Lobotomy Room
@lobotomyroom.bsky.social
Like the Shangri-Las song, I'm good-bad, but not evil. DJ and promoter of the Lobotomy Room club at Fontaine's bar in Dalston. Faster. Further. Filthier. It’s sleazy. It’s grubby. It’s trashy. You’ll love it. My Linktree: https://linktr.ee/garussell1969
Born on this day: fiercely glamorous, blazingly soulful and sensual rhythm and blues queen LaVern Baker (née Delores LaVern Baker, 11 November 1929 – 10 March 1997). In her prime in the fifties and early sixties, Baker’s only rivals were fellow R&B divas like Ruth Brown and Etta James. #lavernbaker
November 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Born on this day: fiercely glamorous, blazingly soulful and sensual rhythm and blues queen LaVern Baker (née Delores LaVern Baker, 11 November 1929 – 10 March 1997). In her prime in the fifties and early sixties, Baker’s only rivals were fellow R&B divas like Ruth Brown and Etta James. #lavernbaker
How much can you stand … before YOU go BERSERK? Find out for yourself on Thursday 20 November when the FREE monthly #LobotomyRoom cinema club (committed to Bad Movies for Bad People) presents deranged 1967 horror shocker Berserk starring #JoanCrawford. Info: tinyurl.com/3jxf85b7 #filmclub #cultfilms
November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
How much can you stand … before YOU go BERSERK? Find out for yourself on Thursday 20 November when the FREE monthly #LobotomyRoom cinema club (committed to Bad Movies for Bad People) presents deranged 1967 horror shocker Berserk starring #JoanCrawford. Info: tinyurl.com/3jxf85b7 #filmclub #cultfilms
The weekend starts NOW! Pictured: “Dancing in the Kitchen, Preston, Connecticut circa 1955” from the book Americans in Kodachrome 1945-1965 by Guy Stricherz. #fridayfeeling #fridayfeels #thankgoditsfriday #fridaymood #fridaymotivation #lobotomyroom #kodachrome #foundphotography #kitsch #weekend
November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
The weekend starts NOW! Pictured: “Dancing in the Kitchen, Preston, Connecticut circa 1955” from the book Americans in Kodachrome 1945-1965 by Guy Stricherz. #fridayfeeling #fridayfeels #thankgoditsfriday #fridaymood #fridaymotivation #lobotomyroom #kodachrome #foundphotography #kitsch #weekend
BOTD: old money American socialite (cousin of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy), bold fashion risk-taker, raccoon and feral cat enthusiast, devoted daughter, frustrated cabaret chanteuse and genuine eccentric Edith Bouvier Beale (aka #LittleEdie, 7 Nov 1917 - 14 Jan 2002). Polaroid by #AndyWarhol, 1976.
November 7, 2025 at 9:53 AM
BOTD: old money American socialite (cousin of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy), bold fashion risk-taker, raccoon and feral cat enthusiast, devoted daughter, frustrated cabaret chanteuse and genuine eccentric Edith Bouvier Beale (aka #LittleEdie, 7 Nov 1917 - 14 Jan 2002). Polaroid by #AndyWarhol, 1976.
Released by Island Records on this day (2 November 1979): #BrokenEnglish, the lacerating New Wave comeback album by #MarianneFaithfull on which she reinvented herself as a world-weary black leather jacketed Marlene Dietrich of post-punk. Portrait of a pink-haired Faithfull by Ebert Roberts, 1980.
November 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Released by Island Records on this day (2 November 1979): #BrokenEnglish, the lacerating New Wave comeback album by #MarianneFaithfull on which she reinvented herself as a world-weary black leather jacketed Marlene Dietrich of post-punk. Portrait of a pink-haired Faithfull by Ebert Roberts, 1980.
