In The New Old-Fashioned Way: ‘I’d Love To Turn You On’ reviewed
❉ A fascinating sampler of the music that inspired the Beatles, Barrett, Bowie and Zappa.
Articles by Ken Shinn
Just The Fats, Ma’am: ‘Magic’ (1978)
❉ A beautifully constructed toy of terror, its mechanisms meshing perfectly to deliver just the right shocks at just the right time.
Stephen Volk: ‘Coffinmaker’s Blues’ reviewed
❉ Songs of the (mostly) happy undertaker, reviewed by Ken Shinn.
The Ordure Of The Divine: ‘Tommy’ – Kit Power
❉ Ken Shinn reviews Electric Dreamhouse’s latest Midnight Movie Monograph.
L’Aura de ‘Laura’ (1944)
❉ An appraisal of Otto Preminger’s fruitcake masterpiece, by Ken Shinn.
Requiem For The Laughing Gnome
❉ Oh, no, not him – Bowie’s first alter ego never lost control, writes Ken Shinn.
Stanley And His Monsters: ‘Kubrick’s Music’
❉ The ideal accompaniment to the strange, beguiling, infuriating and fascinating films of the auteur himself.
‘The Silver Archive: Sapphire And Steel’
❉ The first 3 volumes of Obverse Books’s new range covers the entire run of one of the oddest, creepiest, most cerebral series of them all…
He Jests At Ska: An Appreciation of Bad Manners
❉ Ken Shinn pays tribute to “unashamed jesters of British Ska”, celebrated in a new boxed set released today.
Inspiring The Incredible: The Miracles Of Ray Harryhausen
❉ Ken Shinn explores The Wonderful Worlds Of Ray Harryhausen.