Behind the scenes with James Bond in ‘You Only Live Twice’
The revolution of the sixties kicked off on October 5th, 1962. This was the day The Beatles released their first single “Love Me Do” and…
Author: Paul Gallagher Archives: 10/2015
‘The Day of the Dead’: Putting Malcolm Lowry to jazz
The loss of ignorance makes existence worthwhile. Two days ago I’d only vaguely heard of the late English composer and jazz musician Graham Collier (1937-2011)…
Polaroids of Desire: Architect Carlo Mollino’s secret stash of erotica (NSFW)
The architect and designer Carlo Mollino had a secret life–one that only came to light after his death in 1973. Born in Turin in 1905,…
‘Make Life Worth Living’: A look at Scotland’s grim tenement slums, 1969-72
For a large swathe of the UK’s population, life in the swinging sixties was not all miniskirts, psychedelia and Beatle wigs–it was hard dismal work,…
Prog rock starts around here: The legendary Pete Brown and Piblokto! live on French TV
Piblokto is an Inuit word describing a “dissociative fugue state, usually occurring in Inuit women, in which the afflicted person screams, tears off her clothes,…