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The Lyons
- Archikulture Digest
- December 5, 2021
A man on his deathbed is surrounded by bickering family members, many of which you would strangle him given the chance. In other words: a brilliant comedy!
Southern Accents 55
- Mann About Sound
- November 28, 2021
A woofin’ good time with cuts from Hank Williams, Muddy Waters, Delta Moon and more from KMRD 96.9, Madrid, New Mexico!
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
- Archikulture Digest
- November 28, 2021
Absurdism with a healthy dose of air conditioning.
Mixtape 172 :: My Old Bassist
- The Lacking Organization
- November 26, 2021
Like pre-teens throwing every liquid into the kitchen blender and daring each other to drink the results, Woody and Jeremy fuse all manner of sounds legitimate and profane into some murky concoction that tastes surprisingly good.
Roger’s and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
- Archikulture Digest
- November 24, 2021
A classic children’s tale re-imagined by America’s greatest composers.
Mixtape 171 :: Scarcity Is Manufactured
- The Lacking Organization
- November 19, 2021
For a quarter century, Deerhoof have been a benchmark for the contrasting dynamics of sweet and sour, spiked and pillowy, and all manner of sounds that should not get along but quite obviously do.
Sweat
- Archikulture Digest
- November 19, 2021
A rust belt city erodes as the bosses bust the unions and move work to Mexico. Meanwhile, the locals fight over a rapidly shrinking pie.

Christmas My Way: A Sinatra Holiday Bash
- Archikulture Digest
- November 17, 2021
All of Frank Sinatra’s Christmas songs in one glorious evening. Yes, Sinatra had that much material.
In The Heights
- Archikulture Digest
- November 4, 2021
Puerto Rican immigrants in New York struggle to survive and prosper.
Intimate Apparel
- Archikulture Digest
- November 2, 2021
A black seamstress in 1905 New York loses everything to a man she’s never met.
Mixtape 170 :: I Must Go
- The Lacking Organization
- November 2, 2021
Hailing from the southwest of France, The Llamps build on a sound that’s equal parts New York City grit, San Francisco psychedelia, and spaghetti Western twang, which makes for a pan-global main dish.
First Date
- Archikulture Digest
- October 31, 2021
A simple first date spirals out of control in the hilarious dating musical.
A Year with Frog and Toad
- Archikulture Digest
- October 28, 2021
Friendship weathers the ups and downs of our personal relations.
Mixtape 169 :: TV Dinner
- The Lacking Organization
- October 26, 2021
For quite some time, the Mommyheads have delivered the sort of complex pop and lyrical insight that fills in the cracks and gaps in your musical thinking with new ideas and sounds.

Crazy for Gershwin
- Archikulture Digest
- October 25, 2021
The great American Songbook, circa early 20th century.
Looped
- Archikulture Digest
- October 24, 2021
A fading film star still can turn up the heat in this outrageous comedy.
The Book of Merman
- Archikulture Digest
- October 22, 2021
A parody musical about a parody musical about a parody religion.
Mixtape 168 :: Shame Reactions
- The Lacking Organization
- October 19, 2021
Pom Pom Squad began as songwriter Mia Berrin’s solo operation but now employs four full-time experts in musical munitions and lethal lyrical techniques.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Archikulture Digest
- October 17, 2021
An adaptation of a classic horror story safe for little eyes.
Nosferatu
- Archikulture Digest
- October 15, 2021
A classic horror tale ends up some place weird.

Recently on Ink 19...

The Lyons
- Archikulture Digest
- December 5, 2021
A man on his deathbed is surrounded by bickering family members, many of which you would strangle him given the chance. In other words: a brilliant comedy!
The Reading Room
- Features
- December 3, 2021
Today’s episode features author Anna-Marie O’Brien talking about her book Adventures of a Metalhead Librarian: A Rock N’ Roll Memoir with Ink 19’s Rose Petralia.
Bush Tetras
- Music Reviews
- December 3, 2021
Rhythm and Paranoia (Wharf Cat). Review by Scott Adams.
Tom Tom Club
- Staff Picks
- December 2, 2021
The Good The Bad and the Funky (Nacional). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Barnes & Barnes
- Music Reviews
- December 2, 2021
Pancake Dream (Demented Punk Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Jeremiah Lockwood
- Music Reviews
- December 1, 2021
A Great Miracle: Jeremiah Lockwood’s Guitar Soli Chanukah Album (Reboot). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Metallica: The $24.95 Book
- Print Reviews
- November 30, 2021
From an underground band that pioneered the thrash metal sound, to arguably the biggest rock act in the new millennium, Metallica has had a long and tumultuous history. Ben Apatoff scours a myriad of sources to catalog this history in his new book.
Araceli Lemos
- Interviews
- November 29, 2021
Shortly after AFI Fest 2021 wrapped, Generoso spoke at length with director, Araceli Lemos about her award-winning and potent feature debut, Holy Emy. Lemos’s film uses elements of body horror in her story about the exoticization of two Filipina sisters living in Greece and how that exploitation creates a distance between them.
Southern Accents 55
- Mann About Sound
- November 28, 2021
A woofin’ good time with cuts from Hank Williams, Muddy Waters, Delta Moon and more from KMRD 96.9, Madrid, New Mexico!
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
- Archikulture Digest
- November 28, 2021
Absurdism with a healthy dose of air conditioning.