Debbie Deane
- Music Reviews
- August 12, 2020
Grove House (Now Forward Music). Review by Stacey Zering.
The Glass Bottom Boat of the Cultural Press
Features
Featured Music
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Bush: Live In Tampa
- Screen Reviews
- August 11, 2020
On a hot summer night, Bush plays to a sold out arena in Tampa, Fl, proving that there is still an audience for a high energy rock and roll show.
Shithouse
- Screen Reviews
- August 6, 2020
A darling love story with engaging characters and one of the worst titles ever.
Too Much and Never Enough
- Print Reviews
- August 5, 2020
One families indifference and abandonment gave America its greatest failure. Mary Trump explains how.
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Violinist Gregory Harrington
- Interviews
- May 27, 2020
Renowned violinist Gregory Harrington unveils how he chose elegant covers on his new album Without You.
COVID Diary #3
- Features
- May 21, 2020
Forced isolation, too much coffee and a stack of records result in a batch of attention deficit record reviews.
Covid Diary #2
- Features
- May 4, 2020
While in self isolation, I finally got around to reading Florida Soul: From Ray Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band.
George Mitchell
- Interviews
- April 21, 2020
George Mitchell of Fishbelly Black on weaving funk, jazz, and hip-hop.
Covid Diary #1
- Features
- April 10, 2020
Sweet Crude’s tour ended abruptly at the Crowbar in Ybor City, Florida. The tour to drum up interest in their upcoming major label debut was cut short by the Covid-19 pandemic. Bob Pomeroy was at that show.
Collective Soul
- Event Reviews
- March 20, 2020
Georgia alt rockers Collective Soul wowed the crowd including Michelle Wilson at the Busch Gardens Food & Wine Festival Series 2020 opener.
Devyn Rush
- Interviews
- March 18, 2020
Devyn Rush talks her influences and style and her new EP with Stacey Zering.
Tommy Emmanuel
- Event Reviews
- March 12, 2020
Tommy Emmanuel with opener Ida Mae thrilled Central Florida with an astounding acoustic performance. Michelle Wilson loved every minute of it.
Joe Bonamassa
- Event Reviews
- March 6, 2020
Joe Bonamassa and his mighty blues ensemble rolled into Clearwater, Florida for two nights of contemporary blues at its finest. Michelle Wilson caught Evening One of this towering blues extravaganza.
Yacht Rock Revue
- Event Reviews
- February 19, 2020
Yacht Rock Revue’s “Hot Dads In Tight Jeans” Tour rolled into Central Florida and wowed the sold-out crowd with their tribute to ’70s and ’80s light rock hits. Michelle Wilson was there and loved every minute!
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Summerland
- Screen Reviews
- August 4, 2020
In rural England, a cranky woman bonds with and evacuee boy and uncovers a strange connection to her past.
Laurel & Hardy: The Definitive Restorations
- Screen Reviews
- August 4, 2020
These geniuses of early comedy finally get the presentation they are due in this Blu-ray edition.
A Genesis In My Bed
- Print Reviews
- August 3, 2020
Former Genesis guitarist, Steve Hackett shares his life story in his story in an engaging and honest memoir. Reading his story feels like hanging out with a friend who’s interested in sharing how he felt living these experiences.
18 to Party
- Screen Reviews
- July 30, 2020
When you’re in 8th grade, sneaking into a bar is way cooler than it is when you’re 40.
Adam
- Screen Reviews
- July 29, 2020
A pregnant woman finds a home in Casablanca.
Landfall
- Screen Reviews
- July 28, 2020
Cecilia Aldarondo takes a look at Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
Inferno of Torture
- Screen Reviews
- July 22, 2020
Teruo Ishii’s classic of pinky violence has new life on Blu-ray.
Dream Demon
- Screen Reviews
- July 9, 2020
Newly restored, this British dream horror has never looked better.
Long Story Short: Your Favorite Books as Cartoons
- Print Reviews
- July 7, 2020
Illustrators and artists reimagine famous works of literature as one panel cartoons.
Liberté
- Screen Reviews
- June 23, 2020
Generoso Fierro reviews Albert Serra’s new transgressive feature Liberté, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.
