Halloween 2020
Sound Salvation is resurrected with a howlingly good Halloween playlist that will weak the dead at your All Hallow’s Eve bash.
Sound Salvation is resurrected with a howlingly good Halloween playlist that will weak the dead at your All Hallow’s Eve bash.
No need to worry about offending delicate sensibilities with this playlist. We’re not talking about profanity, so just take the title at face value.
Sound Salvation takes on current events with a playlist addressing the current fight for racial and social justice in America and the battles playing out in the streets in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.
It’s a perfect time to bring Sound Salvation to a wider audience via the Internet, albeit in a different form.
They Might Be Giants returned to Vinyl Music Hall in Pensacola for an early stop on the tour behind the band’s latest album, “I Like Fun.” Of course, Julio Diaz was there.
Little Music (Kindercore). Review by Julio Diaz.
Hearts Of Oak (Lookout!). Review by Julio Diaz.
2 (K). Review by Julio Diaz.
Julio Diaz didn’t review as many albums in 2002 as he should have, but that doesn’t mean he wasn’t listening. Here are his picks for the year’s best.
John L. Sheppard’s darkly funny take on life as a disaffected teen in early-‘80s west central Florida, Small Town Punk hits pretty close to home for Tampa native Julio Diaz…
Scoring Buffy, hangin’ with ‘Nsync, picking up interstellar babes and new wave girls… all in a day’s work for the men of Nerf Herder. Julio Diaz attempts to run an extensive interview with singer Parry Grip in less than 12 parsecs.
High Gain Villains (self-released). Review by Julio Diaz.
Rock stars say the darndest things, and John D. Luerssen has collected a sampling of the darndest of them all in his new book, Mouthing Off. Julio Diaz has some comments of his own.
The De-Evolution of Yasmine Bleeth (Ed Furniture). Review by Julio Diaz.
Play With Your Head (RPM / Sony). Review by Julio Diaz.
As They Might Be Giants sang, “you never know what you’ll find when you open up your letterbox.” Here’s a sampling of what’s come in to the Ink 19 virtual letterboxÖ
American (Boxcar). Review by Julio Diaz.
Tenacious D with Greasepaint at the House of Blues in Orlando, FL on April 2, 2002. Concert review and photos by Julio Diaz.
Dee Dee Ramone passed away June 5 at the age of 49. Julio Diaz offers a Ramones-style tribute.
Music For Elevators (Beautiful Is As Beautiful Does). Review by Julio Diaz.
A young dancer becomes a legal genius in this fun and fast musical comedy.
Forgotten ’70s action film Fear Is the Key is as gritty as the faces of the men who populate it. Phil Bailey reviews the splashy new Blu-ray.
Coffin Joe returns in a comprehensive Blu-ray collection from Arrow Video, Inside the Mind of Coffin Joe.
Bob’s been looking for a replacement copy of the rare John Cale release Sabotage/Live (1979, Spy Records) since 1991. He still hasn’t found a copy at a reasonable price, but a random YouTube video allowed him to listen and reminisce.
Hidden gem and hallmark of second-generation martial arts film, 1978’s The Shaolin Plot manages to provide a glimpse of things to come. Charles DJ Deppner reviews Arrow Video’s pristine Blu-ray release, which gives this watershed masterpiece the prestige and polish it richly deserves.
The HawtThorns invite you to soar, with the premiere of “Zero Gravity.”
There’s nothing as humiliating as a cattle call. Unless it’s a cattle call in your undies.