A cinematic copycat crime spree: The teens who tried to become ‘Natural Born Killers’
“Movies don’t create psychos. Movies make psychos more creative!”
Crime
What if Derek Raymond’s violent, bleak crime novels were made into a 1970s TV show?
Author and filmmaker Adam Scovell–whose second novel How Pale the Winter Has Made Us was published earlier this year to great acclaim–sent me this wonderful trailer…
Previously unseen color film footage of the legendary, raucous punk band, CRIME (a DM premiere)
CRIME is one of my favorite bands from the punk era, and though they weren’t fond of the term “punk,” they most certainly fit the…
Vector Command: The dark and mysterious recordings by former members of Crime —a DM premiere
Recently, I was saddened to learn that Johnny Strike, singer/guitarist for the pioneer punks, Crime, had passed away. Crime’s debut 45 came out in 1976—Year…
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…
Coming soon: An unreleased movie about San Francisco punks CRIME from 1978
via oicVintage CRIME fans rejoice! San Francisco’s first and only rock and roll band starred in a never-released movie filmed during June of 1978, and…
Blue Thunder: Nova Scotia’s Crime Fighting Police Rock & Roll Band
There have been plenty of songs written about cops, but what about those written by cops? Meet Blue Thunder, the crime fighting rock and roll…
Adam Ant, John Cale, Ad-Rock and others guest star on ’80s crime drama ‘The Equalizer’
Edward Woodward and Adam Ant on the cover of Ant News Today, 1985 The Equalizer was a crime drama starring Edward Woodward (The Wicker Man‘s…