When Barret Hansen, better known as Dr. Demento, recently ended his weekly show, he had spent 55 years spinning weird, silly, or otherwise strange songs on the radio or online. No mere fringe figure, ...

A quarter of a century after Warp released the sketch album, Darran Anderson looks back at the deep existential malignancy, and brilliance, of Blue Jam There were islands, however few and far between, ...

The 1975 classic was the first film to be directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones. The now veteran directors told the story of King Arthur’s search for the mythical grail during breaks between ...

The decline of volunteerism and the loss of the firehouse as a community center are problems that are felt anywhere that the volunteer fire service exists. Compounding those problems: Volunteer fire ...

Sure, the Beatles set the standard by which all popular music is judged, but you’d be forgiven for wondering if they lacked a little in the holiday-spirit department. The Beach Boys, the Supremes, ...

Finding his path across the bridge barred and his attempts at diplomacy rebuffed, Arthur (Graham Chapman) has no choice but to take on the Black Knight – with hilarious results. Despite having all his ...