‘Beatlebone’: The witty cult novel of the year imagines John Lennon living in Ireland, 1978
If you ask me, the most audacious and amusing novel of the year is Beatlebone, by Irish novelist Kevin Barry. Beatlebone posits a charged confrontation…
Music Archives: 12/2015
Dance troupe interprets Neil Young’s ultra-depressing 1974 album ‘On the Beach’
Released in 1974, On the Beach is one of Neil Young’s more intriguing efforts. It’s also one of Young’s albums that could fairly be called…
Venture Bros henchmen #21 and #24 hilariously cover Paul McCartney’s shitty Christmas ditty
Fans of The Venture Bros. everywhere adore two ostensibly peripheral characters, henchmen 21 and 24, who toil for the evil mastermind known as …. the…
‘Turkish Star Wars’: May the Farce be with you!
Directed by Çetin Inanç and starring Turkish action superstar Cüneyt Arkin, The Man Who Saved The World is an amazingly over-the-top knock-off of George Lucas’s…
Split Enz: This twitchy weirdo cult act was New Zealand’s greatest musical export
Although back home in New Zealand–and Australia–Split Enz are YUGE, and agreed upon by all as THE seminal Kiwi pop act, everywhere else they’d be…
Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Tusk’ is the best classic rock box set of the 2015 Christmas season
When I was a boy, Fleetwood Mac were “the enemy.” I just hated their soft “stadium rock” and you simply could not escape them on…
‘John Gavanti’: The demented ‘unlistenable’ No Wave Mozart parody opera, 1980
John Gavanti is a No Wave “operetta” conceived of by Sumner Crane of Mars and realized–as sort of a “free jazz” improvisation with Crane calling…