Stephen Pleasonton: The nobody who saved America’s independence
Go with your gut.
War
‘A Short Vision’: how to make a cartoon about nuclear war
A concept that everyone needs to understand.
‘Threads’ (1984): the most horrifying, terrifying and realistic depiction of the end of the world
Turns out the end of the world can be even more bleak than you think.
‘Undercover’ with John Ford: the instructional film that gives tips for WWII spies behind enemy lines
Deception, disguise, and survival.
Omega: the Cold War-era prog band that blew minds behind the Iron Curtain
Equal parts Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, and East Bloc paranoia.
Red Meanies, Blue Meanies: The Cold War roots of The Beatles movie ‘Yellow Submarine’
The man in charge was a Czechoslovak-born German named Heinz Edelmann.
Cold War delirium and nuclear hysteria: Cheerfully insane KFC adverts from the 1960s
KFC once leaned into fear and surrealism.
Penny Rimbaud of Crass imagines the other Rimbaud during the deadliest battle of World War 1
Photo credit Maryann Morris Far be it for me to say that Penny Rimbaud–novelist, poet, painter and co-founder of the mythical anarcho punk band Crass–missed…
‘F*ck the Army’: When Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland toured their anti-Vietnam War show, 1972
Bob Hope was late. Ten minutes late. But it was a ten minutes that probably saved his life. Hope was en route to entertain US…