‘Cottonwoodhill,’ the acid-damaged Krautrock LP that can ‘destroy’ your brain
Cottonwoodhill (1971) by Brainticket Unless the CAT scan shows lasting damage, I am forever indebted to my friend Aaron Aldorisio. You see, when we were…
Music Archives: 09/2016
When Frankie Goes to Hollywood covered Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen was 24 when he wrote “Born to Run,” a bombastic, ambitious and successful endeavor to craft the rock-song equivalent of the Great American…
Judas Priest’s racy photoshoot with a Penthouse Pet
Judas Priest having fun with Penthouse Pet of the Year (1979) Cheryl Rixon in an outtake from a photoshoot for Kerrang! magazine, 1982. I was…
Freaky and frightening latex masks of GG Allin, Booji Boy, Eddie the Head, André the Giant and more
Booji Boy Just in time for Halloween are these freaky as shit latex masks by Sikrik Masks. Each one is handmade and apparently the more…
One of the coolest Bollywood musical revenge action drama numbers, ever
Hollywood and Bollywood play by rather different rules and nowhere is this more apparent than in the contrasts between American action films and the ones…
The Loved One: Gerry Humphrys, Australia’s greatest unknown rocker
Gerry Humphrys His voice immediately let you know what was coming. It was a voice that grabbed you by the lapels and lifted you several…
Patti Smith’s review of ‘The Beach Boys Love You’
The Beach Boys Love You, from 1977, is not everyone’s favorite Beach Boys LP, but it is Bucks Burnett’s. The onetime manager of Tiny Tim…
Obama finally handing out pardons, and after 22 years for pot and acid, this Deadhead will go free
Barack Obama has been (somewhat notoriously) light on pardons and commutations of sentence throughout his administration. As of March he had only granted 70 pardons…