An interview with Satan’s one-man band: Hasil Adkins on the radio, 1986
Painting of Hasil Adkins by his good friend, Joe Coleman Appalachian avant-garde rock ‘n’ roller Hasil Adkins is undoubtedly one of the weirdest figures in…
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‘Future Now’: A brilliant portrait of novelist J. G. Ballard, from 1986
Writers need stability to nurture their talent and unfetter their imagination. Too much chaos dilutes the talent and diminishes the productivity. Writers like Norman Mailer…
When Lou Reed doesn’t like you, you know it: MTV 1986
This is a rather long introduction to the video below in which Lou Reed verbally pistol whips a founding member of the New Music Seminar.…
Turntable genius: Watch a young Grandmaster Flash ride the Wheels of Steel, 1986
In this fantastic excerpt from the legendary Dutch TV documentary about old school hip hop, Big Fun In The Big Town, a young Grandmaster Flash…
‘The Queen Is Dead’: Derek Jarman’s film for The Smiths, from 1986
As Britain prepares for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations for Her Majesty, here is The Queen is Dead – Derek Jarman’s Super 8 film triptych (made…
Stiv Bators interview from 1986: Confessions of a Catholic boy
Lapsed Catholic Stiv Bators with Brooke Shields. A must-see interview with Stiv Bators which aired in March of 1986 on Cleveland’s longest running cable music…
Jennifer Connelly auditions for ‘Labyrinth’, 1986
Another curio from the Jim Henson vaults, this time the audition tape of a 14-year-old Jennifer Connelly for the 1986 cult classic Labyrinth. You gotta…
Andy Warhol and Jean-Michel Basquiat in 1986
”It was like some crazy-art world marriage and they were the odd couple. The relationship was symbiotic. Jean-Michel thought he needed Andy’s fame, and Andy…
Vincent Price: An interview with French TV, from 1986
O, Vincent Price – wasn’t he fab? He had this terrific ability to sound both menacing and amused at the same time. It was part…