Columns
Four-Letter Words
- Sound Salvation
- August 3, 2020
No need to worry about offending delicate sensibilities with this playlist. We’re not talking about profanity, so just take the title at face value.
2020 on Fire
- Sound Salvation
- July 28, 2020
Episode 115: Born Too Late
- The Lacking Organization
- July 17, 2020
Episode 114: Can’t Do Much
- The Lacking Organization
- July 14, 2020
Music Reviews
The Stooges
- Music Reviews
- August 7, 2020
Live at Goose Lake, August 8th, 1970 (Third Man Records). Review by Scott Adams.
Pokey Lafarge
- Music Reviews
- July 28, 2020
Rock Bottom Rhapsody (New West Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
From the archives...
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Country Teasers
- Music Reviews
- April 7, 1999
Destroy All Human Life (Fat Possum/Epitaph). Review by Kurt Channing
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Brian Wilson: Songwriter 1962-1969
- Screen Reviews
- January 18, 2011
If you think Lawrence of Arabia has too much sand, then you might think this documentary has too much Brian Wilson. Rein in the impulse to fast forward and learn a bunch about the most cerebral Beach Boy.
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La Makita Soma
- Music Reviews
- November 22, 2001
Brighton Park (Someoddpilot). Review by Marcel Feldmar.
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Mike McColgan
- Interviews
- November 10, 2003
Mike McColgan left the Dropkick Murphys to become a Boston firefighter. His tenure with the Street Dogs marks his return to punk rawk. And now he’s sharing his experiences from the past six years with Rob Walsh.
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Jonny Impetigo
- Features
- April 12, 2001
The debut f the comic stip by Karen Carpenter-Damascus and Frances Farmer, in which our heroine personally experiences the destructive potential of those things you see in stadiums.
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Gillian Welch
- Music Reviews
- September 13, 2011
The Harrow & the Harvest (Acony Records). Review by Sean Slone.
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I Miss You All Over the Place
- Features
- April 21, 2000
Feature by James Mann
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Little Darla Has A Treat For You
- Music Reviews
- June 9, 2004
Volume 21 (Darla). Review by Ben Varkentine.
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So-Called Service Station
- Features
- February 1, 2005
‘Big Oil’ has slowly taken us on a cultural down-hill slide in more ways than one. We’ve come to accept the idea of every customer working for them. Like any most any behemoth, give them enough rope, they’ll eventually hang themselves in front of some of us, like they did in front of David Whited.
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Mike Wild and the Magic Lanterns
- Music Reviews
- June 27, 2000
Old man punk rocker from Philadelphia carves his legacy in polycarbonate at t…
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Cleaning the World, One Lie at a Time
- Features
- September 20, 2002
James Mann takes a hard look at the dirty dealings of Clean Flicks.
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Berlin
- Event Reviews
- June 7, 1999
Event Review by Roi J. Tamkin
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Kompjotr Eplektrika
- Music Reviews
- July 10, 2008
Darrk Circuits Fadead Waves (Celebrity Lifestyle). Review by Aaron Shaul.
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Leonard Cohen
- Music Reviews
- December 9, 1997
More Best Of (Columbia). Review by Tony Coulson
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The Ole Blues Bergen Music Festival
- Event Reviews
- June 10, 2002
The Ole Blues Bergen Music Festival, featuring Grant Lee Phillips, Hawksley Workman, The Handsome Family, Ben Christophers, Kristoffer Aastrøm, and others in Bergen, Norway, April 30 – May 4, 2002. Festival review by Stein Haukland.
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Squint
- Music Reviews
- October 22, 2003
Tinsel Life (Hoxie). Review by Andrew Ellis.
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Iceberg Slim
- Music Reviews
- May 25, 2009
Reflections (Uproar). Review by Scott Adams.
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fIREHOSE
- Music Reviews
- February 1, 2013
lowFLOWs: The Columbia Anthology (’91-’93) (Columbia Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.
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Mazes
- Music Reviews
- March 17, 2009
Mazes (Parasol). Review by Aaron Shaul.