Spike Carter

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I am a writer from New York now living in London. I’ve had bylines in i-D, Air Mail, Bloomberg, Esquire, Vanity Fair, et al. I’ve also contributed essays for film restoration labels and books of photography. (PDFs are available by request.) I used to make natural cider with foraged apples when I lived in Maine, as my one-man operation Pinch Cidery

I can be reached at SpikePinch@protonmail.com

i-D
• RamBooks is London’s Erotic and Historic Vintage Porn Shop

AIR MAIL
• The Zelig of Awful – Meet Scott Thorson: Liberace’s ex. Witness in the notorious Wonderland murders. Televangelist. Drug runner for the Mob
• Before January 6, There Was Seven Days in May – J.F.K. was haunted by the book that outlined how a right-wing coup could happen in America. The movie still rivets audiences (w/ Sam Kashner)
• The Real Pulp Fiction – Hard Case Crime reissues the best in hard-boiled crime novels—and has turned Stephen King into a contributor
• The Ingmar Bergman of Porn – Gerard Damiano Sr. made the most popular porn film of all time—Deep Throat—but he always longed to be taken seriously as an auteur
• She’s Got Killer Style – Jack Nicholson wore her jacket in The Shining. But British designer Margaret Howell also has a softer side
• Black Emanuelle Matters – A saucy sexploitation-movie series is being re-assessed as a groundbreaking feminist work in an exhaustive new boxed set
• The Patron Saint of Canoeing – The amiable adventurer Bill Mason was like a cross between David Attenborough and Bob Ross
• In the Pink – It’s harvested by candlelight, flown across oceans, and sought by the world’s greatest chefs. Can we really mean rhubarb?
• Dance Therapy – Forty years ago, renowned music photographer Lynn Goldsmith created a cult-hit music album with the help of Carly Simon, Sting … and Warren Beatty
• Smut and Vinegar – One company’s mission to restore vintage pornography and rare genre films gives new meaning to the word “artisan” (Vinegar Syndrome)

VANITY FAIR
• A Very Heady Talk with Andrew W.K. About His Glenn Beck–Backed Radio Show
• Everything Is Fine with Crispin Glover
• The Revenant Composer Ryuichi Sakamoto Explains His Process
• Oscar Nominee Don Hertzfeldt on the Disappearing Art of Short Films
• The Director of the Year’s Best Horror Film Wants to Give You Nightmares (Robert Eggers / The VVitch)
• Oneohtrix Point Never’s Daniel Lopatin on Film Scoring, His New Record, and Touring with Trent Reznor
• John Carpenter Is Now Scaring You With Music For Horror Movies That Will Never Exist
• Indie Soundtrack Master Cliff Martinez Talks Scoring The Neon Demon and More
• Swans’ Michael Gira On Dissolving His Band’s Current Lineup
• Gaspar Noé Talks Love, Filming 3-D Sex Scenes, and What’s Next

BLOOMBERG
• Ebenezer’s Pub: A Tasting of 50 Year-Old Belgian Beers and Other Craft Rarities

PUNCH
• Is Barrel-Aging the Next Trend in Coffee & Tea?

Here’s a music video I made – System Olympia “Close To My Nebula” [⚠️NSFW⚠️]

And here’s an NTS Radio mix I made – Permanent Satisfactions w/ Spike Pinch

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