Columns

Unsanctioned raves and rants from friends of Ink 19

Bloody Beautiful

Outsight

Did you ever have the urge to find out about the newest releases by Captain Sensible, Fred Koller, Man Is The Bastard and about thirty disparate others all within a few sentences of one another? Skate on over to Outsight for critical collages at their best.

Always the other girl

Maketh Me Swoon

Chairy girl gives us heartrending monolgue, the waning trickle of a stream of consciousness, in Maketh Me Swoon.

Code Red!

Shelflife

Kurt Channing does some hackish snooping in Shelflife to determine the culprit behind the latest rash of internet outages.

The Mike and Nirav Show

A Taste Of Cherry

Two budding film students IM their way through a nonlinear terrain of classic films of the 20th Century, in the swansong of Taste Of Cherry. Enjoy New York, Nirav.

Playing Catch Up

Target Or Flag

Bob Pomeroy emerges from a lengthy hibernation to preach the free jazz/improv gospel. Rejoice!

In Perspective: Diving Into the Deep End

In Perspective

Though they went unheralded nationally, The Swimming Pool Q’s were one of Atlanta’s most beloved and acclaimed bands 20 years ago. Now their debut album, The Deep End, has been reissued, and James Mann puts the expanded album – and the Atlanta “scene” – “In Perspective.”

Cool Turk

Shelflife

Kurt Channing considers the puzzling popularity of internet cult figure Mahir, inevitable pop superstardom and all, and grasps about for a metaphor to neatly describe it all. Anyone up for picking scabs?

In Perspective: All Hail Carcass!

In Perspective

A legion of death metallers pay tribute to one of their progenitors with Requiems Of Revulsion: A Tribute to Carcass. Matthew Moyer puts the band’s career and the tribute album “In Perspective.”

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Music Reviews

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