01/13/23 at 07:00 am
Bart Bealmear
Part of our mission here at Dangerous Minds is to hip readers to artists they—that’s *you*—may not be aware of. That’s certainly the...
12/17/22 at 02:33 pm
Richard Metzger
This is a guest post by Spencer Kansa, author of Wormwood Star: The Magickal Life of Marjorie Cameron, Zoning and Out There: The Transcendent...
12/06/22 at 07:26 pm
Oliver Hall
Illustration from ‘The Invisible Man’ by TOMO77 The poster that came with DEVO’s 1981 New Traditionalists album depicts the band...
10/24/22 at 02:52 pm
Cherrybomb
A photograph by Kelly Garni that graces the cover of his new book, ‘Naked Vegas: The Highs and Lows of A Photographers Journey’ (2022)....
09/13/22 at 06:00 am
Bart Bealmear
The brilliant black comedy Heathers (1988) has frequently been compared to another gem of a cult movie, Massacre at Central High (1976). This...
08/23/22 at 04:53 pm
Cherrybomb
Madonna just wants to be punk. Doesn’t everybody? In 1979 Madonna was dating musician Dan Gilroy of the Breakfast Club. The pair were living...
07/26/22 at 05:44 am
Richard Metzger
Photo of Mark Stewart by Chiara Meattelli and Dominic Lee Mark Stewart on Mark Fisher: “HE CAME FROM THE PRESENT TO SAVE THE FUTURE AND...
07/25/22 at 05:53 am
Bart Bealmear
Big Star’s original lineup. L-R: Andy Hummel, Chris Bell, Alex Chilton, and Jody Stephens. Listen to the second part of my appearance on the...
07/18/22 at 06:00 am
Bart Bealmear
I’m the guest on the latest episode of the fabulous Discograffiti podcast discussing the work of ‘70s cult band, Big Star. Host Dave Gebroe...
07/13/22 at 10:05 am
Paul Gallagher
George Miller’s marionette studio in Glasgow. George Miller aka Kaiser George is an artist, musician, and leader of the cult band The...
06/17/22 at 07:52 am
Richard Metzger
Because I love all of their albums so very much, it’s difficult for me to say which is my favorite Gun Club album—it’s Mother Juno, but...
05/23/22 at 12:30 pm
Richard Metzger
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...
05/23/22 at 07:11 am
Bart Bealmear
The Leeds band Girls at Our Best! were only around for a couple of years in the early 1980s, but they left behind some solid tunes, including...
05/19/22 at 03:08 pm
Oliver Hall
“A report in 2019 revealed that Queen Elizabeth II and her family cost the British people £67 million per year,” says grateful subject...
05/18/22 at 06:55 am
Oliver Hall
Laibach’s new album ‘Wir sind das Volk (ein Musical aus Deutschland)’ Laibach’s latest project, a musical theater production based on...
05/16/22 at 01:12 pm
Bart Bealmear
In July 2019, we told you about the marvelous seventies rock ‘n’ roll band, the Hollywood Stars. The occasion was the emancipation of their...
05/12/22 at 07:33 am
Richard Metzger
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 legendary...
05/11/22 at 08:52 am
Paul Gallagher
‘Wierdo.’ Scot Sothern grew up in a photographic studio. His old man photographed weddings and portraits. He told him: When you take a...
05/05/22 at 07:21 am
Richard Metzger
I awoke this morning to the extremely sad news that our friend Howie Pyro had passed. The rocker, cultural historian, DJ, founding member of...
04/21/22 at 07:47 am
Richard Metzger
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 True...