Forty years ago this month: punk diva Nina Hagen graced the front cover of the November 1985 issue of German Vogue magazine. Photo by Tony Viramontes. #ninahagen #lobotomyroom #voguemagazine #germanvogue #1980sfashion #highfashion #fashionphotography #punkdiva #punkchanteuse #motherofpunk #newwave
November 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Forty years ago this month: punk diva Nina Hagen graced the front cover of the November 1985 issue of German Vogue magazine. Photo by Tony Viramontes. #ninahagen #lobotomyroom #voguemagazine #germanvogue #1980sfashion #highfashion #fashionphotography #punkdiva #punkchanteuse #motherofpunk #newwave
1/ I’m DJ’ing this #Halloween at Fontaine’s. BUT if you’re not London-based, you can still do the Transylvanian Twist from the comfort of your own home to my sprawling, putrid festive #LobotomyRoom Halloween playlist (put it on "shuffle" for maximum listening pleasure!). Link tinyurl.com/2s4ydm9t.
October 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
1/ I’m DJ’ing this #Halloween at Fontaine’s. BUT if you’re not London-based, you can still do the Transylvanian Twist from the comfort of your own home to my sprawling, putrid festive #LobotomyRoom Halloween playlist (put it on "shuffle" for maximum listening pleasure!). Link tinyurl.com/2s4ydm9t.
“And now ladies and gentlemen – here’s Grace!” Released forty years ago today (28 October 1985): Slave to the Rhythm, the Trevor Horn-produced seventh studio album by everyone’s favourite futuristic and androgynous dominatrix from outer space – #GraceJones! Album cover designed by Jean-Paul Goude.
October 28, 2025 at 9:37 AM
“And now ladies and gentlemen – here’s Grace!” Released forty years ago today (28 October 1985): Slave to the Rhythm, the Trevor Horn-produced seventh studio album by everyone’s favourite futuristic and androgynous dominatrix from outer space – #GraceJones! Album cover designed by Jean-Paul Goude.
Born on this day: much-loved actress, glamour queen and British cinema’s definitive bad girl (her insolent pout disrupted the prevailing stiff upper lip) – the Siren from Swindon, Diana Dors (née Diana Mary Fluck, 23 October 1931- 4 May 1984)! #lobotomyroom #dianadors #badgirl #platinumblonde
October 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Born on this day: much-loved actress, glamour queen and British cinema’s definitive bad girl (her insolent pout disrupted the prevailing stiff upper lip) – the Siren from Swindon, Diana Dors (née Diana Mary Fluck, 23 October 1931- 4 May 1984)! #lobotomyroom #dianadors #badgirl #platinumblonde
In the countdown to #Halloween: a ghoulish 1970s punk pin-up! Dave Vanian – the suavely vampiric frontman of first-generation British punk anarcho-delinquents The Damned – was born 69 years ago today (12 October 1956)! #davevanian #punk #punkrock #thedamned #lobotomyroom #punkpinup #punkroyalty
October 12, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In the countdown to #Halloween: a ghoulish 1970s punk pin-up! Dave Vanian – the suavely vampiric frontman of first-generation British punk anarcho-delinquents The Damned – was born 69 years ago today (12 October 1956)! #davevanian #punk #punkrock #thedamned #lobotomyroom #punkpinup #punkroyalty
On Thursday 16 October the FREE monthly #LobotomyRoom film club eases you into the #Halloween spirit with a presentation of utterly berserk 1962 sci-fi horror b-movie The Brain That Wouldn’t Die! Downstairs at Fontaine’s. Email bookings@fontaines.bar to reserve a seat. Info: tinyurl.com/47h6hw6r
October 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
On Thursday 16 October the FREE monthly #LobotomyRoom film club eases you into the #Halloween spirit with a presentation of utterly berserk 1962 sci-fi horror b-movie The Brain That Wouldn’t Die! Downstairs at Fontaine’s. Email bookings@fontaines.bar to reserve a seat. Info: tinyurl.com/47h6hw6r
Premiered in Baltimore on this day (11 October 1974): John Waters’ defining meisterwerk #FemaleTrouble! Pic: leading lady Divine as anti-heroine Dawn Davenport – the role she was born to play. Sing along with me: “They say I'm insane / But I don't care / Go ahead, put me in your 'lectric chair …”
October 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Premiered in Baltimore on this day (11 October 1974): John Waters’ defining meisterwerk #FemaleTrouble! Pic: leading lady Divine as anti-heroine Dawn Davenport – the role she was born to play. Sing along with me: “They say I'm insane / But I don't care / Go ahead, put me in your 'lectric chair …”
Happy International Lesbian Day! [8 October]. #internationallesbianday #internationallesbianday2025 #lesbian #sapphic #sapphism #lgbtqia #queer #lobotomyroom #butch #prestonewall #sistersaredoingitforthemselves
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Happy International Lesbian Day! [8 October]. #internationallesbianday #internationallesbianday2025 #lesbian #sapphic #sapphism #lgbtqia #queer #lobotomyroom #butch #prestonewall #sistersaredoingitforthemselves
Opened 55 years ago today (5 October 1970) at Cinema II in NYC: provocative lowlife black comedy Trash, the second of the underground trilogy of films produced by spectral pop art visionary #AndyWarhol, directed by #PaulMorrissey and starring the Factory’s studly resident hunk #JoeDallesandro.
