Email Author Johnny Ray Huston

1996 Stories by Johnny Ray Huston

• Night+Day

  published April 10, 1996

  wednesday april 10 Double Farley Feature Why are the closeted gay actors of yesteryear -- Sal Mineo, Anthony Perkins, and Montgomery... More >>

• Night+Day

  published April 3, 1996

  wednesday april 3 Blood Ties William Klein's beautiful and disturbing '50s N.Y. street photos often show boys shooting toy guns and... More >>

• Love Sick

  published March 20, 1996

  Today, straight-white-male punk "counterculture" is sold over the counter; phony rebel angst dominates glossy magazines and MTV. But packaging... More >>

• Night+Day

  published March 20, 1996

  wednesday march 20 Motion and Emotion New York choreographer Donald Byrd combines classical ballet, modern dance, and the vernacular... More >>

• Double Fantasy

  published March 13, 1996

  There aren't many 62-year-old female voices in rock; for that reason alone, Yoko Ono is unique. Male rockers rarely age gracefully, perhaps... More >>

• Night+Day

  published March 13, 1996

  wednesday march 13 Evil Eye Though not as famous as Citizen Kane, the vision of American corruption in Orson Welles' Touch of Evil... More >>

• Toxic Gump

  published March 6, 1996

  North Londoner Graham Young was a chemistry wiz. Unfortunately, he took his experiments out of the lab and into the kitchen. As a teen, he used... More >>

• Night+Day

  published March 6, 1996

  wednesday march 6 My Red Self An eight-week documentary series, "Discontent and Its Document" addresses social and political issues,... More >>

• Night+Day

  published February 28, 1996

  wednesday february 28 Eyes, Knees, Groin, Throat The 1993 rape and murder of Gits singer Mia Zapata sparked the formation of Home... More >>

• Night+Day

  published February 21, 1996

  wednesday february 21 Hindsight and Blind Sight The formal end of apartheid in South Africa frees not only people, but also images... More >>

• Night+Day

  published February 14, 1996

  wednesday february 14 Blondes Have More Fun? When Marilyn Monroe starred in Some Like It Hot, she was still playing breathy blondes.... More >>

• Night+Day

  published February 7, 1996

  wednesday february 7 Look Closely Maoist propaganda and old photographs taken by Western visitors to "exotic" China are often the... More >>

• Night+Day

  published January 31, 1996

  wednesday january 31 Keep a Goin' Most people agree that the '70s were a golden age for American film and film writing. Robert... More >>

• Night + Day

  published January 24, 1996

  wednesday january 24 Mr. Mouth Along with Karen Black's amazing cabaret turn, A View of the Heart (which featured a Wagner-esque... More >>

• Night+Day

  published January 17, 1996

  wednesday january 17 Border Crossing Three new exhibits look at immigration from numerous perspectives. "Points of Entry: A Nation... More >>

• Night+Day

  published January 10, 1996

  wednesday january 10 Skin Flick Film targets the eyes. Horror targets the body. Georges Franju's 1959 horror film The Eyes Without a... More >>

• The Book of Lists

  published January 3, 1996

  James Sullivan's Best Music, 1995 1. Insurgent Country/Twangcore/Cowpunk: Two of my favorite records of the year -- the Geraldine Fibbers'... More >>

• Night+Day

  published January 3, 1996

  wednesday january 3 Toru Toru Toru A sound design pioneer in the '50s and '60s, Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu has scored more... More >>