‘Sesso Matto’: the sleazy, brilliant 1970s Italian sex comedy with a perfect disco soundtrack
A killer disco soundtrack.
Music
“Weezy, get me some LSD!”: George Jefferson was a serious prog rock freak
Sherman Hemsley’s love of cosmic prog was no joke.
Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers bring junkie chaos to the London Lyceum, 1984
Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers live.
‘Slow Death’: the Flamin’ Groovies at their raw, ragged peak in 1971
Snarling, sleazy, and weirdly perfect.
Omega: the Cold War-era prog band that blew minds behind the Iron Curtain
Equal parts Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, and East Bloc paranoia.
Before Ziggy: David Bowie’s beautiful, flower-powered farewell to the 1960s
A psychedelic, almost religious hymn to lost innocence.
‘You Forget to Answer’: Nico sings about her former lover Jim Morrison
A song that sounds like it was written by ghosts, for ghosts.
Prog-rock’s greatest uneasy love song: Kevin Ayers performs ‘The Lady Rachel’ live in 1975
A slow-burning prog gem performed live in 1975.
The night John Waters met Nico: “Where can I get some heroin?”
The conversation was as strange as you’d expect.
Tony Coca-Cola and the Roosters, the fake punk band that hijacked The Driller Killer
The wild fake band in Abel Ferrara’s slasher.