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Author Archives: Richard McKenna

Stonehenge Stereo Speakers, Circa 1975

Along with Atlantis, the Bermuda Triangle, and several ancient monoliths attributed to ancient astronauts in Erich von Däniken’s Chariots of the Gods? (1968), Stonehenge became a symbol of occult mystery in the 1970s…

September 26, 2016 in Music & Sound.

“Biotronic Man” Stickers, 1977

As the 20th century grew more precarious, humans often found comfort in the idea of incorporating “superior” technology into their all-too-fragile flesh and blood…

September 22, 2016 in Books & Literature.

The Corviale Housing Project

Known colloquially as the Serpentone (“big snake”), the Corviale is a vast housing development on the outskirts of Rome originally intended to house some 8,500 inhabitants in three structures dominated by a single, kilometer-long, eleven-story block…

September 15, 2016 in Structures, Vehicles & Establishments.

A Great Disturbance in the Goth: The Unexpected Brilliance of Warning

By Richard McKenna

Upon first coming across them, it is barely possible to believe that Warning is not simply a superhumanly dexterous hoax, so perfectly engineered do they seem for the purposes of titillating the psychological taste buds of anyone who grew up in the incipient Star Wars era nurturing an unsophisticated love of horror, the occult, cosmic electronica, and sci-fi…

September 14, 2016 in Music & Sound.

Don Post “Nuclear Death” Mask, 1979

The glow-in-the-dark “Nuclear Death” mask was released in 1979 by Don Post Studios, an American company specializing in producing merchandise for the burgeoning Halloween industry…

September 7, 2016 in Sports, Games & Toys.

A Great Painter Did It: The Compelling Weirdness of Magnus

By Richard McKenna

With a reputation for intractability and a ubiquity afforded him by a decades-long involvement in the Italian equivalent of the pulps, Magnus (not to be confused with his robot-punching namesake) was, until his death in 1996, one of Italy’s most prolific and distinctive comic book artists…

August 29, 2016 in Art & Illustration.

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