I’ve been getting real into Kenneth Anger lately. It’s a shame I never picked up on this in college — I’d always intensely frown and nod when talking about his work in a social setting (“Oh, Anger! Yes, of course. What a didactic…discussion…of Satan….?”), but actually knew nothing about him. Pity!

In this video Anger gives a point-by-point contextual analysis of Invocation of My Demon Brother, and I gotta say, it’s pretty damn fascinating. (Twitching albino eyes, Anton Levey and shrunken cat heads…definitely not a snoozefest.) San Francisco, I wish I could have known you in 1969.

I’m also trying to parse at which point Anger and the Rolling Stones became so tight. (Mick Jagger did the soundtrack for this piece…lots of Moog messin’ around.) Anyone know the historical context?