A selected film-by-film history of Warner Bros. Pictures: The Maltese Falcon (1941).
The early history of Warner Bros could have so easily turned into a Humphrey Bogart tribute with so many significant and […]
Guitar Heroes: Ace Frehley’s ‘New York Groove’.
I think it was circa 1980 that I pestered my mum for my first Kiss record. I don’t remember much […]
Today in History: Lascaux Cave Art Discovery.
Seventy-eight years ago today, on September 12th, 1940, only just fifteen miles away from the town Montignac, in southwest France, […]
Historic Photo: Pope John Paul II embraces AIDS sufferer.
The AIDS pandemic in the mid 1980’s created out-and-out fear in communities around the world. Reaching out to those who […]
The Battle of Teutoburg Forest.
The expansion of the Roman empire must have seemed limitless to generations of Romans. Nearing the end of the first […]
Guitar Heroes: Siobhan Wilson’s ‘Whatever Helps’.
Siobhan Wilson is one of those incredible rising talents that I discovered a while ago by chance. From the outset […]
The Hottman Sisters are about to set the world on fire!
Just when you think you have worked out The Hottman Sisters they surprise you with a new track that doesn’t […]
Interview with garage-punk-pop-outfit Bloods.
I first heard the band Bloods play to a lively crowd in support of Veruca Salt earlier this year in […]
A selected film-by-film history of Warner Bros. Pictures: Jezebel (1938).
One of Warner studio’s most celebrated actresses in the 1930s was a defiant and feisty young woman named Bette Davis. […]
On my stereo this week: Luscious Jackson’s ‘Citysong’.
Back in the day, in my favourite decade for music – the ‘90s, I stumbled across a curious four-gal band […]
