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The Feldman Dynamic: Seder-in-Place
Brian Feldman celebrates the holiday online.
Water by the Spoonful
Drugs tear families apart, even as they try to tape them back together.
Kabluey
Despite some genuinely funny moments, if Carl F Gauze saw this movie’s title mascot, Bluey , standing on the side of the highway, he just might run him over. To say nothing of those kids…
The Grilled Cheese Madonna
Ebay thrill-seeker Carl F Gauze looks at this collection of the auction site’s weirdest moments like we would look at a family photo album. By the way, anyone interested in the World’s Ugliest Green Vase?
LiveJournals are the death of everything sacred
Chairy Girl emerges after months on a secret undercover mission, staggering, wounded, muttering over and over, “Livejournals are the death of everything sacred.” Here’s what we could piece together from her report.
Love & Veggie Tempura
Chairy Girl breaks with the usual format, to give some thoughts on love in keeping with the season, and how broccoli is the worst part of selfish tempura.
Your Already Damaged Soul?
Can Chairy Girl survive a broadside of obsessive melodramatics? Stay tuned.
Starpolish
Plenty of Web sites are looking to make a buck off unsigned bands, but one site, Starpolish, is actually looking out for them, with advice and tools to help a young band make it in the music biz. Bryan Tilford spoke with CEO Vivek Tiwary and Advisor Jason Linn of New Line Cinema for this profile of the site.
Marvelous 3
Did you know that back in the day, the Marvelous 3’s Butch Walker was an ad rep for Ink 19? It’s true! But now he’s the frontman for the popular Atlanta-based rockers, and is sharing his philosophy on rock n’ roll in the Information Age with Andrea Thompson.
Pat DiNizio
Julio Diaz brings you an in-depth interview with Smithereens frontman turned New Jersey Reform Party candidate for the U.S. Senate, Pat DiNizio. In this extensive interview, DiNizio discusses the issues that led him to run, his thoughts on the Internet, and much more.
Deconstructing Those Hardy Boyz – Part One
And I’m straying from my original point, which is simply that, there are sites out there that have graphic depictions of ‘a lucky fan’ having a saucy/randy/raunchy threesome (preceded or followed by meaningful conversation and cuddling, mind you) with the Boyz that would make any tried-and-true indie wrestling fan faint dead away…
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A.J. Croce
InterviewsConcert addict Jeremy Glazier talked with A.J. Croce near the beginning of his year-long Croce Plays Croce tour about embracing his father’s music and his own while honoring both their familial bond and shared influences.
Best of Film 2023
Screen ReviewsFor Lily and Generoso, 2023 was a fantastic year at the cinema! They select and review their ten favorite films, six supplemental features, and one extraordinary repertory release seen at microcinemas, archives, and festivals.
Le Combat Dans L’île
Screen ReviewsThe hidden gem of the French New Wave, Le Combat Dans L’île gets a lovely Blu-ray from Radiance Films.
Ani DiFranco
Event ReviewsThis fall, Ani DiFranco brought new Righteous Babe labelmate Kristen Ford to Iowa City, where Jeremy Glazier enjoyed an incredible evening of artistry.
Garage Sale Vinyl: Ian Hunter
Garage Sale VinylThis week Christopher Long grabs a bag of bargain vinyl from a flea market in Mount Dora, Florida — including You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, the classic 1979 LP from Ian Hunter.
Archive Archaeology
Archive ArchaeologyBob Pomeroy gets into four Radio Rarities from producer Zev Feldman for Record Store Day with great jazz recordings from Wes Montgomery, Les McCann, Cal Tjader, and Ahmad Jamal.
Archive Archaeology: Phil Alvin
Archive ArchaeologyBob Pomeroy digs into Un “Sung Stories” (1986, Liberation Hall), Blasters’ frontman Phil Alvin’s American Roots collaboration with Sun Ra and his Arkestra, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and New Orleans saxman Lee Allen.
A Darker Shade of Noir
Print ReviewsRoi J. Tamkin reviews A Darker Shade of Noir, fifteen new stories from women writers completely familiar with the horrors of owning a body in a patriarchal society, edited by Joyce Carol Oates.
The Blasters
Music ReviewsMandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Garage Sale Vinyl: The Time
Garage Sale VinylFeeling funky this week, Christopher Long gets his groove on while discovering a well-cared-for used vinyl copy of one of his all-time R&B faves: Ice Cream Castle, the classic 1984 LP from The Time, for just a couple of bucks.
Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
InterviewsDuring AFI Fest 2023, Lily and Generoso interviewed director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, whose impressive debut feature, City of Wind, carefully examines the juxtaposition between the identity of place and tradition against the powers of modernity in contemporary Mongolia.