DJ. Journalist. Greaser punk. Malcontent. Jack of all trades, master of none. Like the Shangri-Las song, I'm good-bad, but not evil. I revel in trashiness.
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BOTD 80 years ago: John Waters’ majestic “soul diva” Jean Hill (15 November 1946 – 21 August 2013), unforgettable as murderous, vodka-swigging Grizelda Brown (who doesn’t want no white man looking at her Tampax) in his dystopian 1977 bad taste classick Desperate Living. #jeanhill
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BOTD: old money American socialite, bold fashion risk-taker, raccoon and feral cat enthusiast, devoted daughter, frustrated cabaret chanteuse, staunch character and genuine eccentric Edith Bouvier Beale (aka “Little Edie”, 7 Nov 1917 - 14 Jan 2002). #littleediebeale #greygardens
Posting a festive pin-up of beloved horror movie hostess #Elvira - the gal with the shape that drives men ape! That chick who put the "rack" in "Dracula!" The real deal who makes the boys squeal! And the undisputed Queen of #Halloween – feels de rigueur today! #lobotomyroom
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Let’s face it: you NEED festive #Halloween music to play this accursed weekend. Do the Monster Mash, Transylvanian Twist and Werewolf Watusi to my sprawling, putrid 4-hour-long #LobotomyRoom Halloween playlist on Spotify: tinyurl.com/2s4ydm9t #halloweenmusic #halloweenplaylist
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Perfectly coinciding with the countdown to #Halloween … Gomez and Morticia Addams (aka John Astin and Carolyn Jones) graced the 30 October - 5 November 1965 edition of TV Guide. Now sing along with me: “They're creepy and they're kooky / Mysterious and spooky ..." #lobotomyroom
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Diva summit meeting, seventy years ago today: Maria Callas and Marlene Dietrich photographed backstage at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on 29 October 1956. #lobotomyroom #marlenedietrich #mariacallas #diva #kween #fierce #glamour #opera
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Today is #NationalPastaDay (17 October)! World Pasta Day is 25 October, and moreover, October is National Pasta Month. Let Gianluca Conte (photographed by Jvdas Berra for Numero Homme magazine) be your guide! Now start boiling the water (and don’t forget to add a pinch of salt).
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BOTD: naïve outsider American filmmaker, actor, scriptwriter, producer, director, novelist, cross-dressing angora sweater fetishist and pornographer, the notorious Ed Wood Jr (10 Oct 1924 – 10 Dec 1978)! Pic: Glen or Glenda (1953). Read my article: tinyurl.com/4b2cm3tt #edwood
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On this day 45 years ago (5 October 1981): perennially intense screen diva Faye Dunaway featured on the front cover of People magazine promoting her hotly-anticipated new film – Mommie Dearest! #fayedunaway #lobotomyroom #mommiedearest #peoplemagazine #scarydiva #1980sfashion
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Whether you take it black or white … with sugar or without … or accompanied with puffs on a Lucky Strike like Linda Darnell here (photographed by Edward Clark for LIFE magazine in 1950) - Happy International Coffee Day (1 October)! #internationalcoffeeday #lobotomyroom #coffee
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On this day (24 September 1964) beloved ultra-kitsch TV series The Munsters premiered - a high point in Western civilization! Never make me pick between The Munsters and The Addams Family – that would be an even more agonizingly painful decision than Sophie’s Choice! #themunsters
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For the 8 October 2026 installment of the #LobotomyRoom cinema club at Dalston’s Rio cinema the featured presentation is The Wasp Woman (1959). (Tagline: “A beautiful woman by day – a lusting queen wasp by night!”). Tickets: tinyurl.com/y5p8e8sf #cultcinema #dalston #bmovie
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Grab the can of Aqua Net and teasing comb! Wild Planet, the wondrous second studio from Athens, Georgia’s essential post-punk party band the B-52’s, was released on this day (27 August 1980). #theb52s #wildplanet #lobotomyroom #postpunk #newwave #privateidaho #bouffantwig #kitsch
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Born on this day in Peekskill, New York: comedic visionary Paul Reubens (27 August 1952 – 30 July 2023), the genius creator of madcap man-child character, adored kitsch icon and pop culture fixture Pee-wee Herman. #paulreubens #peeweeherman #lobotomyroom #peeweesplayhouse #kitsch
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Happy International Dog Day (26 August)! Pictured: portrait of Jean Harlow with her pet Pomeranian Oscar by Clarence Sinclair Bull, 1933. #internationaldogday #jeanharlow #lobotomyroom #internationaldogday2026 #happyinternationaldogday #pomeranian #oldhollywood #platinumblonde
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Happy International Cat Day (8 August)! Pictured: dark princess of pop #LanaDelRey and feline friend, photographed by Ellen von Unwerth (I know - ugh! Gross!) in 2012. (I could just have easily captioned this image “Priscilla Presley circa 1968”). #internationalcatday #kittycat
Today (29 July) is National Lipstick Day! Let quadruple threat (actress, dancer, chanteuse and sex kitten) Eartha Kitt be your guide. Now slather on a thick coat and give me a big sloppy kiss! #nationallipstickday #earthakitt #lobotomyroom #oldshowbiz #sexkitten #kitsch #diva
She’s ready for her close-up! On this day in 1974, the fiercely glamorous Faye Dunaway featured on the cover of People magazine. (The “hot summer movie” the headline refers to is Roman Polanski’s Chinatown). #fayedunaway #lobotomyroom #newhollywood #1970shollywood #chinatown
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Four years ago today (28 July 2022) a female British Shorthair cat went into labour and gave birth to a litter of kittens. One of her wriggling, mewling offspring was our own Eartha Kitten! Yes, That Bad Eartha (aka Eartha Angel, aka Eartha Quake) turns four years-old today!
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Baroque. Opulent. Decadent. Berserk! For my debut Lobotomy Room cinema club at The Rio cinema in Dalston on 6 August, I’m presenting bizarre “failed art movie” Boom! (1968) starring #ElizabethTaylor and Richard Burton. riocinema.org.uk/Rio.dll/Wha… #lobotomyroom #cultcinema #riocinema
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