Category: Feature Articles

Diments Are Forever: A Tale of Spies in Swinging London

by Keith Allison | Mar 16, 2022 | 1

The Amazing Mod Spy Fiction and Disappearance of Adam Diment “Adam Diment is 23. His hero,...

Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982), Tommy (1975), and the Culture of Celebrity.

by Jerome Reuter | Jan 17, 2022 | 0

Celebrity has long been a cultural fixation. As individuals who live in a consumer-based economy,...

“Good-bye to the sunrise”: Grieving Anne Rice

by Miranda Corcoran | Dec 17, 2021 | 0

“And then it was that I said good-bye to the sunrise and went out to become a vampire” — Interview...

J.A. Seazer’s Sounds of Tenjō Sajiki: Nuhikun – Directions to Servants

by Tom Clark | Nov 10, 2021 | 0

With a body of work spread out across various mediums as wide ranging as radio drama, boxing...

No Wave: The Early Films of José Bénazéraf (1961-1966)

by Tom Clark | Aug 10, 2021 | 0

When José Bénazéraf passed away in December of 2012, author Pete Tombs wrote “What can you say...

‘Hail Satan!’ 55 Years of the Church of Satan

by Miranda Corcoran | Apr 30, 2021 | 0

In April of 1966, San Francisco’s epochal Summer of Love – when tens of thousands of young hippies...

Dark Hearts Americana: Hubert Selby Jr

by Tim Murr | Apr 12, 2021 | 2

Death is our only certainty in life. “That he not busy being born is busy dying,” says Bob Dylan....

Glamour Ghoul: Maila Nurmi and the Legacy of Vampira

by Robert Skvarla | Mar 4, 2021 | 0

Sandra Niemi’s new book, Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pain of the Real Vampira, Maila Nurmi explores the life of television’s first and most enduring horror host, Vampira.

Crash and Fall: The Perilous Art of Walter Molino

by Rich Johnson | Dec 24, 2020 | 0

Where the American artist, Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was best known for chocolate box sentiment — his work a huge part in defining popular culture during the first half of the 20th century — the prolific Italian artist, Walter Molino (1915-1997) seemed to revel in chaos and disaster.