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Pete’s Peek | Step into the Sixth Dimension with Danny Elfman’s 1980s musical fantasy Forbidden Zone

Posted on 9 May 2012 by peter

Danny Elfman is best known for his many film and TV scores – from Tim Burton’s Edward Scissorhands to the annoyingly catchy Desperate Housewives theme tune – but did you know he started his music career in a 1970s/1980s synth … Continue reading →

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This is England and the skinhead culture

Posted on 24 November 2008 by Beth Williams

Couch Potato Pickings This is a powerful and brilliantly performed film that shows how the 1980s skinhead culture which began in the 1960s among working class youths, developed a disturbing racist arm. Influenced by the cultures of West Indian rude … Continue reading →

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