American Idiot
Punk rock takes the stage in a teen angst revolution against…whatever kids are revolting against today.
Punk rock takes the stage in a teen angst revolution against…whatever kids are revolting against today.
A petty criminal tries to serve his sentence on the mental ward and gets a lobotomy for his trouble.
Boundaries get pushed to the limit in this revival of the classic hippie musical from 1967.
A post modern take on the old Frankie and Annette beach movies.
Detroit in the 1960’s was a hard city going through hard times. The music that come out of Detroit was incubated at the Grande Ballroom. Wayne Kramer (MC5), Ted Nugent and many others remember the wild times.
A young woman runs away from home, has a series of unhappy relationships, falls into professional sex and cocaine, and then cleans up and enters culinary school.
The Lemonheads run through their 1992 opus It’s a Shame About Ray for Matthew Moyer and an excited Jacksonville audience.
Lost footage of David Bowie highlights awkward interviews and a general astonishment by the press at his constantly changing persona. Heh heh.
James Kochalka’s Superf*ckers is a raunchy, dark, proudly toilet-humored takedown of every superhero team going. Matthew Moyer recommends you keep this one out of kids’ reach.
Kenny Gallo, aka “Kenji”, aka “Ken Calo”, aka “Kenji Kodama”, aka “Ramon Gomez”, aka “Ramon Gonzalez” and, of course, aka “Kenny G.” Shelton Hull ponders the memoirs of a gangster and informant.
From Hell To Texas (Steamhammer / SPV). Review by Carl F Gauze.
This deluxe anniversary edition of Dave Zimmer’s exhaustive CSN (and Y!) history offers a good many clues as to what exactly killed the hippie dream, thinks Matthew Moyer.
Shades of Streamers (Essay). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Mr. Spookhouse’s Pink House (Quite Scientific). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Feathers (Matador). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Shelton Hull takes a long look at the fiery performances of Bill Hicks and sees both comedy’s last outlaw and a prophetic Texan who understood the danger of myth and symbols.
Love and death and Satanism play out against the bloody background of the Russian Revolution, and Carl F Gauze was there.
Drugs, Sex, and Discotheques (Peek-A-Boo). Review by Marcel Feldmar.
Exios Mex-tremos: Mextremist/Greatest Hits (Kool Arrow). Review by David Lee Beowulf.
David Lee Beowulf admits he was wrong? Eh, read on…
Small-town Grand Junction, Colorado, comes out in droves to Slamming Bricks 2023, as our beloved queer community event eclipses its beginnings to command its largest audience yet. Liz Weiss reviews the performance, a bittersweet farewell both to and from the Grand Valley’s most mouthy rebel organizer, Caleb Ferganchick.
Carl F. Gauze reviews Dreamers Never Die, the loving documentary on the career of rocker extraordinaire Ronnie James Dio.
The iconic rock and roll magazine from the 1960s is back and just as relevant and snotty as ever.
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.
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.
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.