‘Mickey Mouse in Vietnam’: the most disturbing anti-war cartoon
The mouse really does pop up everywhere.
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‘Condensed Cream of the Beatles’: Future generations will watch this psychedelic rollercoaster to understand Beatlemania
Psychedelic Beatles short by Braverman, 1974.
Red Meanies, Blue Meanies: The Cold War roots of The Beatles movie ‘Yellow Submarine’
The man in charge was a Czechoslovak-born German named Heinz Edelmann.
DEVO’s Gerald V. Casale talks about going mano a mano with ‘The Invisible Man’!
Illustration from ‘The Invisible Man’ by TOMO77 The poster that came with DEVO’s 1981 New Traditionalists album depicts the band sheltering an ethnically diverse triad…
Watch the new Half Japanese video ‘Undisputed Champions’ animated by Jad Fair himself
The legendary Jad Fair blesses us with a new album in 2020. Here’s “Undisputed Champions,” a preview of the upcoming Half Japanese album Crazy Hearts,…
‘Lover’: Scott Lavene animated video premiere
If Scott Lavene‘s name isn’t familiar, you can click here for the complete rundown on this up and coming English singer-songwriter. If you’re not familiar…
The Future’s watching You: ‘Gaitkeeper,’ more dystopian animation from John Butler
New Year, new you? Maybe. You can change the way you live and what you want to do. You can change your looks, your attitude,…
Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ was his sly way of calling attention to the poor of Victorian England
So, this is Christmas and…no matter what you’ve done, may I wish you all the very best Compliments of the Season, Happy Holidays and a…
Cheech & Chong’s classic ‘Basketball Jones’ cartoon
“That basketball was like…a basketball to me” –Basketball Jones “Basketball Jones” was a song/routine/character from Cheech & Chong’s 1973 Los Cochinos (“The Pigs”) record. The…