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- Music Reviews
- June 19, 2018
Pink Flag, Chairs Missing, 154 (Pink Flag). Review by Scott Adams.
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Pulp
- Screen Reviews
- June 13, 2018
A pulp writer gets sucked into a real murder in this stylish but slow 1970’s light weight thriller.
Two Thousand Maniacs!
- Screen Reviews
- June 8, 2018
H.G. Lewis’ southern-fried splatter classic gets the deluxe Blu-Ray treatment from Arrow Films.
Call Me Brother
- Screen Reviews
- June 7, 2018
Boy meets girl, then they fall in love. What could be nicer than that? Oh, I don’t know. Different genomes, perhaps?
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Joe Bonamassa
- Event Reviews
- May 24, 2018
Joe Bonamassa mesmerizes outdoor concertgoers in St. Augustine, Michelle Wilson included.
Tom Smith and Rat Bastard
- Interviews
- May 22, 2018
What is noise? Steven Garnett delves deeply with two titans of sound.
New Found Glory
- Event Reviews
- May 21, 2018
New Found Glory kicked off their Sick Tour to a capacity crowd at Orlando’s House of Blues, and Jen Cray can confirm that it was, indeed, a SICK show.
George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic
- Event Reviews
- May 17, 2018
George Clinton is throwing a year-long retirement party. Parliament Funkadelic may go on without him, but the party lasts until 2019.
Welcome to Rockville
- Event Reviews
- May 16, 2018
Welcome to Rockville brings ROCK into the sweltering swamp of Florida for 3 days of bombastic thrills. Alberto Rivera reports from Jacksonville.
Ben Vaughn
- Interviews
- May 15, 2018
Somehow, Ben Vaughn manages to make time for an interview with Ian Koss in the midst of his many moods and projects.
Foghat
- Event Reviews
- April 18, 2018
Michelle Wilson braved the elements for a set with the ’70s legends.
Our Last Night
- Event Reviews
- April 9, 2018
Our Last Night topped the bill, but it was Don Broco who stole the show right out from under them, at least according to Vanna Porter.
Dashboard Confessional
- Event Reviews
- March 29, 2018
Emo darlings Dashboard Confessional, with some help from openers Beach Slang, lift up a near-capacity crowd in Orlando with heartfelt musings and aching melodies. Jen Cray opened her heart to it all.
Lana Del Ray
- Event Reviews
- March 1, 2018
Lana Del Ray gave the capacity crowd in DC all they came for and more on a frigid night. Rick Harris was there to witness.
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The Bloodthirsty Trilogy
- Screen Reviews
- June 6, 2018
The infamous “Japanese Dracula” films from the early 1970s have come out of the shadows thanks to a new box set from Arrow Video.
Fare Thee Well
- Print Reviews
- June 6, 2018
Once Jerry Garcia died in 1995, The Grateful Dead went to hell. Read how.
Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Screen Reviews
- June 1, 2018
Phil Bailey ain’t impressed with Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Death Smiles on a Murderer
- Screen Reviews
- May 30, 2018
Joe D’Amato’s directorial debut makes its long awaited home video release.
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood
- Screen Reviews
- May 29, 2018
Post-war Hollywood was WAY gayer than you might think.
Getting Naked: A Burlesque Story
- Screen Reviews
- May 25, 2018
Burlesque revives as an art form and is funnier than ever.
Out On a Limb
- Screen Reviews
- May 24, 2018
An intimate portrait of Steven Tyler as he embarks on a country-flavoured solo career.
Mole Man
- Screen Reviews
- May 17, 2018
Ron is autistic but builds amazing structures without nails or cement on Mole Man.
Cold November
- Screen Reviews
- May 14, 2018
A young woman in rural Minnesota enters adulthood by shooting her first buck.
Sisyphean
- Print Reviews
- May 10, 2018
Japanese sci-fi at its weirdest.
Columns
Bathsheba’s Psalms, Or, A Woman of Unusual Beauty Taking A Bath
- Archikulture Digest
- June 19, 2018
A modern update of a classic Bible story.
Gideon’s Knot
- Archikulture Digest
- June 17, 2018
Murder in the First
- Archikulture Digest
- June 12, 2018
Notebook
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The Worley Gig
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The Worley Gig
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The Worley Gig
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The Worley Gig
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The Worley Gig
Music Reviews
Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
- Music Reviews
- June 15, 2018
Are You One Of Jay’s Kids?: The Complete Bizarre Sessions 1991-1994 (Manifesto Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Ted Hefko & the Thousandaires
- Music Reviews
- May 25, 2018
Gas Station Guru (Onager Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
From the archives...
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Exploring The West Wing
- Print Reviews
- July 8, 2002
One of the most watched and most critically acclaimed shows on television goes under the microscope in three new books. Ben Varkentine takes an in-depth look.
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Knodel
- Music Reviews
- June 25, 2002
Dawn of the Butterfly (My Pal God). Review by Anton Warner.
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Boy George
- Music Reviews
- November 25, 2002
A Night in With Boy George: A Chillout Mix (Moonshine). Review by Kiran Aditham.
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Sarah Brightman
- Music Reviews
- May 27, 2013
Dream Chaser (Alternative Distribution Alliance). Review by Carl F Gauze.
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Stratovarius
- Music Reviews
- May 16, 2000
Infinite (Nuclear Blast). Review by Nathan T. Birk
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Robert Paredes
- Music Reviews
- March 8, 2000
Forgetting and Remembering (Innova). Review by Nirav Soni
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Susan Surftone
- Music Reviews
- November 7, 2011
Shore (Acme Brothers Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
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The Ruts
- Music Reviews
- May 3, 2016
Babylon’s Burning (Westworld Records). Review by Al Pergande.
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Sheryl Crow and Friends
- Music Reviews
- February 2, 2000
Live From Central Park (A&M). Review by Troy Mayhew
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Tullycraft
- Music Reviews
- June 16, 2000
Tullycraft have spread their endearing, rough-cut pop songs far and wide over…
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Swan Lake
- Music Reviews
- September 1, 2009
Enemy Mine (Jagjaguwar). Review by Matthew Moyer.
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Lola Ray
- Music Reviews
- January 23, 2007
Liars (Benevolent). Review by Jen Cray.
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Demonarch
- Music Reviews
- November 4, 1998
Helmeticum (Century Media). Review by Jeremy Wernow
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Screeching Weasel
- Event Reviews
- July 12, 2010
As Carl F Gauze reports, every Mohawk and black t-shirted punk in Central Florida dropped in to pogo at the feet of Screeching Weasel and The Queers at the Hard Rock in Orlando.
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Jim Carroll
- Music Reviews
- November 4, 2008
Praying Mantis (Noble Rot). Review by Carl F Gauze.
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After Nature
- Print Reviews
- December 31, 2002
The newly-translated version of W.G. Sebald’s prose poem After Nature helps Terry Eagan understand the roots of the novelist’s themes.
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The Boxmasters
- Music Reviews
- July 22, 2008
The Boxmasters (Sawmill Records/ Vanguard Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.
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Living Like a Runaway: A Memoir
- Print Reviews
- March 11, 2016
Rock and roll trailblazer, Lita Ford, reveals her life story – warts and all, in a salacious debut memoir.
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Novembers Doom
- Music Reviews
- December 24, 1999
Of Sculptured Ivy and Stone Flowers (Martyr). Review by Nathan T. Birk