Author: Richard Metzger

Sorry, but this is not going to be one of those analog vs. digital rants that goofball audiophile types like to indulge in at the…

“I’m very interested in murder.” –Nico, 1970 Via an intense David Bowie fandom, and also from being an avid reader of CREEM magazine, I discovered the…

I was trying to describe this thing last night to some friends over dinner, but I think you just have to see it… I posted…

This is a guest post by Spencer Kansa, author of Wormwood Star: The Magickal Life of Marjorie Cameron, Zoning and Out There: The Transcendent Life…

In the ever-evolving tapestry of fashion and youth subcultures, the New Romantics of the 1980s emerged as a vibrant and revolutionary movement. Known for their…

Sad news to report, Kenneth Anger, the Magus of American cinema has died, aged 96. He’d been living for some time in an assisted living facility…

I just read the sad news that the great Irish vocalist Cathal Coughlan has died. The frontman of both Microdisney and Fatima Mansions was 61…

I am a man of many enthusiasms, and one of the things that I am, for certain, the MOST enthusiastic about is Firesign Theatre, the…

The following is an excerpt from the liner notes to Riches to Rags, by Bob Mehr, the NY Times best-selling author of Trouble Boys: The…

“BALLSED IT UP AND BEGAN AGAIN” A TRANSATLANTIC TELEPHONE SCREAMPLAY (SPOILER ALERT – SCENE 1: – MOSTLY FICTIONAL – SCENE 2: 100% FACTS) Written by…