Love Torn Apart: Joy Division butchered, ruined, and made almost unlistenable
Last year, Uberphawx created a bit of stir with his psychotic version of the Beatles “Eleanor Rigby” where all the notes were E or F.…
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‘Beth, I hear you calling’: The totally made-up, not true story behind the biggest hit KISS ever had
Conduct a casual poll of the hardy troops that make up the KISS Army as to their favorite KISS songs; I’d wager you’ll hear a…
Listen to The Fall celebrate legendary DJ John Peel’s 50th Birthday, 1989
John Peel with his wife Shelia and Mark E. Smith and the Fall at Peel’s 50th birthday bash, 1989. via. When did everything get so…
Family Album: Lurid lobby cards & promo shots for ‘The Texas Chainsaw Massacre’ in B&W and Color
I guess there’s not much more to be said about The Texas Chain Massacre that hasn’t already been given. One of the most influential seventies…
That Time They Opened Lord Byron’s Coffin and Found He had a Humongous Schlong
At two o’clock on June 15th, 1938, a truck pulled-up outside the church hall at St. Mary Magdalene, Hucknall Torkard, England. The vehicle was packed…
More cover songs from the man behind Orkestra Obsolete’s ‘Blue Monday’
Who are these masked men? That was the question many people were asking when a video popped up on their timeline four years ago featuring…
The story behind Michael Palin and Terry Jones’ comedy classic ‘Ripping Yarns’
Poor Terry Jones, what a fucking dreadful way to go. Dementia–which sick fucker came up with that one? Death’s a right evil bastard. My old…
Cover Star: Poptastic covers of vintage British TV comic ‘Look-In’
Get them young and you’ll have them for life. That was the maxim when I worked in television. It was called “creating brand loyalty,” which…
Sex, Nazis, and classical music: Ken Russell’s ‘Lisztomania’
Scene: Opening titles. A group of sunny So-Cal cheerleaders kick and shake: “Give it an L. Give it an I. Give an S. Give it…
Enter the bizarre world of Vader Abraham, lover of Smurfs and Weepuls
If you owned a desktop PC in the nineties, then you must remember weepuls. Your friend’s mom might have even had one on the dash…