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Mixtape 133: Waba Duba
- The Lacking Organization
- September 25, 2020
Not unlike fine Swiss clockwork, the duo that calls themselves Yello have been ticking for four decades without missing a beat.
Urinetown (The Musical)
- Archikulture Digest
- September 22, 2020
If you think quarantining is a pain, try holding it in when you can’t go out.
Hello, Dolly!
- Archikulture Digest
- September 13, 2020
Matchmaker Dolly Levy makes her own match, saving some young woman from the grouchy yet wealthy Horace Vandegelt as live theater returns to Winter Garden.
Wanzie’s “Ladies of Lake Eola Heights” – Episode 1
- Archikulture Digest
- September 3, 2020
We return to the Footlights Theater in Orlando to re-experience the original “Ladies Of Eola Heights”
Mixtape 125 :: The Buzz
- The Lacking Organization
- August 21, 2020
It’s been 45 years since Chrissie Hynde initially hit her stride with the Pretenders, and she hasn’t slowed down for anybody since.
Sunshine Soul of the 5th Dimension
- Wax On
- August 18, 2020
The Fifth Dimension lets Jeffrey Schweers travel up, up and away in a new Wax On!
Four-Letter Words
- Sound Salvation
- August 3, 2020
No need to worry about offending delicate sensibilities with this playlist. We’re not talking about profanity, so just take the title at face value.

2020 on Fire
- Sound Salvation
- July 28, 2020
Sound Salvation takes on current events with a playlist addressing the current fight for racial and social justice in America and the battles playing out in the streets in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.
Episode 115: Born Too Late
- The Lacking Organization
- July 17, 2020
Habibi is what happens when you spill solvent on the psychedelic garage / surf music / girl groups section of your record collection.
Episode 114: Can’t Do Much
- The Lacking Organization
- July 14, 2020
Katie Crutchfield, performing as Waxahatchee, has been slowly and steadily building her repertoire and now her talent is overflowing her banks.
Episode 113: Trou Noir
- The Lacking Organization
- July 10, 2020
Double Date With Death are loud and Canadian, and they don’t care if you don’t understand their French howling. They have a double date to get to.
Episode 112: The Juice
- The Lacking Organization
- July 7, 2020
Well into their third decade, G. Love and Special Sauce still sound like they are in no particular hurry to get there.
Episode 111: Carnaval
- The Lacking Organization
- July 3, 2020
It took Cheo a couple of years to get back into his usual Latin-flavored slinky tinkles after leaving his previous band, but we’re all glad to hear he’s back.
A Musical Manifesto for the Pandemic
- Wax On
- July 1, 2020
Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians Globe of Frogs helps Jeffrey Schweers endure the pandemic in another burst of Wax On!

Episode 110: Walk Don’t Run
- The Lacking Organization
- June 30, 2020
If you’re wondering if Acid Tongue is about having a particularly caustic wit, or about some sort of psychedelic dosage, the answer is yes.
Episode 109: Digger
- The Lacking Organization
- June 26, 2020
Go ahead and call your band Great Grandpa. You better have something pretty weird up your sleeve.
Episode 108: Jaan Pehechaan Ho
- The Lacking Organization
- June 23, 2020
If a mermaid learned to play surf guitar, she could give Olivia Jean some exciting competition, at least for a little while.
Episode 107: Dedication
- The Lacking Organization
- June 19, 2020
Born Ruffians hail from the Great White North, and they have an innate ability to craft razor-sharp hooks out of the simplest of riffs.
Breakthrough Breaks Down
- Archikulture Digest
- June 17, 2020
Thoughts on the closing of Breakthrough Theater of Winter Park
Episode 106: Odelia
- The Lacking Organization
- June 16, 2020
They call it Hotlanta for a good reason, but I’m sure The Black Lips have enough bad attitude to have way more colorful names for their hometown.

Bob Mould
- Music Reviews
- September 25, 2020
Blue Hearts (Merge). Review by Scott Adams.
Mixtape 133: Waba Duba
- The Lacking Organization
- September 25, 2020
Not unlike fine Swiss clockwork, the duo that calls themselves Yello have been ticking for four decades without missing a beat.
Gasoline Lollipops
- Music Reviews
- September 24, 2020
All The Misery Money Can Buy (Soundly Music). Review by James Mann.
Peter Stampfel
- Music Reviews
- September 23, 2020
20th Century in 100 Songs (Louisiana Red Hot Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Urinetown (The Musical)
- Archikulture Digest
- September 22, 2020
If you think quarantining is a pain, try holding it in when you can’t go out.
Nella-Joi
- Music Reviews
- September 22, 2020
M.I.A.. Review by Stacey Zering.
Addis Ababa Noir
- Print Reviews
- September 21, 2020
Akashic Books Noir series stops in Addis Ababa for some stories about the dark side of Ethiopia. The stories blend myth, history, memory and regret related to dealing with the county’s traumatic recent past.
Colter Wall
- Music Reviews
- September 18, 2020
Western Swing and Waltzes and Other Punchy Songs (La Honda Records/ Thirty Tigers). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Champlin Williams Friestedt
- Music Reviews
- September 17, 2020
CWF II (Black Lodge Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Ace Frehley
- Music Reviews
- September 17, 2020
Origins, Vol. 2 (Entertainment One (eOne)). Review by Christopher Long.