Interview: Zach Lipovsky & Adam Stein
❉ The FREAKS directors talk about making impossible ideas believable, and casting Bruce Dern.
AMERICA
‘State Of The Union – The American Dream In Crisis’
❉ St Etienne’s Bob Stanley and Pete Wiggs round up an impeccable collection of cuts by middle-aged artists coming to terms with the late 60s.
Introducing Tara King
❉ 50 years ago today, we said ‘ta-ra’ to Mrs Peel and hello to Tara King. Michael Seely looks back on this historic handover.
‘Sound Pictures: The Life of Beatles Producer George Martin, The Later Years, 1966-2016’
❉ Life begins at 40 in the second volume of Kenneth Womack’s biography of the legendary producer.
From the archives: ‘David Bowie: Pantomime Rock?’
❉ A classic David Bowie interview with John Mendelssohn, from Rolling Stone, 1 April 1971.
Exclusive: Terry Jones on life inside the Flying Circus
❉ We Are Cult’s James Gent in conversation with Monty Python’s Terry Jones, published for the first time.