Tag Archives: Straight to Hell
Back to Hell
I recently found Straight to Hell with Spanish subtitles on YouTube. Like Blue Velvet and River’s Edge, Straight to Hell was released in 1986. Three decades haven’t dulled this whacked-out western which married MTV to the wild west with a cast of rockers including the Pogues, Joe Strummer, Courtney Love, Dennis Hopper, Grace Jones, Elvis [...]
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Tagged Alex Cox, Courtney Love, Dennis Hopper, Elvis Costello, Grace Jones, Jim Jarmusch, Joe Strummer, Pogues, Straight to Hell
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Hell Yes
I’ve sang the praises of Withnail and I on the blog before, but I was recently reminded of another, great, bizarre British comedy that also debuted in 1987. I’m not sure what was in the water that year, but it was something compellingly strange and relentlessly absurd. Looking at DVD’s online, I came across a [...]
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Tagged Alex Cox, behind-the-scenes, Courtney Love, featurette, Joe Strummer, Spider Stacy, Straight to Hell, The Pogues, Withnail and I
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