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Tag: CIA
Local Anesthetic
Local Anesthetic (Smooch Records). Review by Scott Adams.
Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America
A pseudo pseudo-documentary about aliens living in the hollow earth and their ties to the CIA and Fidel Castro. Carl F Gauze knows for a fact that tinfoil makes the most comfy of hats.
American Spy
Shelton Hull is surprised by the candor- and relative lack of gaps and redactions- in this posthumous autobiography of shadowy CIA man and Watergate plumber E. Howard Hunt.
It’s April, Fool!
In the spirit of April Fool’s Day, Features Editor James Mann would like to tickle your funny bone with such obvious spoofs as those shown below. It’s all a joke, right?
Cassius Clay
Special Guest Star (CIA). Review by Julio Diaz.
The Illuminati, the Trilateral Commission, and Ink 19
OK, it only looks like a pop culture magazine. Carl F. Gauze reveals the true mission of Ink 19.
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Garage Sale Vinyl: David Bowie
Garage Sale VinylThis week, Christopher Long reveals one of his most amazing vintage vinyl acquisitions: an original pressing of Aladdin Sane — the iconic 1973 slab from David Bowie. Why so amazing? He nabbed it for FREE!
Cian Ducrot
Music ReviewsWho’s Making You Feel It (Darkroom/Polydor/Capitol). Review by Danielle Holian.
Abruptio
Screen ReviewsFilm noir meets Sci-fi horror in Evan Marlowe’s bizarre puppet film Abruptio. Phil Bailey promises you have never seen anything quite like it.
Cheerleaders’ Wild Weekend
Screen ReviewsCheerleader’s Wild Weekend, aka The Great American Girl Robbery, entered the fray in 1979 with its odd mashup of hostage drama, comedic crime caper, and good old fashioned T & A hijinks. Phil Bailey reviews the Blu-ray release.
Garage Sale Vinyl: Nazareth
Garage Sale VinylIn this latest installment of his weekly series, Christopher Long discovers and scores a secondhand vinyl copy of one of his all-time favorite LPs: 2XS (To Excess), the splendid 1982 flop from the iconic Scottish powerhouse, Nazareth.
Denude
Music ReviewsA Murmuration of Capitalist Bees (Expert Work Records, Dipterid Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.