The Banana Splits were born, predictably, in 1967, perhaps the most important year in the 60s for music, with game-changing releases by The Doors, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Beatles, Small Faces, The Monkees and thousands of others. Neon colours, a logo you could copy onto your pencil case, psychedelia and catchy melodies were rife, […]
The Melvins – At the Stake – The Atlantic Recordings, 1993-1995 Led Zeppelin; Aretha Franklin; The Bee Gees; Foreigner; The Melvins. Of course, this is simply mischief – for every Hall & Oates there was an MC5, but make no mistake, the signing of The Melvins by Atlantic Records did raise eyebrows. In 1993, the […]
You’d think that Roald Dahl was the only author of children’s books for those living through the latter half of the 20th century, but the collections of curated folk tales by Ruth Manning-Sanders and illustrated by Robin Jacques were every bit as vital for those in the know. Though a noted poet and novelist in […]
‘Gargoyles,’ the TV movie which first aired on CBS in America in 1972, may not be the best example of its kind, but it may well be its most extraordinary. With the lines now completely eradicated, it already seems a little odd that there was once such a distinction which needed to be made – […]
Keep Repeating, “It’s only a ZX Spectrum game, it’s only…” As a rule, if a game was released on the ZX Spectrum based on a film, the likelihood was that it was terrible beyond measure. Whether it was seemingly unmissable targets like ‘Ghostbusters’ or “it seemed like a good idea at the time” acquisitions like […]
