GREG IRONS: A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST
Greg Irons sampled every conceivable creative outlet the 1960s counterculture had to offer—first as a rock musician in...
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FINNISH AVANT-GARDIST KEUHKOT IS CONTINUING THE UNIVERSE
Keuhkot is, as Jordan N. Mamone suggests, “the world’s only one-man avant-garde Finnish vaudeville act.” “Keuhkot” is the...
PLEASE READ ME: THE BEST OF 2021, PART I
Put another log on the fire, top that tankard of coffee, tea and/or antibiotics, and kick back with Please...
DENIS KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL: UNDERGROUND COMIX PIONEER KEEPS ON TRUCKIN’
By Alan Bisbort Denis Kitchen is, in my view, the Stan Lee of underground comix. While Lee’s Marvel...
UTOPIA PARKWAY: THE ENDURING MYSTERY OF JOSEPH CORNELL
Artist, filmmaker and writer Joseph Cornell (1903-1972) was a mystery when he was alive and continues to mystify...
JOHN LURIE AND THE HISTORY OF BONES
Writer, musician, actor and artist John Lurie is at the center of many indelible images from a certain...
JEAN COCTEAU: THE POET AS PROPHET
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963) was the original boundary pusher. No creative urge was safe from his efforts. He was...
RON TURNER’S LAST GASP: WEIRD & WONDERFUL COMIX SINCE 1970
Ron Turner may be the last (gasp) of the original underground comics publishers still going strong. His Last...
MADE IN THE UK: PHOTOGRAPHER JANETTE BECKMAN
After documenting the punk and post-punk scenes in the UK, Janette Beckman moved to New York in time...
DAVID GREENBERGER: BEYOND DUPLEX PLANET
What began in 1979 for David Greenberger as a D.I.Y. newsletter for the residents at a Boston nursing...
VONG CO: GUITAR SOUNDS FROM VIETNAM TO THE U.S.
After the Vietnam War, refugees from Southeast Asia began making their way to the U.S. These new citizens...
DAVID WOJNAROWICZ: LIFE INSIDE HIS BURNING HOUSE
David Wojnarowicz (1954-1992), multimedia artist, musician, AIDS activist and provocateur, brought a punk sensibility to NYC’s downtown gallery...
THE ZONE IN BETWEEN: 1.5 – A HIDDEN ROCK & ROLL GENRE-PART TWO
In the second and third installments, presented here together, Ben Merlis and Daniel Weizmann track how the genre...
WHEN HENRY MILLER MET GEORGE ORWELL: A CLASH OF TITANS
George Orwell and Henry Miller, two of the most influential writers of the 20th century, had a single...