William Ham – Page 16 – Lollipop Magazine

The Culture Bunker – Fiction

April 1, 1996

The cellblock was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. The warden swung around angrily. “Awright, who dropped that pin? Somebody spoiling to be expurgated?”

Cine-Trash – The Hand – Column

April 1, 1996

Flat, wooden performances, alarmingly static direction, and a plotline both confusing and dull, combine to make The Hand a natural born killjoy.

The Culture Bunker – Fiction

March 1, 1996

I was relaxing in my hyperbolic chamber, when, through the triple-density Perplexiglas and clogged whimsy filter, I heard a muffled knock at my door.

Krassmont’s Calling – Fiction

March 1, 1996

He averaged about three hours of sleep a week. Dishevelment and lack of composure was his middle name. It should probably be hyphenated.

After Hours – Review

March 1, 1996

An almost unbearably tense black comedy of eerily quiet streets, bad decisions, and chance encounters that turn out to be connected in bizarre, unexpected ways.

Cine-Trash – The Last Movie – Column

March 1, 1996

A little success is a dangerous thing. A lot of success is worse. Few prove this thesis more conclusively than Dennis Hopper’s sophomore directorial excretion.

The Culture Bunker – Fiction

February 1, 1996

The Royal Shakespeare and Traveling Wet-Nurse Repertory Theatre has mounted a series of the Bard’s greatest works, subtly rewritten for the adult market.

Cine-Trash – Faster Pussy Cat Kill Kill – Column

February 1, 1996

Without this film, neither John Waters nor the Cramps would exist, and the world would be a poorer place indeed.

Mediacrity – Column

February 1, 1996

Please help settle a bet for me. My brother says that you can see TV in 3-D if you close one eye. I say he’s been drinking too much Pledge. Who’s right?

Idle Chatter- Column

February 1, 1996

Evidently, resurrecting Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert wasn’t enough, ’cause ’96 has brought us daily showings of The Best of American Bandstand.