movies and music – Really Awful Movies

Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam

Dirty Pop is almost the upside-down, sinister version of Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon. Both documentaries feature talent managers with an almost Gumpian way of hobnobbing with industry movers and shakers; both have unassuming/unremarkable Queens, New Yorkers in central roles; both star men who moved thousands of miles away to make it (OrlandoContinue reading “Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam”

A look back at Phantom of the Paradise

While Rocky Horror vaulted into cult hyper-fandom, its musical cousin, The Phantom of the Paradise remains relatively obscure. And that’s a shame, as dammit, Brad and Janet, but P of the P is superior film. An early directorial effort by the legendary Brian De Palma, Phantom tells the story of the diabolical proprietor of DeathContinue reading “A look back at Phantom of the Paradise”