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This week, Christopher Long visits a Florida rummage sale where he comes across a well-cared-for vinyl copy of Smash Hits, the 1969 compilation LP from the Jimi Hendrix Experience, for just two bucks, and he soon rediscovers why the guitar-slashing icon remains “the whole package.”
88 Films gives new life to The Lady Assassin, Tony Lou Chun-Ku’s delightful mix of kung fu, Wuxia swordplay, and palace intrigue.
Alfred Sole’s Alice, Sweet Alice is a very Generation X movie, mirroring our 1970s lives in important and disturbing ways. Phil Bailey reviews the new 4K UHD version.
In 1977, Here at Last… Bee Gees …Live cemented the Bee Gees’ budding reputation as world-class master songsmiths. 46 years later, longtime Ink 19 writer Christopher Long nabs a well-loved $6 vinyl copy at a Florida flea market — replacing his long-loved and lost-to-the-ages original record.
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.
All-American music legend Bonnie Raitt played the Riverwind Casino Showplace Theatre in Norman, Oklahoma, recently while on her Live 2025 international concert tour. Longtime Ink 19 contributor Christopher Long was there and got the goods.
In this installment of his popular weekly series, Christopher Long recalls rolling up on a used record joint in Myrtle Beach where he scored a clean and quiet vinyl copy of Hermit of Mink Hollow, the 1978 masterpiece from Todd Rundgren, for just $2.
Ink 19 spoke with Brendan James to discuss the inspiration behind Chasing Light, his uniquely alluring sound, and why he makes music.
Longtime Ink 19 contributor and author Christopher Long became as giddy as a twenty-something college co-ed trapped at an all-night Birkenstock sale when he recently scored a well-loved vinyl copy of The Best of the Statler Brothers at a Florida flea market, for a buck. And he’s lived to tell about it.
Legendary for a reason, Athens cult spectacular Five Eight release “Take Me To The Skate Park” with a new video featuring Maggie Mantione.
Serving as an inspirational beacon for aspiring musicians and artists — women and men alike — Beat Keepers: The Next Chapter may not be a big-budget feature, but its heartbeat is HUGE!
One of the last films of Japanese film studio Daiei, Play It Cool makes its first home video appearance outside of Japan on a new Blu-ray.
Tim Everitt & Tom Sartori’s 1984 kung-fu fantasy, Furious, sends up both classic martial arts movies and made-for-video American schlock in a high kicking, chicken blasting, magical kung-fu romp.
Phil Bailey reviews Rampo Noir, a four part, surreal horror anthology film based on the works of Japan’s horror legend, Edogawa Rampo.
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.
“Call of the Wild” (Silver Side Productions). Review by Randy Radic.
Impressions (Rewound Echoes). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
“Little Dreaming” (Darkroom / Polydor / Capitol). Review by Danielle Holian.
Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same (Tapete Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Stories I Only Tell My Friends (Blackbird Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
From Now to OK (Independent Project Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Best in Show (Seaview). Review by Randy Radic.
Mood 4 Love (Five Spice Entertainment). Review by Randy Radic.
Bone Bells (Pyroclastic Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Birthmarks (Wharf Cat/Bella Union). Review by Peter Lindblad.
On and On (Big Ego Records ). Review by Steven Garnett.
Let the Good Times Roll (Vegas Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Shout It On The Mountain (Heavy Medication Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Last Leg of the Human Table (Closed Casket Activities). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Tiger 54 (Distortida Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Server Farm (Irabbagast Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Honeysuckle (Family Owned Records). Review by Randy Radic.
Song For The Sinners (Pugnacious Records). Review by Randy Radic.
The Bad Fire (Temporary Residence Ltd.). Review by Peter Lindblad.
Practice. Review by Randy Radic.
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.