July 1st 1972 – The Fantastical On The London West End Stage Today

So it’s a Saturday in the summer of 1972 and you’re looking to see a show in London’s West End. Here are your options, as long as you’re carrying a fair few pounds in your pocket. Top of the list is the acclaimed National Theatre Company production of Tom Stoppard’s Jumpers at The Old Vic […]

June 28th 1972 – The Month In Fantastical Music (Part 1 of 2.)

So what is ‘fantastical music’? Well, as the phrase goes, I know it when I hear it, or, at the very least, when I read the lyric sheet and catch sight of the promo photos. Inevitably, it’s in large part a personal matter. It can be decided by a feeling, a title, a sound, a […]

June 27th 1972 – The Fantastical In This Month’s Rolling Stone (2/2)

It seems rather odd, at a remove of 53 years, to see Alejandro Jodorowsky getting second billing on a Rolling Stone front cover, his name sandwiched between those of Van Morrison and the Grateful Dead. But the article, by Robert Greenfield, fully deserves its high billing, being a fascinating, and an often depressing and even […]