Ice Mummy Tattoos!
If you are like us, you’re always interested in the tattoos ice mummies have. See some more and learn more about these tattoos on a Pazyryk woman from the Atai Mountains here.
Filmi Ladies: “Watching the Rainbow: Brown.”
At Filmi Ladies Podcast, Pitu Sultan and the Gutter’s own Beth Watkins continue “Watching the Rainbow” with the color brown. “Brown is so beautiful: natural and warm and sturdy, it reminds us of coffee and tea, trees and stones, antique furniture, fine leathers, furry friends, and, in the […]
BBC Archive: “1976: Lost HEXHAM HEADS Werewolf Report REDISCOVERED”
“The footage in this notorious report about werewolves conjured up by two mysterious Celtic stone heads, first broadcast on the BBC in 1976, has been described as a paranormal holy grail. Thought lost for almost 50 years, Luke Casey’s unsettling investigation into the case of the ‘Hexham Heads’ […]
“Blood on a Hare’s Claw”
At Biff Bam Pop, the Gutter’s own Angela Englert writes about the retro folk horror of Starve Acre! “With roiling atmosphere and vibes to spare, Daniel Kokotajlo’s Starve Acre (2023) hearkens to what many regard as a simpler, purer time–a time of cycles and seasons, of neighbors agreed […]
Recreating Ancient Roman Hairstyles!
At Smithsonian Magazine, Rose Eveleth writes about Janet Stephens, a hair dresser who recreates the styles of ancient Rome! “Meet Janet Stephens, a hairdresser from Baltimore. Like a superhero of the coiffe, she spends her days as a regular hair dresser, giving people layers and funky bobs. But […]
Naksha
Arising from a mishmash of Indiana Jones’s greatest hits, a handful of action films I personally cannot identify, and a particularly mid-2000s stumbling love of hip hop aesthetics, Naksha (“The Map”) (2006) works for me a lot better than it has any right to. Much of the credit […]
The Cultural Gutter 