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Four local bands lit up Melbourne, Florida at the Pineapples Moon Room. The lineup, presented by Red Eye Booking, included London on Fire, The Speed Spirits, and Dunies, all from in Melbourne, and special guest, Orlando band Better Than This.
Mikko Niskanen’s recently restored 1972 mini-series Eight Deadly Shots is a complex look at the real-life murders of four police officers in the farming community of Sääksmäki, Finland, in March 1969. Lily and Generoso review the powerful fictionalized adaptation of this tragic incident.
Equilibrium (Glacial Movements). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Lily and Generoso review Smoking Causes Coughing, the newest creation from surrealist comic genius Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Mandibles) that follows the adventures and storytelling endeavors of the kaiju-fighting Tobacco Force!
Games of Power (La Vida Es Un Mus Discos). Review by Steven Cruse.
Treat Her Strangely. Review by Ian Koss.
Ink 19’s Roi J. Tamkin reviews Drumming With Dead Can Dance and Parallel Adventures, Peter Ulrich’s memoir of an artistic life fueled by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard’s remarkable friendship.
Vanishing Lands (Glacial Movements). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
All the Sandy Bottom characters come to life in The Spongebob Musical at the Orlando Rep. Carl F. Gauze reviews.
Macabre masterpiece The House that Screamed gets a stunning Blu-ray makeover, revealing a release good enough to convert non-believers. Phil Bailey reviews.
Ink 19’s Stacey Zering talks with writer Doug Bratton, who takes us inside his indie murder mystery comic book series, Isolation.
On today’s show, Charley Deppner, Eszter Balint, and Pat Greene enjoy a discussion of terror, punk rock, and the duality of musical genius.
When We Disappear (Blue Rose Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Black Holes Are Hard to Find (Nemu Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Carl F. Gauze reviews his second As You Like It in three days, the latest a candy-colored complexity from Rollins College’s Annie Russell Theatre.
Forget Me Knots (American Standard Time). Review by Judy Craddock.
Valiant Women (Jenn Howard). Review by Christopher Long.
Scrap Metal V.2 (Riding Easy Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
Cradle. Review by Judy Craddock.
Judy Craddock chats with Bruce Cockburn as he wraps up his 50th Anniversary (2nd Attempt) tour and gets ready for the next chapter and a new album.
Four local bands lit up Melbourne, Florida at the Pineapples Moon Room. The lineup, presented by Red Eye Booking, included London on Fire, The Speed Spirits, and Dunies, all from in Melbourne, and special guest, Orlando band Better Than This.
In this episode, Jeremy Glazier talks with Noah Lekas of the band American Restless, who draws on his Midwest roots for inspiration.
A young man with a mental condition struggles to understand the world.
This week, Christopher Long pulls up at a neighborhood garage sale and picks up his fourth vinyl copy of Song of Joy, the 1976 platinum slab from the Captain & Tennille.
Mikko Niskanen’s recently restored 1972 mini-series Eight Deadly Shots is a complex look at the real-life murders of four police officers in the farming community of Sääksmäki, Finland, in March 1969. Lily and Generoso review the powerful fictionalized adaptation of this tragic incident.
Lily and Generoso review Smoking Causes Coughing, the newest creation from surrealist comic genius Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Mandibles) that follows the adventures and storytelling endeavors of the kaiju-fighting Tobacco Force!
Ink 19’s Roi J. Tamkin reviews Drumming With Dead Can Dance and Parallel Adventures, Peter Ulrich’s memoir of an artistic life fueled by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard’s remarkable friendship.
Tymisha Harris tells the story of Josephine Baker with the perfect mix of theater, history, and jazz in Josephine: A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play.