The glass bottom boat of the cultural press
This week Christopher Long brings home a doozie. FULL DISCLOSURE: he didn’t discover it at a garage sale, and it sure wasn’t cheap. However, the near-mint copy of Beauty’s Only Skin Deep, the debut 1978 solo LP from Cherie Currie, is his most sought-after score of 2023!
Teen Movie Hell visits the evolution of high school classics.
Sidelong (Bloodshot Records). Review by James Mann.
Shelton Hull finds much to praise in Jodie Foster’s latest film. Consider it the anti-_Hostel_.
What’s scarier: Jodie Foster as a nun or the fevered imaginations of a teenage altar boy as animated by Todd McFarlane? Carl F. Gauze reveals the truth in his review of Peter Care’s The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.
Shall I compare thee to an “Old Bronco”? Sure, if thou art The Bacon Brothers.
J-Horror classic Dark Water (2002) makes the skin crawl with an unease that lasts long after the film is over. Phil Bailey reviews the new Arrow Video release.
John Wayne’s final movie sees the cowboy actor go out on a high note, in The Shootist, one of his best performances.
Get to the theater tonight for Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All, Alexandria Bombach’s latest documentary, one night only!
Speedfossil’s in love with a girl on the internet, on “IRL” from Room With A VU, Vol.1.
Rad Brown and Buffalo Stille (Nappy Roots) premiere their second single from forthcoming LP Upper Crust Confections, “Only Love,” today at Ink 19.