Joe “Survival” Caruso
- Music Reviews
- March 20, 2019
Sunshine Blues (Lakehouse Records). Review by Michelle Wilson.
The Glass Bottom Boat of the Cultural Press
Features
Featured Music
Reviews
Melanie – For One Night Only
- Screen Reviews
- March 21, 2019
With 38 albums under her belt, sixties pop sensation Melanie is still performing.
Teen Movie Hell
- Print Reviews
- March 19, 2019
Teen Movie Hell visits the evolution of high school classics.
The Alice Howell Collection
- Screen Reviews
- March 14, 2019
The films of the movie comedienne Alice Howell are a great glimpse of early film-making.
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The Magpie Salute
- Event Reviews
- February 22, 2019
Jam-band blues-rockers The Magpie Salute brought their unique sound to Central Florida, and Michelle Wilson got a healthy double-dose of one of her favorite bands.
Producer Michael Beinhorn and the art of production
- Interviews
- February 18, 2019
He’s produced everyone from Herbie Hancock to Soundgarden. Michael Beinhorn tells about the art of music production.
Talal Derki
- Interviews
- February 4, 2019
Generoso speaks with director, Talal Derki, about his Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature nominated film, Of Fathers and Sons.
David Crosby & Friends
- Event Reviews
- January 23, 2019
It was a night of songs and stories with Croz and friends.
Generation Axe
- Event Reviews
- January 15, 2019
Generation Axe brought their spectacular shredder show to Orlando in December, and Michelle Wilson was right there among the fans to get her face melted off.
Quick Takes on Worthy Records
- Features
- December 26, 2018
Couldn’t let 2018 get past us without a few quick takes!
Tarik Aktaş
- Interviews
- December 11, 2018
Dead Horse Nebula director, Tarik Aktaş, speaks with Generoso Fierro about his AFI Fest 2018-selected debut feature.
Florida Man Music Festival
- Event Reviews
- December 6, 2018
The Florida Man Music Festival lit up the Orlando Amphitheater with a bunch of acts chosen by FM 101.9 (Orlando’s New Alternative radio station). Jen Cray approved.
Seaway
- Event Reviews
- December 5, 2018
Seaway rocked the Soundbar with Trophy Eyes, Microwave and more!
Alice Rohrwacher
- Interviews
- November 30, 2018
Generoso spoke with director Alice Rohrwacher at AFI Fest 2018 about her award-winning third feature, Happy as Lazzaro.
More Reviews
Horror Express
- Screen Reviews
- March 11, 2019
This horror classic shines in it’s new Blu-ray reissue.
Babylon
- Screen Reviews
- March 6, 2019
Generoso Fierro reviews Italian-English director Franco Rosso’s uncompromised masterpiece about racial tensions in late 70s London, Babylon, which arrives to US theaters for the first time on March 8th.
The Fifth Cord
- Screen Reviews
- March 5, 2019
The Fifth Cord seems more art house then grindhouse.
Touch Me Not
- Screen Reviews
- February 28, 2019
The winner of the Golden Bear at the 2018 Berlinale, Touch Me Not, Adina Pintilie’s experimental feature, challenges conventions while examining the fear of intimacy.
The Dick Cavett Show
- Screen Reviews
- February 27, 2019
Dick Cavett gets inside the comic mind of Robin Williams, Richard Lewis, Bobcat Goldwait, Gilbert Gottfried and more.
Crimson Peak
- Screen Reviews
- February 20, 2019
Guillermo del Toro gives a new look at gothic horror in Crimson Peak.
Band Vs. Brand
- Screen Reviews
- February 19, 2019
When does a band become a brand? This new documentary examines the current state of the music business and reveals how the “brand” of a rock group now has more power than the members themselves.
The Image Book
- Screen Reviews
- February 11, 2019
For his 47th feature, The Image Book, which won the first Special Palme d’Or at Cannes, Jean-Luc Godard continues to evolve cinematic language as he searches for the meaning and truth of image and sound.
Orgies of Edo
- Screen Reviews
- February 7, 2019
The King of Cult Movies gives us pinky violence with this Japanese classic.
