Harlan Ellison’s stoner rock song
(via Pinterest) Harlan Ellison was not a head. In his review of 2001: A Space Odyssey, set in Canter’s Deli at three in the morning,…
Books
The British neurologist who uses William S. Burroughs’ ideas to treat Parkinson’s disease
Though he never met William S. Burroughs, the British neurologist A.J. Lees credits the author as an important teacher in his recent book, Mentored by…
‘The Shining,’ ‘To Kill a Mockingbird,’ and ‘Frankenstein’: Bags for Book Lovers
“If you go home with somebody,” John Waters once said, “and they don’t have books, don’t fuck ’em!” To save the bother of waiting until…
Tom Adams’ macabre, surreal, and unsettling covers for classic crime novels
Tom Adams is an artist best-known for his cover artwork for books by Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, Kingsley Amis, and John Fowles during the 1960s…
The Devil’s in the brushstroke: Lurid paintings of monsters, nightmares & demons for Mexican pulps
We have their paintings, their names, and that’s about it. Araujo, Dorantes, Fzavala, Marin, Pérez, Luna, and Ortiz. Many more just disappeared or have been…
Cool lobby cards from 1960s cult spy flick ‘A Dandy in Aspic’
By way of an introduction to this selection of lobby cards from the spy thriller A Dandy in Aspic, let me tell you something about…
Meet the priest who was Oscar Wilde’s lover and partly the basis for ‘Dorian Gray’
The writer Max Frisch once wrote that an author does nothing worse than betray himself. In that, a work of fiction reveals more of a…
William S. Burroughs on the cut-up technique and meeting Samuel Beckett & Bob Dylan
“It’s the stink of death, citizens!” (Photo by Peter Hujar) This hour-long BBC Radio special opens with “Old Lady Sloan,” the Mortal Micronotz’ interpretation of…
Girl Gangs, Biker Boys, and Real Cool Cats: Pulp Fiction and Youth Culture
Recently I have become rather mopey and down-in-the-mouth, to be quite honest. No, it’s not politics and it’s not due to some dumb horrible break-up…
Comic books & science fiction: ‘Flying Saucer Attack’ collects the Rezillos’ complete recordings
Sire’s “Plundering the Vaults” reissue series got to the Rezillos in 1993, as if in karmic compensation for my first year of high school math…