Steve Allen’s fake jazz records that duped critics
The posthumously celebrated boogie-woogie pianist Buck Hammer was legendary, and the reason he was legendary is that he had four hands. When his debut and…
Author: Oliver Hall Archives: 04/2018
When Luis Buñuel wrecked Charlie Chaplin’s Christmas
Eduardo Ugarte, Luis Buñuel, Jose Lopez Rubio, Leonor and Tono at Charlie Chaplin’s house, 1930 Whenever someone voices alarm about the “war on Christmas,” I…
‘Toy Porno,’ the video the Frogs made for Kurt Cobain
Dennis Flemion, Mark Arm, Kurt Cobain, and Jimmy Flemion (via Matador) When Everett True recalls watching “videos of puppet sex created by insane Midwest band…