Wizard of Gore
- Screen Reviews
- February 1, 2019
More gore from the wizard of shock, Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Columns
What A Glorious Feeling!
- Archikulture Digest
- March 17, 2019
Gene Kelly and his writing partner Stan Donen create “Singin’ in the Rain” despite disease, disagreement and a collapsing MGM fighting them all the way.
Notebook
Tue Jan 01 2019
The Worley Gig
Mon Dec 31 2018
The Worley Gig
Fri Dec 28 2018
The Worley Gig
Thu Dec 27 2018
The Worley Gig
Wed Dec 26 2018
The Worley Gig
Music Reviews
Todd Snider
- Music Reviews
- March 14, 2019
Cash Cabin Sessions, Vol. 3 (Aimless Records). Review by James Mann.
Doctor Demento Covered in Punk
- Music Reviews
- March 13, 2019
Doctor Demento Covered in Punk (Demented Punk Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Leo Bud Welch
- Music Reviews
- March 8, 2019
The Angels in Heaven Done Signed My Name (Easy Eye Sound). Review by James Mann.
Jane Kramer
- Music Reviews
- March 4, 2019
Valley of the Bones (Famous Brown Boots Music). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Charlie Faye & the Fayettes
- Music Reviews
- March 1, 2019
The Whole Shebang (Bigger Better More Records). Review by Christopher Long.
Hoosier Daddy
- Music Reviews
- February 28, 2019
Got a Mountain to Climb (Sour Wine Records). Review by Stacey Zering.
From the archives...
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Massive Attack
- Event Reviews
- October 5, 1998
Event Review by Michael D. Fellows
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I Sing the Body Emetic
- Screen Reviews
- March 18, 2004
The graphic sequences of sex, war, famine and death in Director Simon Pummell’s Bodysong might make you queasy. But not for the obvious reasons. Eric J. Iannelli explains.
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The Original P
- Interviews
- May 20, 1999
Interview by Holly Day
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Sunday's Best
- Interviews
- October 8, 1999
Interview by Marcel Feldmar
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Mike Doughty
- Music Reviews
- November 10, 2009
Sad Man Happy Man (ATO Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.
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Bardo Pond
- Music Reviews
- February 25, 1998
Lapsed (Matador). Review by Charles D.J. Deppner
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Mighty Sam McClain
- Music Reviews
- March 5, 2003
One More Bridge To Cross (Mighty Music ). Review by James Mann.
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The Selmanaires
- Music Reviews
- January 4, 2008
The Air Salesman (International Hits). Review by Jen Cray.
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Black Sabbath
- Music Reviews
- February 18, 1999
Reunion (Epic). Review by David Lee Beowülf
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Toni Anderson
- Music Reviews
- September 15, 2006
You Are The One (Treasure Chest). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
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Niagra Niagra
- Music Reviews
- June 9, 1998
Soundtrack (Shooting Gallery/V2). Review by Phil Bailey
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Mint
- Music Reviews
- June 8, 2001
American Style (self-released). Review by Isaac Airbourne.
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More Than A Feeling
- Features
- May 25, 2005
Our normally cheerful editor, James Mann, is cranky on the subject of public noise pollution masquerading as nostalgia.
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The Busters
- Music Reviews
- December 10, 1998
Make A Move (Moon Ska NYC). Review by Julio Diaz
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Wiseguys
- Music Reviews
- December 15, 1998
Win, Win Or Win (Dial M). Review by David Lee Beowülf
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Caribou
- Event Reviews
- November 6, 2007
Caribou come to Florida to repay Canada’s debt for bands like Loverboy. S D Green was there to bear witness and soak up all the positive karma from this Canadian music renaissance.
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Deerhoof
- Event Reviews
- March 11, 2007
It’s taken Deerhoof thirteen years to grab widespread attention, but now that the media is paying attention the fans have followed. Jen Cray was one among many who crammed into The Social in Orlando, FL, to see what all the fuss is about.
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The Mountain Goats
- Music Reviews
- August 23, 1999
Protein Source of the Future… Now! (Ajax). Review by Anton Wagner
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The Gaslight Anthem
- Music Reviews
- July 9, 2018
The ’59 Sound Sessions (Sidewinder). Review by Andrew Ellis.