Experimental filmmaker, Hollywood historian and occultist Kenneth Anger died earlier this month. Wrath had a legendary career, especially if you believe everything he told you. Anger has said that he started his career playing a changeling cherub in the Warner Bros. version. A dream in a summer night. From there, he collected Hollywood gossip and rumors in hollywood Babylon, a gaudy paperback that helped fund his experimental film career. Anger’s use of popular music, his overtly weird and occult themes, and his brash use of color influenced later filmmakers such as Martin Scorsese and John Waters. In many ways, Anger also pioneered what would become the music video, using editing and popular music to tell slick stories of lust and violence. Luckily for us, many of his most important works YouTube.

breaks Fireworks, Scorpion Rising, Custom Car Commando, Pleasure Dome Inauguration, another Lucifer Rising they are all available on YouTube. original soundtrack for Lucifer Rising is also available for streaming on YouTube despite being removed from Spotify. Rise of Lucifer The music was made by Manson family killer Bobby Beausoleil while he was in prison for the murder of Gary Hinman, with an all-prisoner orchestra.

The quality is low, but in a way that almost adds to the latent and legally risky energy of Anger’s work. This man was not afraid to offend prevailing sentiments or stir up controversy. If ever there was an illegal, underground director, it was Kenneth Anger.

Tina Turner, musical superstar whose career spanned five decades, has died at the age of 83. Her death was confirmed to CBS News by her press secretary, Bernard Doherty, on Wednesday afternoon.

Known for hits like “What’s Love Got To Do With It”, Turner has won 12 Grammy Awards in her storied career.

“Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock and Roll’, passed away peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland,” Doherty said in a statement. “With her, the world is losing a musical legend and role model.”

He said that Turner would be honored at a private funeral ceremony.

The photo was posted on Turner’s Instagram. announcing her death.

“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner,” the post reads. “With her music and boundless passion for life, she has captivated millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow. Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us all his greatest work: his music. her family. Tina, we will miss you very much.”

Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee in 1939 and rose to fame in 1960 with a performance of Ike Turner’s Fool in Love. She and Ike Turner would later marry and perform as the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, touring the country performing with a band and female vocalists called the Ikettes.

However, the relationship was abusive, and in 1976 Turner left her husband. Their divorce was finalized in 1978. Ike Turner died in 2007.

Tina Turner had two biological children, Raymond Craig and Ronald Turner. She survived both: her eldest son died by suicide in 2018 and her youngest son died in 2022. She also adopted two sons, Ike Turner, from previous relationships.

In 2013, she married German music director Erwin Bach. after 27 years of dating.

She continued to perform professionally until 2009. During her long career, she has released 10 studio albums, written dozens of hits and sold over 180 million albums worldwide, making her one of the most successful female artists in the world. all the time.

Turner told CBS News in 1984 that she initially struggled to break into the rock and roll genre because of her race.

“It was very hard for me because I am black. In America, radio programmers don’t program you as black as rock and roll. You are R&B,” she said. “This is something people don’t know about. The prince just broke in and said, “I am,” and you accept me. Of course he had to make changes… like a guy. But I had to prove it over the years. It’s the part about being a woman and being black.”

Turner’s longtime manager Roger Davis said in a statement that Turner was “a unique and wonderful force of nature with her strength, incredible energy and tremendous talent.”

“From the first day I met her in 1980, she completely believed in herself, which few people did at the time,” Davis said. “It has been a privilege and honor for me to be a close friend as well as her manager for over 30 years. I will miss her very much.”