In 1966, Luna 9 and Luna 10 (Soviet Union spacecraft) were the first human made satellites to land on and orbit Earth’s moon. In December 1968 and May 1969, Apollo 8 and Apollo 10 (American spacecraft) were the first missions with astronauts to orbit Earth’s moon. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 landed. Neil Armstrong …
Director: Akira Kurosawa (Japan) Akira Kurosawa was born in Tokyo, Japan, on March 23, 1910, as the youngest child of seven children by an officer descended from Samurais, and a woman that came from a family of merchants in Omori, Tokyo. Initially, Kurosawa found himself drawn to art. After finishing high-school, he studied at the …
Jesse Sykes was born on July 17, 1967 in Mount Kisco, New York. She studied photography at the Rhode Island School of Design before moving to Seattle in 1990. In Seattle, she met guitarist Phil Wandscher and they formed a band together: Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter.From 2002 – 2011, Sykes and Wandscher released …
As a Hawkwind fan, I’ll admit that I neglected to give their debut my full attention for awhile, simply because the period between 1972 up through Warrior on the Edge of Time is so monolithic. But I shouldn’t have waited so long, because although it’s very different in tone and style, it is an interesting …
Today we focus on a mainly female issue related to an expression I have recently heard for the first time: the ‘sexy vinyl celebrity / personality’. This issue is not discussed because it has become kinda politically incorrect to criticize women and mothers nowadays, since somehow they collectively have become these Virgin Mary-figures again no …
Director: Steve Buscemi A dear, dear friend of mine recently told me that Trees Lounge is a film about nothing. While this may seem like a negative connotation, modern science is now teaching us that even in the vacuum of space, there is substance. This certainly applies here to Steve Buscemis‘ writing and directorial debut. …
Are teenage dreams so hard to beat? Once you leave home, you can never go back. Yet when I was 19, I did; for weeks and weeks. At home everything seemed smaller – the stairs, my room, the bed. I was welcomed and resented. I suffered from persistent, low level stress. I felt like a …
As they have been for the last 44 years, I do not like this band. I think Gene Simmons is a prat, I think the band became more a marketing exercise than an actual group, and for the most part I hate their hits. BUT let me explain. Having not been born until 1984, KISS …
Director: Tomas Alfredson Let The Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in); has become one of the most peculiar independent films of the recent years. The film adaptation of the novel by John Ajvide Linqdvist by the Swedish director Tomas Alfredson, is one of the most rewarding cinematic surprises in a long time. We …
On the afternoon of Saturday, 17th August 2013 I was drinking a cocktail on the balcony of my friend Wendy’s flat in Brixton. It was a humid, sunny day. The trees were heavy with dust. I reflected on summers past. I felt that sweet melancholy that comes at the end of the season. The cocktail …
