The short life and extraordinary work of revolutionary writer Gerry Reith explored.
Tag: 1980s
Cicciolina Sings Russians
The First Lady of Italian adult entertainment and her arresting version of Sting’s bleak anti-war song.
The Rise And Fall Of Debbie Linden
The story of the iconic glamour model who lived fast and died young.
Satanic Panic: When British TV Viewers Were Traumatised By The Omen
How the TV broadcast of the horror classic caused religious hysteria and fears of demonic possession.
Jutta, Kiss And The Big Show – A Grim Glam Rock German TV Drama
A strange German television drama based around the 1980 Kiss tour.
Post-Rock Pretension: In A Silent Way Goes In Search Of Talk Talk
A new documentary makes a valiant but ultimately futile attempt to posit Talk Talk as music’s lost artistic geniuses – without any help from the band.
Mean Man – Chris Holmes, W.A.S.P., Rock ‘N’ Roll Excess And Redemption
The new documentary looking at rock ‘n’ roll’s most unlikely survivor, former W.A.S.P. guitarist Chris Holmes.
It’s Hip to be Square-ish. The Residents Set Fire to Popular Music Over Seven Discs
Probing the wonders and frustrations of The Residents’ Cube-E Box extravaganza.
Empire Records – Soundtracks And Shirts For Horror Hipsters
Fine apparel and snazzy soundtracks for the cult movie lover who has everything.
Driller – The Most Eccentric X-Rated Movie Of The 1980s
The oddball X-rated horror musical that had a troubled production but finally found an audience decades later.