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Author: Richard Metzger Archives: 04/2014

Psychological torture makes for good TV: Japan’s demented real-life ‘Truman Show’

Even for a culture well-known for its sadistic game shows, Japan’s Susunu! Denpa Shōnen (進ぬ!電波少年) still stands out. The producers of this “torture”-themed reality series,…

Richard Metzger
Apr 22, 2014

Meet the six-foot-tall George Harrison Marionette

This is a guest post written by Tabitha Vidaurri. There exist a series of music videos of a life-sized, hand-made marionette of George Harrison. He…

Richard Metzger
Apr 18, 2014

Neil Young’s hard to see ‘Muddy Track’ movie: ‘I don’t know what the f*ck it is’

In 1987, Neil Young told an interviewer that Time Fades Away was “the worst record I ever made–but as a documentary of what was happening…

Richard Metzger
Apr 17, 2014

Attention Doctor Who fans: Watch ‘The Delian Mode’ terrific short documentary on Delia Derbyshire

Canadian director Kara Blake‘s award-winning short documentary The Delian Mode is an audio-visual love letter to pioneering electronic composer Delia Derbyshire, best known for her…

Richard Metzger
Apr 9, 2014

‘Stupid Club’: Thousands gather to grieve for Kurt Cobain in Seattle park, 1994

As we near the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death–the Nirvana leader killed himself on April 5, 1994–this morning the Seattle Police Department released two…

Richard Metzger
Apr 3, 2014

London Underground: Early counterculture doc with Paul McCartney, Allen Ginsberg, Pink Floyd

Granada Television produced this fascinating TV time capsule “It’s So Far Out It’s Straight Down” as a special part of their Scene at 6:30 series.…

Richard Metzger
Apr 2, 2014
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