Sgt. Pepper’s redux: Should you buy the $$$ new version of the Beatles’ classic or save your money?
“It was 50 years ago today, that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play…” Whenever I write a “review” of something that’s universally acknowledged to…
Author: Richard Metzger Archives: 05/2017
‘Female Trouble’ dolls and other imagined retro toys based on John Waters films
Divine as “Dawn Davenport” doll Opening today at La MaMa Galleria at 47 Great Jones Street in Manhattan (and there until June 24) is “Lost…
Punk, Patti Smith, William Burroughs & capitalism: A ‘conceptual conversation’ with RE/Search’s Vale
Vale with William Burroughs This interview with V. Vale was conducted by Michael Lee Nirenberg, director of the 2014 documentary Back Issues: The Hustler Magazine…
When Tom Waits met William Burroughs
The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets is a lesser-known project of William S. Burroughs (who wrote the opera’s book) and a somewhat…
24 Hour Partying People: Happy Monday, it’s the Happy Mondays!
“You know you talk so hip man! You’re twistin’ my melon man!” Although, of course, they are still well-loved and known as one of the…