Moe Tucker hates ‘Heroin’: The Velvet Underground drummer on the issues of creating rock history
A tale of two stories.
Drugs
Raw, brutal, and intimate photos depict the 1980s ‘heroin epidemic’ of New York’s East Village
Images that challenge our respect and empathy.
Nina Hagen’s ‘NunSexMonkRock’: The weirdest, greatest unsung masterpiece of the post‑punk era
A post‑punk freak‑show.
Death Cigarettes: How punk branding exposed corporate hypocrisy
Hang on, so they were actually healthier?
A long, rambling blog post about my Nico obsession (+ some astonishing, seldom seen TV performances)
“I’m very interested in murder.” –Nico, 1970 Via an intense David Bowie fandom, and also from being an avid reader of CREEM magazine, I discovered the…
Luke Haines: Psychedelic wrestlers & Xmas tree decorated with portraits of every member of The Fall
Pic via @Bob_Fischer Uncanny Island, the very first solo art exhibition by musician and author Luke Haines is on at the Eston Arts Centre through…
David Hershkovits’ ‘Light Culture’ pot podcast will give you a contact high
It seems like in every circle of friends there’s at least one person who’s an inveterate weed snob. The one who can always be relied…
The Family Acid takes a psychedelic look at the Golden State in ‘California’
After the Grammy Award-winning success of their exquisite Voyager Golden Record: 40th Anniversary Edition box set Ozma Records, the imprint founded by bOING bOING’s David…
Taking psychedelic mushrooms with Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy
I’m sure we’ve all considered who we’d take psychedelics with, if given the opportunity. Off the top of my head, my choice would be Pauly…
Moebius for Maxwell House, 1989
In 1989 Jean Giraud, or Moebius as he is universally known in the comix world, accepted an assignment from the Paris office of Young &…