An eccentric and ahead-of-its-time recording by two of the more interesting creative minds of the 1960s.
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Man Vs Machine: The Relentless Intensity Of Duel
Steven Spielberg’s debut feature, and the Richard Matheson short story that it is based on, remain masterclasses in paranoid terror.
The Precision Video Catalogue Of 1981
A collection of ITC movies, classic TV and oddball instructional films that were on offer in the early days of home video.
Starblazer – The Lost World Of Comic Book Science Fiction
The oddly old-fashioned and pulpy science fiction comic book series from the people who brought you Commando.
Kate Bush And The Haunted Castle
A 1978 promotional TV special for an amusement park starring the young singer is an unexpectedly haunting and weird production.
Lydia Lunch Is For Sale
The most important figure in the transgressive underground is selling the rights to everything that she has ever done.
Nixon Now More Than Ever – Mike Curb’s Political Rallying Song
The campaign song for a disgraced President, performed by the man who scored The Wild Angels.
Western Civilisation’s Highest Point? Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na, Na Na Na Na
Why one day in 1968 with The Beatles was the pinnacle of everything good.
The Flowers Of Passion: A Journey Into The Japanese Idol Underground
The mysterious, unexplored world of the strange and wonderful chika idol scene.
The Final Howls Of Siouxsie And The Banshees
The final four albums from the punk-goth pioneers show a band struggling to find a new direction and shake off the labels that they found reductive.
Julie’s Sixteenth Birthday – The Story Behind A Notorious Album Cover
Behind every Bad Album Cover is a record, often made with sincerity and naivety. Here is the tale behind one of the more infamous.
Criswell Predicts!
The eccentric and outlandish fortune-teller who has, bizarrely, been proven right more often than you might think.