‘The Beach Boys’ Documentary Brings the Sun and Surf to the New Kids
The Beach Boys documentary appeals to Gen Z and Gen Alpha via Disney Plus with a breezy, linear, appreciation of the band’s sunny legacy.
Sam Weller
Sam Weller is the two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning authorized biographer of the legendary author Ray Bradbury. Sam has written for Slate, The Paris Review, The Los Angeles Review of Books, National Public Radio and many others. His collection of gothic weird fiction Dark Black was published in 2020 by Hat & Beard Press. Follow Sam on Twitter (X) @Sam__Weller or on his web site www.samweller.net
Jules Verne’s ‘20,000 Leagues Under the Sea’ Goes Deeper Than You May Realize
Like its vast ocean setting, Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea goes deeper into pop culture – its tentacles reaching farther than its creature’s – than you may realize.
A KISS Army Loyalist on How KISS Transformed His Life and How the Band Should End It All
A KISS Army stalwart muses on the band’s legacy and a lifetime of super-fandom as KISS nears the “End of the Road”.