Print Reviews

The Big House Collection
- Print Reviews
- April 27, 2020
A loving tribute to the Allman Brothers Band and their roots in Macon, Georgia.
Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me
- Print Reviews
- April 20, 2020
Rock publicist Howard Bloom dishes the dirt on the all the big names in entertainment with an insider’s eye for the absurd.
Me and Mr. Cigar
- Print Reviews
- April 14, 2020
MDMA and a magic dog teach a young man what really matters: reality.
The Ox: The Authorized Biography of The Who’s John Entwistle
- Print Reviews
- April 6, 2020
The Who’s legendary bassist comes to life in The Ox.
The Pilgrim: A Wall-To-Wall Odyssey
- Print Reviews
- February 13, 2020
Ignored upon release, Marty Stuart’s The Pilgrim is now regarded as a classic of the genre. Read how it came to be in this lavish look.
The Ragin’ Cajun
- Print Reviews
- January 9, 2020
Doug Kershaw took his Cajun music from the bayou to stardom, but it wasn’t an easy trip.
The Book of the Year 2019
- Print Reviews
- December 30, 2019
Sure, a ton of weird stuff took place this year in the good old U.S. of A., but have you taken a peak at Europe recently? Its full on wacko bangers and mash!

The Miracle of Saint Lazarus
- Print Reviews
- December 20, 2019
A cold case leads Detective Maria Duquesne on an investigation that dives deeply into the Cuban-American experience.
Rip It Up: The Specialty Records Story
- Print Reviews
- December 11, 2019
A love of gospel music gave Art Rupe his start in the music business. It lead to Specialty Records and his cast of Hall of Famers.
Timeless Concert Images
- Print Reviews
- November 28, 2019
Legendary Rock Photographer Bill O’Leary snapped darn near every band of note in the past forty years. Float down memory lane from Zappa to Alice Cooper.
They Called Us Enemy
- Print Reviews
- August 5, 2019
George Takei recalls his childhood in Japanese internment camps, and his rise to film stardom in an easy to read Manga-style graphic novel.
Signs of Life
- Print Reviews
- August 2, 2019
Popping off rapid-fire “gotchas” from start to finish, Creston Mapes possesses precision marksmanship â€” paralyzing readers with each page of his latest thriller, “Signs of Life.”
Superstar
- Print Reviews
- May 23, 2019
Sex, drugs, adultery, murder and finally, redemption – it’s all intertwined in the tale of Trent Davis, the “star” of author Christopher Long‘s latest, Superstar.
Teen Movie Hell
- Print Reviews
- May 8, 2019
A celebration of teen sex comedies with a surprisingly nuanced look in the age of #metoo.

Belzebubs
- Print Reviews
- April 24, 2019
A hardcover collection of the black metal family comedy webcomic.
Teen Movie Hell
- Print Reviews
- March 19, 2019
Teen Movie Hell visits the evolution of high school classics.
Unopened
- Print Reviews
- January 17, 2019
Doug Hoekstra’s third book resonates.
100 Things to Do in Orlando Before You Die (2nd Edition)
- Print Reviews
- December 13, 2018
A tourist guide to some of the fun things only locals know about in the City Beautiful and surrounding countryside.
Split Tooth
- Print Reviews
- December 10, 2018
The natural and the supernatural dance under the Northern lights in Tanya Tagaq’s first novel, Split Tooth.
My Years with Townes Van Zandt
- Print Reviews
- November 29, 2018
Harold Eggers account of his life with Townes Van Zandt is equal parts hilarious…and haunting.

Cheap Trick
- Music Reviews
- April 12, 2021
In Another World (BMG). Review by Christopher Long.
Songs for a New World
- Archikulture Digest
- April 9, 2021
Song about change for our challenging new world.
Southern Accents 27 – Studio B!
- Mann About Sound
- April 9, 2021
Let’s head down to Music Row in Nashville!
Adult Books
- Music Reviews
- April 9, 2021
Grecian Urn (Taxi Gauche Records). Review by Scott Adams.
Charlie Rauh
- Music Reviews
- April 8, 2021
The Silent Current From Within (Destiny Records). Review by Stacey Zering.
A Dark, Dark Man
- Screen Reviews
- April 8, 2021
After several orphaned children are found murdered in a remote Kazakh village, and the suspects mysteriously die in custody, a reporter is sent in to investigate potential police corruption in director Adilkhan Yerzhanov’s impressive neo-noir, A Dark, Dark Man.
Noah Lekas
- Music Reviews
- April 7, 2021
Sounds From the Shadow Factory (Blind Owl). Review by Jeremy Glazier.
Lilys
- Staff Picks
- April 7, 2021
The 3 Way (Sundazed). Review by Julius C. Lacking.
Here Lies Man
- Music Reviews
- April 6, 2021
Ritual Divination (Riding Easy Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Filmage: The Story of the Descendents
- Screen Reviews
- April 5, 2021
The story of the rise and fall of an important South Bay punk band.