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Author: Ron Kretsch

MORE IS MORE! The inimitable Mrs. Smith on the history of heavy metal shred guitar

Last summer, Dangerous Minds introduced you to “Mrs. Smith,” an outrageous, hilarious, posh New-Englandy matron who plays breakneck-speed heavy metal guitar solos. Since then, her…

Ron Kretsch
Feb 7, 2018

‘Tight Pussy, Loose Shoes, and a Warm Place to Shit’: The song parody that trascendeth all

Creepy politicians and media personalities are losing their jobs and stature left and right over revelations of sexual importuning, and we fully support that (just…

Ron Kretsch
Dec 14, 2017

The War on Christmas is over, Motörhead wins.

I’m pretty sure jokey Christmas sweaters produced in the last several years must by now outnumber the entire total of sincere (if ghastly) ones made…

Ron Kretsch
Dec 12, 2017

A guide to all the gorgeous old guitars Neil Young is selling

It’s a busy time to be Neil Young. He just released a new album, The Visitor on Friday, with a new single called “Already Great,”…

Ron Kretsch
Dec 4, 2017

Kaiju Carnage! Giant monster art curated by Church of Satan’s High Priest

Bob Eggleton, “Hell-Kaiju” Dangerous Minds has previously and previouslier told you about an ongoing series of Satanic art exhibits and books, all under the umbrella…

Ron Kretsch
Nov 30, 2017

The seductive dystopian surrealism of painter Ian Francis

Ron Kretsch
Nov 15, 2017

Crucial punk doc ‘DOA: A Right of Passage’ FINALLY restored for a hi-def DVD release

If you’re anything like me—and since you clicked on this to begin with I’d expect there are decent enough odds that you’re more or less…

Ron Kretsch
Nov 8, 2017

Cindy Sherman’s newly public Instagram feed is full of amazingly creepy new work

Photographer Cindy Sherman has undertaken a sustained and acclaimed critique/exploration of the nature and construction of identity, Western self-representation, the male gaze, and the presumed…

Ron Kretsch
Aug 3, 2017

A preposterous Paul McCartney parody by Melvins drummer Dale Crover

In 1980, Paul McCartney released his first solo album since 1970’s eponymous McCartney. Cleverly titled McCartney II, it’s a so-so album at best, as a…

Ron Kretsch
Jul 17, 2017

Uhhhhh, WHAT? Lydia Lunch covers Bon Jovi

For the last few years, venerable no-wave provocateur Lydia Lunch has been collaborating with guitarist Cypress Grove, releasing in 2014 a split album with Spiritual…

Ron Kretsch
Jun 23, 2017

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