Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus
Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus is a 2024 documentary film directed by Eva Aridjis Fuentes. The documentary is about the life and music of American singer Diane…
DIY Telephone Microphone for Music Production
Learn how to create a unique telephone microphone using simple tools and materials for music production.
Imaginary Worlds: Music of a Forbidden Planet
In the 1950s, the avant-garde music scene in New York and the movie studios of Los Angeles might have seemed like opposite ends of a cultural spectrum. But they came…
I Was a Teenage Zombie (1987)
I Was a Teenage Zombie is a 1987 American comedy horror film. The film begins with teens looking to purchase some marijuana. The film plays with comedy horror conventions, when…
Song Exploder: A-ha “Take On Me”
“Take On Me” by A-ha is an iconic hit of the 1980s. It came out in October 1985 with an equally iconic music video that helped define the age of…
Tinker Taylor
LITTLE WALTER’S “Blues with a Feeling” is a majestic song whose title is kind of redundant. Blues is a feeling, whether filtered through Hank Williams’s full-moon howling or channeled through…
Dance Dance Revolution
Bookforum talks with Emily Witt about dancing, drugs, and breakdown
Operating System [7″] (Catherine, 1987)
Vintage Obscura Radio
Key Change: Shirley Manson “Drop Dead/Celebration” by Siouxsie and the Banshees
My guest today is Shirley Manson. Since 1994, she’s been the lead singer of the band Garbage, and she is a bona fide rock icon. The two of us worked…
The Quiet Storm
How a radio show born at a small college station in DC and dedicated to smooth, romantic love songs transformed black radio and reshaped love lives across the country.