Garage Sale Vinyl: Missing Persons
This week, Christopher Long goes “gaga” over discovering an ’80s treasure: an OG vinyl copy of Spring Session M, the timeless 1982 classic from Missing Persons — for just six bucks!
This week, Christopher Long goes “gaga” over discovering an ’80s treasure: an OG vinyl copy of Spring Session M, the timeless 1982 classic from Missing Persons — for just six bucks!
Both bold experiment and colossal failure in the 1960s, Esperanto language art house horror film Incubus returns with pre-_Star Trek_ William Shatner to claim a perhaps more serious audience.
In this latest installment of his weekly series, Christopher Long is betrayed by his longtime GF when she swipes his copy of Loretta Lynn’s Greatest Hits Vol. II right out from under his nose while rummaging through a south Florida junk store.
This week, Christopher Long reveals one of his most amazing vintage vinyl acquisitions: an original pressing of Aladdin Sane — the iconic 1973 slab from David Bowie. Why so amazing? He nabbed it for FREE!
Smash Mouth takes us back to The Brady Bunch circa 1973, with “Sunshine Day,” featuring Barry Williams, the original Greg Brady.
Get ready for an incredible lineup from Seattle’s 51st Bumbershoot Arts and Music Festival, this Labor Day weekend.
Tony-nominated smash success Stereophonic delivers a brand-new Broadway cast recording — straight from 1976.
In this latest installment of his weekly series, Christopher Long discovers and scores a secondhand vinyl copy of one of his all-time favorite LPs: 2XS (To Excess), the splendid 1982 flop from the iconic Scottish powerhouse, Nazareth.
Author and longtime Ink 19 contributor Christopher Long kicks off the 2025 edition of his popular weekly Garage Sale Vinyl series with a bona fide banger: the blues-soaked, whisky-injected, self-titled 1971 debut record from Bonnie Raitt.
Longtime Ink 19 staff writer Christopher Long spent almost the entire year consuming and writing about new music. Here are his personal Dirty Dozen: the 12 records that made his heart the happiest in 2024.
Before there was Leather Tuscadero, Suzi Quatro was in two pioneering, all-woman rock bands in her hometown of Detroit, Michigan. This is a Quick Look at those bands: The Pleasure Seekers and Cradle.
Don’t let the stats fool you. Zyzzyx Road may have been the lowest grossing movie in history, but is it worth checking out? Phil Bailey explores the new 4K UHD from Dark Arts Entertainment.
Film noir meets Sci-fi horror in Evan Marlowe’s bizarre puppet film Abruptio. Phil Bailey promises you have never seen anything quite like it.
Cheerleader’s Wild Weekend, aka The Great American Girl Robbery, entered the fray in 1979 with its odd mashup of hostage drama, comedic crime caper, and good old fashioned T & A hijinks. Phil Bailey reviews the Blu-ray release.
Seijun Suzuki’s 1958 widescreen film noir feature, Underworld Beauty, comes to Blu-ray.
Phil Bailey reviews quirky sexploitation film Facets of Love (1973), a saucy Hong Kong costume drama from director Li Hsang-han of kung fu powerhouse Shaw Brothers, now out on Blu-ray.
Lily and Generoso wrap an outstanding year at the cinema, with capsule reviews of ten favorite films, eight supplemental features, and one outstanding repertory release seen at microcinemas, archives, and festivals in 2024.
Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory (Jagjaguwar). Review by Peter Lindblad.
You Can’t Tell Me I’m Not What I Used To Be (North & Left Records). Review by Randy Radic.
Hits & Rarities (Sunset Blvd Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Zero Nine (Tygr Rawwk Rcrds). Review by Peter Lindblad.
JID022 (Jazz is Dead). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Goyard Ibn Said (Fat Possum). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Soulsex (Chicken Ranch Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
All Hat No Cattle (Forty Below Records). Review by Randy Radic.
Came By to Kill Me (Solid Brass Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Field of Stars (Folk Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Who’s Making You Feel It (Darkroom/Polydor/Capitol). Review by Danielle Holian.
Fun Size (Kickin’ Wiccan Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Living Standards II (Drop Zone Jazz Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Humanhood (Fat Possum). Review by Peter Lindblad.
In Love Again (Tapete Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
A Murmuration of Capitalist Bees (Expert Work Records, Dipterid Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Hear My Song: The Collection, 1966 - 1995 (Madfish Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Midwinter Swimmers (Therese Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Dancing the Same Dance (Gare Du Nord Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
“POP POP POP” ft. Danny Brown (Partisan Records). Review by Danielle Holian.
A tale of dissolution and vengeance set in the Old West, told Italian style.
Live at Antones Vol. 1/Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie (New West Records). Review by James Mann.
Mac DeMarco and his crew of misfits brought good tunes and a good time to Portland, Oregon. Alexa Harris was all smiles.
Rio en Medio Radio (WW Recordings). Review by James Mann.