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The day the world turned GREBO! Author Rich Deakin talks about Gaye Bykers on Acid, Crazyhead, Leicester, and how he came to write his new book.
Rich Deakin
2nd August 2021
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The day the world turned GREBO! Author Rich Deakin talks about Gaye Bykers on Acid, Crazyhead, Leicester, and how he came to write his new book.
Director Tobe Hooper frequently alluded to the political messaging of his 1974 movie, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, both when making it and when discussing it later. Martin Harris knows why.
Clint Carrick grew up in a small town where the skatepark was king to kids just like himself. He was out of practice when, as an adult, he one day packed his bags to travel the small town skateparks across the American Heartland to learn to do it all again.
An audio sample of the book, The Town Slowly Empties: On Life and Culture during Lockdown. On why we write, the writings of world authors and poets on the subject of pandemic, and the things that confront us in such times.
Speaking from his New Delhi apartment, author Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee chats about his new book The Town Slowly Empties, and of life and art and the problem of getting a haircut during a pandemic. David Kerekes chats back.
‘What happened is true.’ What we’re seeing today in presidential politics could not have happened without Watergate and it could not have happened without The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Author Martin Harris talks about his new book.
A horror comic leads David Kerekes to reflect on the ‘snuff’ film rumour mill of the 1970s, while at the same time facing a virus alert on his computer.
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the death of Ian Curtis, Joy Division frontman. We consider his iconic status and what, besides the music, helped shape it.
Joel M. Reed directed only a few movies, but he will forever be known for his sleazy grand guignol classic Blood Sucking Freaks. John Szpunar pays his respects.
Hong Kong films were typically subtitled in both Chinese and English, often very quickly. Multiple gaffes are the inevitable result. Stefan Hammond has quite the collection.
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
