Horror Scope: Manly P. Hall’s occult murder mystery, ‘When Were You Born?’
One of Elvis’ favorite books, The Secret Teachings of All Ages, was the work of Manly Palmer Hall, a Los Angeles-based esotericist who tried to…
Movies Archives: 07/2017
David Lynch recites Captain Beefheart’s ‘Pena’
Don Van Vliet, ‘Crepe and Black Lamps’ (via beefheart.com) Among the treasures stored on Magic Band alumnus Gary Lucas’ Soundcloud is this recording of David…
‘F for Fake’: Orson Welles asks ‘What is reality?’ in dazzling masterpiece of oddball art cinema
“If my work hangs in a museum long enough, it becomes real.” —Elmyr de Hory If you’ve seen Orson Welles’ late period quasi-documentary F for…
Confessions of a Dirty Book Writer: The sexy, saucy paperback books of ‘Timothy Lea’ & ‘Rosie Dixon’
George Orwell is said to have kicked off the arena of pop culture analysis when he published his essay “The Art of Donald McGill” in…
Nico sings Serge Gainsbourg, bares all in ‘Strip-Tease’
Between appearing in La Dolce Vita and cutting a single with Jimmy Page and Andrew Loog Oldham, Nico beat out Ursula Andress for the lead…