Okay, so—admittedly—I went into this expecting a load of baloney. However, I also expected a fair amount of dark(ish) goings-on slapped across these pOkay, so—admittedly—I went into this expecting a load of baloney. However, I also expected a fair amount of dark(ish) goings-on slapped across these pages. For a man who was so close to Anton LaVey, I hoped for at least a few anecdotes of celebs in ill-lit robed circles, mumbling together in foreign tongues before disrobing and performing some fiendish acts. I mean, c'mon Ken, this books panders to a very specific crowd, and without having a HUGE knowledge of stars from the silent era through '50s, it'd be easy to get lost in the sea of names the author throws around.
I think I'll stick to what I know (and love) about Kenneth Anger: his bizarre and beautiful film work....more