'80s metalheads & dead gossip queens ⚡
Hi, I'm Harry Dean Bangs.
Hey, now! After seeing several of those "What is Your X Name?" situations on Facebook, I was inspired to create my own.
Feel free to spend the next minute or so dubbing yourself Winona Twizzler or what have you via this "What Is Your Whitney Matheson Name?" generator. Then we'll move on:
YOUR FIRST INITIAL:
A - Red
B - Winona
C - Candy
D - Tennessee
E - Banana
F - Pixie
G - Punk
H - Comix
I - Banjo
J - Striped
K - Pop
L - Rebel
M - Rad
N - Retro
O - Campy
P - Silver
Q - Pale
R - Electric
S - Iggy
T - Lost
U - Soapy
V - Red Velvet
W - Harry Dean
X - Dewey Decimal
Y - Dolly
Z - Link
YOUR LAST INITIAL:
A - Sugar
B - City
C - Twang
D - Twizzler
E - Teen
F - Lightning
G - Beard
H - Beat
I - Sneakers
J - Blood
K - Westerberg
L - Panels
M - Bangs
N - Mustache
O - Pants
P - Stipe
Q - Cylon
R - Lover
S - Accordion
T - McConaughey
U - Mother
V - Sussudio
W - Warhol
X - Nightwork
Y - 77
Z - Fest
The cherries toppin' my week:
Hollywood historian/podcaster Karina Longworth has done it again: I'm obsessed with the new season of YOU MUST REMEMBER THIS, in which she spotlights early gossip queens Louella Parsons and Hedda Hopper. It's fascinating to hear how the film industry sparked the gossip industry--which, as I've seen firsthand, is even more of a ridiculous game today.
I've watched every episode of YOUNGER, which ends its seven-season run on June 10. This season's Debi Mazar-Janeane Garofalo combo is right up my alley--but ugh, if Liza winds up with that Ultra-Boring Person, my groans will be heard from here to Connecticut! See it on Paramount+.
Happy 35th anniversary to the cult doc HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT! This week directors Jeff Krulik and John Heyn did a reunion Zoom. I've seen, quoted and written about this film so many times; as the title suggests, it follows metal fans hanging out before a Judas Priest concert in 1986.
ALSO: Matt LeBlanc was the best part of the FRIENDS reunion ... Chvrches have a new song featuring Robert Smith (thx, Herman) ... The Psychedelic Furs are going on tour ... Congrats Robyn Chapman on the AMERICAN CULT anthology ... I dug the '80S-set Brubaker/Phillips graphic noir FRIEND OF THE DEVIL ... And watch the trailer for ROADRUNNER, Morgan Neville's doc about Anthony Bourdain.
Thanks to everyone who has thrown a few bucks my way to support this newsletter! I post diary comics and more at patreon.com/whitneymatheson. (I'll be sharing some exclusive audio there later, so stay tuned.)
Reach out by emailing whitmath@gmail.com or climbing the beanstalk. I adore your pores.
With blood, sweat & beers,
Ed Grimley's pants
"Nobody's interested in sweetness and light."
- Hedda Hopper
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