Print Reviews

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.
The Weirdest Movie Ever Made
- Print Reviews
- November 16, 2018
A brief and relatively neutral history of the famous 1967 “Bigfoot” home movies.
Matters of Vital Interest
- Print Reviews
- October 16, 2018
Leonard Cohen and Eric Lerner shared an interest in Zen and much more in their forty-year friendship.

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- Print Reviews
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- Music Reviews
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- Music Reviews
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He Came from the Swamp: The William Grefe Collection Blu-ray
- Screen Reviews
- January 13, 2021
In spite of, or perhaps because of, the films’ budget and time restraints the filmography of William Grefé is not without considerable charm and which is masterfully captured in this four disc Blu-ray set from Arrow Video.