October 5, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Opened 55 years ago today (5 October 1970) at Cinema II in NYC: provocative lowlife black comedy Trash, the second of the underground trilogy of films produced by spectral pop art visionary #AndyWarhol, directed by #PaulMorrissey and starring the Factory’s studly resident hunk #JoeDallesandro.
Farewell to Susan Lucas (aka Soo Catwoman) whose death aged 70 was announced by her children earlier this week. One of the original first-generation movers-and-shakers and “faces” of 1970s London’s punk epicentre, Lucas’ look was so confrontational it cemented her instant punk icon status. #punk
October 4, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Farewell to Susan Lucas (aka Soo Catwoman) whose death aged 70 was announced by her children earlier this week. One of the original first-generation movers-and-shakers and “faces” of 1970s London’s punk epicentre, Lucas’ look was so confrontational it cemented her instant punk icon status. #punk
For this month’s FREE #Halloween related #LobotomyRoom cinema club, we’re screening the acme of irresistibly lurid vintage b-movie drive-in fare – The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962)! Thurs 16 October at Fontaine’s! Email bookings@fontaines.bar to reserve a seat. Info: tinyurl.com/47h6hw6r #cultmovie
October 3, 2025 at 2:02 PM
For this month’s FREE #Halloween related #LobotomyRoom cinema club, we’re screening the acme of irresistibly lurid vintage b-movie drive-in fare – The Brain That Wouldn’t Die (1962)! Thurs 16 October at Fontaine’s! Email bookings@fontaines.bar to reserve a seat. Info: tinyurl.com/47h6hw6r #cultmovie
Born on this day: eternal grasping starlet, kitsch icon, pop culture oddity, cult figure, naïve outsider artist, iconic Los Angeleno and enthusiast of the colour pink Angelyne (née Ronia Tamar Goldberg, 2 October 1950. #angelyne #lobotomyroom #starlet #showbiz #kitsch #pinkcorvette #glamour #blonde
October 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Born on this day: eternal grasping starlet, kitsch icon, pop culture oddity, cult figure, naïve outsider artist, iconic Los Angeleno and enthusiast of the colour pink Angelyne (née Ronia Tamar Goldberg, 2 October 1950. #angelyne #lobotomyroom #starlet #showbiz #kitsch #pinkcorvette #glamour #blonde
Thirty-five years ago this month, showbiz personified - Ms Liza Minnelli! - graced the October 1990 front cover of Vogue Italia! Photographer: Steven Meisel. Stylist: Brana Wolf. Hair: Garren. Makeup: Kevyn Aucoin. #lizaminnelli #vogueitalia #italianvogue #voguemagazine #lobotomyroom #kween #glamour
October 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Thirty-five years ago this month, showbiz personified - Ms Liza Minnelli! - graced the October 1990 front cover of Vogue Italia! Photographer: Steven Meisel. Stylist: Brana Wolf. Hair: Garren. Makeup: Kevyn Aucoin. #lizaminnelli #vogueitalia #italianvogue #voguemagazine #lobotomyroom #kween #glamour
Died seventy years ago today: cinema’s bongo drum-playin’, Method actin’ quintessential doomed 1950s bad boy, #JamesDean (8 Feb 1931 - 30 Sept 1955) – one of the most lusciously photogenic actors of all time. Pic: portrait of Dean by Floyd McCarty during production of Rebel without a Cause (1955).
