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NOTE: This post, written by the late Howie Pyro, was originally published in 2020, when For the Love of a Glove had just opened. It’s…

I am a man of many enthusiasms, and one of the things that I am, for certain, the MOST enthusiastic about is Firesign Theatre, the…

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…

“Discovering the Firesign Theatre is worse than trying to get into Frank Zappa for the first time.” Anyone who has read this blog for any…

Although its, uh, cultural cachet, I suppose, has fallen in recent decades, a doofy poem called “The Desiderata of Happiness” used to be something that…

‘Baba Yaga‘ (Italy/France, 1973) Every year around this time, Westgate Gallery‘s poster concierge extraordinaire Christian McLaughlin drastically cuts prices for his annual Black Xmas 50%…

I’ve posted here before about Luke Haines’ excellent Righteous in the Afternoon show broadcast every Tuesday on Boogaloo Radio. It’s a fun time for rock…

If you are a big “rock” fan of a certain age–and American–you almost certainly grew up reading CREEM magazine. I sure did. I loved CREEM.…

There are certain things you don’t know you’re missing in life until you’re exposed to them, right? EXP TV just might be one of those…

Tony Stark (aka Iron Man) once said that “Heroes are made by the path they choose, not the powers they are graced with.” Artist Butcher…