“Dance, Dance, Dance to the Radio”
Playmobil recreation of Joy Division performing “Transmission” on the BBC.
Archie Meets KISS Preview
Comic Book Resources has a preview of Archie Meets KISS, another creative comic from Archie, which recently announced Kevin Keller’s wedding to Clay Walker and published an ambitious parallel timeline story where Archie was married to Betty in one life and Veronica in another. For their part, KISS […]
RIP, Ken Russell
Filmmaker Ken Russell has died at the age of 84. The extremely prolific Russell’s films include: Tommy; The Harry Palmer film, Billion Dollar Brain; Women in Love; The Music Lovers; The Devils; Altered States; Crimes of Passion; and Lair of the White Worm. The Guardian has an obituary […]
In Honor of Amps that Go to 11
The Monkey See blog celebrates Nigel Tufnel Day with a serious consideration of “the greatest rock and roll record ever made: 1984’s soundtrack for the movie This Is Spinal Tap.”
Lovecraftian Bluegrass
Listen to French Corsican Lovecraftian bluegrass right here, if you dare. (Madness via @Propnomicon)
What’s Makes a Hit
Slightly off-topic for the Gutter, but interesting for its analysis of pop-culture machinery: David Lowery (Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker) says Hits are Black Swans. “Success in the music business is completely unpredictable. No one can really predict which artists will end up being successful… It’s just that the […]
The Cultural Gutter 