Tag: DC

Lana Del Ray

Lana Del Ray

Event Reviews

Lana Del Ray gave the capacity crowd in DC all they came for and more on a frigid night. Rick Harris was there to witness.

Soul Understated

Soul Understated

Event Reviews

Soul Understated was a swizzle stick of jazz, funk, pop with a dash of Radiohead in the delightful DC cocktail.

Led Zeppelin Played Here

Screen Reviews

Was Led Zeppelin’s 1969 show at the Wheaton Youth Center in rural Maryland an urban legend, or just the smallest and worst prompted show of their career? Carl F Gauze discovers the truth is not that easy.

Collected Jack Kirby Collector Vol. 7

Print Reviews

The four issues collected in Twomorrows latest Jack Kirby Collector are packed with interviews, pseudo-scholarly/analytical pieces, and metric tons of artwork from comics’ favorite “working-class kid from the Bronx.”

Grail Pages

Print Reviews

The inside skinny on collectors of original comic book art and Carl F Gauze’s take on the guys who dig pictures of men who wear their underwear outside their pants.

The Flash Companion

Print Reviews

If Gorilla Grodd , Captain Cold , the Pied Piper , and Captain Boomerang live on your bookshelf, you’ll be wanting this in-depth history of The Flash , from historians and the people who created him.

Rough Stuff

Print Reviews

Bruce Phillips gets his fingertips all inky poring over the latest Rough Stuff.

The Best of Write Now!

Print Reviews

Hey kid! Wanna write comics? Carl F Gauze suggests you read Danny Fingeroth’s collection of interviews and articles from Write Now!, a magazine for Super Hero cartoonists, first.

Blue Beetle Companion

Print Reviews

Who was the Blue Beetle? Matthew Moyer finds that the back story for this overlooked superhero contains more mystery and intrigue than Charles Foster Kane’s. Rosebud? Scarab?

Modern Masters Volume 10: Kevin Maguire

Print Reviews

The talent of comics artist Kevin Maguire is nothing to bwa-ha-ha about. Shaun Corley gives us the rundown on the latest edition of the Modern Masters series, which runs down Maguire’s career.

All Star Companion Volume 2

Print Reviews

Somewhere between comic fandom and pop culture research lives this exhaustive (but not exhausting) look at the first superhero club, the Justice Society of America. Matthew Moyer ponders the membership.

The Alter Ego Collection, Volume One

Print Reviews

It’s just a comic, right? Wrong. Matthew Moyer examines this anthology from the celebrated fanzine Alter Ego, full of comics passion, knowledge and treasures.

Modern Masters Volume Eight: Walter Simonson

Print Reviews

It’s easy to appreciate a comic artist’s craft. But what goes on behind the scenes? How does a Great One get to be… well, Great? Matthew Moyer gets the scoop on Walter Simonson in the latest installment of TwoMorrow’s Modern Masters series.

Dick Giordano: Changing Comics, One Day At A Time

Print Reviews

Artist and editor Dick Giordano headed DC Comics’ editorial department through the ’80s. By a strange coincidence, that happens to have been the decade of Ben Varkentine’s “golden age” as a fan, so he’s here to get filled in on all the details.

Erik Truffaz

Event Reviews

Erik Truffaz at La Maison Francaise in Washington, DC on April 29, 2002. Concert review by Bill Campbell.

Herbie Hancock

Event Reviews

Herbie Hancock at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC on March 28, 2002. Concert review by Bill Campbell.

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Event Reviews

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Issues
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Garage Sale Vinyl: Linda Ronstadt

Garage Sale Vinyl: Linda Ronstadt

Garage Sale Vinyl

This week, Christopher Long nearly fights a famed rock star in defense of his 1970s pin-up princess. To prove his point, Chris goes into his own garage and digs out his musty vinyl copy of the self-titled 1972 alt. country classic from Linda Ronstadt.

Sweeney Todd

Sweeney Todd

Archikulture Digest

A former convict returns to London to avenge his former enemies and save his daughter. Carl F. Gauze reviews the Theater West End production of Sweeney Todd.

Garage Sale Vinyl: KISS, The Solo Albums

Garage Sale Vinyl: KISS, The Solo Albums

Garage Sale Vinyl

This week, cuddly curmudgeon Christopher Long finds himself feeling even older as he hobbles through a Florida flea market in pursuit of vinyl copies of the four infamous KISS solo albums — just in time to commemorate the set’s milestone 45th anniversary.

Borsalino

Borsalino

Screen Reviews

Starting with small-time jobs, two gangsters take over all the crime in Marseilles in this well-paced and entertaining French film. Carl F. Gauze reviews the freshly released Arrow Video Blu-ray edition of Borsalino (1970).