September 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Died seventy years ago today: cinema’s bongo drum-playin’, Method actin’ quintessential doomed 1950s bad boy, #JamesDean (8 Feb 1931 - 30 Sept 1955) – one of the most lusciously photogenic actors of all time. Pic: portrait of Dean by Floyd McCarty during production of Rebel without a Cause (1955).
The FREE monthly #LobotomyRoom cinema club (devoted to Bad Movies for Bad People) ushers you into the #Halloween season (or as we call it, “gay Christmas”) with a screening of insane 1962 b-movie The Brain That Wouldn’t Die! Thursday 16 October at Fontaine’s in Dalston! Info: tinyurl.com/47h6hw6r
September 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The FREE monthly #LobotomyRoom cinema club (devoted to Bad Movies for Bad People) ushers you into the #Halloween season (or as we call it, “gay Christmas”) with a screening of insane 1962 b-movie The Brain That Wouldn’t Die! Thursday 16 October at Fontaine’s in Dalston! Info: tinyurl.com/47h6hw6r
If you’re part of Hackney’s queer community, living here, working here or connected in some way, get involved in this ambitious documentary project! Deets: www.instagram.com/onequeerdayi... #onequeerdayinhackney #lgbtqia #hackney #eastlondon #queer #queercinema #london
September 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
If you’re part of Hackney’s queer community, living here, working here or connected in some way, get involved in this ambitious documentary project! Deets: www.instagram.com/onequeerdayi... #onequeerdayinhackney #lgbtqia #hackney #eastlondon #queer #queercinema #london
Died on this day five years ago: ultimate black-clad, throaty-voiced, morbidly beautiful French beatnik chanteuse, actress, eyeliner role model and Morticia Addams lookalike #JulietteGreco (7 Feb 1927 - 23 Sept 2020). I was privileged to see Gréco perform in London twice, in 2000 and 2011. #beatnik
September 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Died on this day five years ago: ultimate black-clad, throaty-voiced, morbidly beautiful French beatnik chanteuse, actress, eyeliner role model and Morticia Addams lookalike #JulietteGreco (7 Feb 1927 - 23 Sept 2020). I was privileged to see Gréco perform in London twice, in 2000 and 2011. #beatnik
Boy, am I excited to make my debut at London’s red-hot new grindhouse cinema, The Nickel on Tues 7 October when I introduce aptly titled 1977 Canadian cult classic Outrageous! Starring drag legend Craig Russell as a hairdresser with showbiz aspirations. Buy your ticket here: thenickel.co.uk #lgbtqia
September 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Boy, am I excited to make my debut at London’s red-hot new grindhouse cinema, The Nickel on Tues 7 October when I introduce aptly titled 1977 Canadian cult classic Outrageous! Starring drag legend Craig Russell as a hairdresser with showbiz aspirations. Buy your ticket here: thenickel.co.uk #lgbtqia
Meet Grace Caldwell Tate: devoted mother … loving wife … yet a woman with a RAGE to LIVE! Join us on Thurs 18 Sept at Fontaine’s when the FREE monthly #LobotomyRoom cinema club (devoted to Bad Movies for Bad People) presents sin-sational 1965 melodrama A Rage to Live! Deets: tinyurl.com/2t6v4rcj
September 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Meet Grace Caldwell Tate: devoted mother … loving wife … yet a woman with a RAGE to LIVE! Join us on Thurs 18 Sept at Fontaine’s when the FREE monthly #LobotomyRoom cinema club (devoted to Bad Movies for Bad People) presents sin-sational 1965 melodrama A Rage to Live! Deets: tinyurl.com/2t6v4rcj
A Joey to behold! Sex-kitten-gone-berserk, Playboy magazine pinup, Vegas headliner, Serta mattress (and RC Cola) spokeswoman and kitsch icon Joey Heatherton (born 14 September 1944) turns 81 today. #joeyheatherton #lobotomyroom #lolaheatherton #starlet #sexkitten #oldshowbiz #triplethreat #lasvegas
September 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
A Joey to behold! Sex-kitten-gone-berserk, Playboy magazine pinup, Vegas headliner, Serta mattress (and RC Cola) spokeswoman and kitsch icon Joey Heatherton (born 14 September 1944) turns 81 today. #joeyheatherton #lobotomyroom #lolaheatherton #starlet #sexkitten #oldshowbiz #triplethreat #lasvegas