Peeping Tom as a film is an equal of its cinematic sibling, Hitchcock’s Psycho (released a few months later). Instead of catapulting Powell’s career, the movie scandalized critics and audiences alike and was shown sparsely until Martin Scorcese (who introduced the film at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts just last week) and a few others campaigned for its retrieval from ignominy. It is a work of ferocious and uncompromising vision that contains within it a pre-emptive commentary on the subsequent 50 years of horror movies while being as creepy as any of them. more ›

Did the groundhog see his shadow this morning? What does that mean again? We'll just jump forward to spring and get us some tickets to shows where we can don a jacket instead of a parka. My Brightest Diamond will be opening for The Decemberists on a pair of evenings at the Riviera. If anyone has the perfect pedigree to open for the lit-rockers it would have to be Shara Worden. She's the granddaughter of... more ›

We're not even done reminiscing about Pitchfork and Lolla's around the corner. Has panic set in yet? There are only three days until Lollapalooza. We’ve stocked up on sunscreen and worked our cardio in order to walk up and down Grant Park for three days straight. Here are some last minute additions and another Lolla event to keep us busy revamping our schedule until Friday. more ›

Houstonist reports on cross-dressing thieves and undressing educators this week. A Peeping Tom defends himself with a papaya and an outraged onlooker asks Ken Lay, "TATER TOTS OR FRIES?" Also, FEMA wants it's money back. LAist are a bug bunch of geeks. They're Star Trek geeks, David Duchovny geeks and Frank Gehry geeks. During their Cochella preview their readers reveal themselves to be Depeche Mode geeks. Seattlest saw their basketball team preparing to leave for... more ›

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