SPOTIFY AND OTHER STREAMING DELIGHTS: MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE OR SAME AS THE OLD BOSS?
By Paul Bisbort and Alan Bisbort With Spotify in the crosshairs following Neil Young’s exodus from the music...
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ROGER CORMAN MEETS H.P. LOVECRAFT AND CTHULHU!
Portland, Oregon was the site of this years H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon. Roger Corman and Vincent...
SOMETHING WEIRD VIDEO BRINGS BACK SPOOK SHOW MUSIC: ‘YOU MAY DIE OF FRIGHT!’
Just in time for Halloween, classic (and not so classic) horror film music rises from the grave on...
THE MYSTERIOUS ROAD TO BADLANDS: TERRENCE MALICK’S EARLY YEARS
Terrence Malick’s emergence as a major American film director (Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line) followed...
SUNSHINE SUPERMAN: THE TRANSFORMATION OF DONOVAN LEITCH
In 1966, a Scottish folkie with beatnik affectations suddenly morphed into a pop music pioneer, segueing from “Catch...
ROD MCKUEN’S BLANK GENERATION
Rod McKuen was labeled ‘The King of Kitsch’ by critics and “McGoon” by academics (a label that included...
PAGING V. VALE: STILL RE/SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH
Countercultural anthropologist and founding member of Blue Cheer, V. Vale has documented the 1970s San Francisco punk scene...
JORDAN: DEFYING GRAVITY AT THE DAWN OF PUNK
Working in Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren’s Sex shop on King’s Road in London at the dawn of...
MR. TAMBOURINE MAN: BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE’S JOEL GION TELLS ALL
Brian Jonestown Massacre mainstay and longtime partner in musical crime with BJM’s visionary leader Anton Newcombe, Joel Gion...
ONE MORE THING – CATCHING UP WITH L7’S JENNIFER PRECIOUS FINCH
The feisty, fiery photographer and bass player for L7 has stayed true to the punk spirit since the...
JESSE MALIN: FROM D GENERATION TO REGENERATION
Like the Ramones, Jesse Malin grew up in Queens, one generation later. Steeped in Kiss, Elton John, The...
GARY PANTER: LIFE AFTER PUNK & PEE WEE
Raised in Texas, artist Gary Panter moved to L.A. in the late 1970s and made an immediate mark...
FRAME OF MIND: 20 YEARS OF THE DC MUSIC SCENE
When Antonia Tricarico moved from her native Italy to Washington D.C. in 1997, she felt a kinship with...
BE KIND TO ME: THE MUSIC AND ART OF MICHAEL HURLEY
Michael Hurley could be called the godfather, or grandfather, of ‘freak-folk” but the Oregon-based singer, songwriter, artist and...