The glass bottom boat of the cultural press
Lots of music videos are made that slip through the cracks. This series collects a bunch of the punk/indie rock oriented ones. Lower budgets and a helluva a lot more interesting. Videos from Superchunk, Gameface, the Queers, Samiam, the Melvins, AFI, the Strike, and so on. Available on VHS or DVD. If you just want the music, grab the CD version.
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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.
In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival ( Deep Digs). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
The first film based on Junji Ito’s manga, Tomie, makes its US Blu-ray debut from Arrow Video.
J-Horror Rising, a curated collection from the late ’90s and early 2000s, spotlights three lesser-known gems from the influential J-Horror movement. Phil Bailey reviews Carved: The Slit Mouthed Woman, St. John’s Wort, and Inugami.