but…