Artist D*Face Drops Ludovico Hammer on Comics, Rock, Art
From Banksy to Shepard Fairey, graffiti culture has crossed over from the dark side to the art side in a big way in the 21st century. London street artist Dean Stockton, known as D*Face, joins the art...
View ArticleFrom Cocteau Twins to Carousel, Guitarist Robin Guthrie Mesmerizes
As the mesmeric guitar virtuoso of defunct Scottish band Cocteau Twins, Robin Guthrie’s celestial reverb merged with singer Elizabeth Fraser’s angelic ululation to create one of the most memorable...
View ArticlePixies’ Powerful Doolittle Tour Blends Surreal Sonics, Visuals
HOLLYWOOD — After celebrating the 20th anniversary of its pop-punk classic Doolittle with thankful fans across the pond, the legendary Pixies has returned to America to share its noisy love of surreal...
View ArticleAlice Overload: 5 Best Trips to Wonderland
Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland went immediately viral upon publication in 1865. From quickly selling out its first print run to showing up in Lost‘s recent episode, “Lighthouse,” the...
View ArticleBrave and the Bold Returns With Multiversal Batmans
After months of hibernation in the Bat-cave, Cartoon Network’s surreal animated series Batman: The Brave and the Bold returns to brain-frying life Friday night with its mind on the multiversal...
View ArticleGainsbourg Paints Surreal Portrait of ’60s Musical Icon
Stellar comics creator Joann Sfar takes unclassifiable ’60s musical icon Serge Gainsbourg through the looking glass in his debut film, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life. Based on Sfar’s graphic novel...
View ArticleOld-Timey Comedies, Surrealist Cinema Get Sampled and Cut Up in Magic
Vintage slapstick comedies and 1920s experimental cinema collide with found sounds in Magic, a new piece by British collage artists People Like Us and Ergo Phizmiz. The video uses a split screen, so...
View ArticleThe Beatles’ Surreal Magical Mystery Tour to Get Resurrected for Millennials
Some things are better in hindsight -- especially things created by The Beatles, who were consistently ahead of their time. For proof look no further than their film Magical Mystery Tour, which did...
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