Holiday Time 2007-08
Marshall Presnell throws a bunch of pencil shavings and rusty nails in the holiday punch. Not much “up” as the year draws to a close, unfortunately.
Marshall Presnell throws a bunch of pencil shavings and rusty nails in the holiday punch. Not much “up” as the year draws to a close, unfortunately.
Marshall Presnell cheers big comfy couches and Barack Obama, while jeers are doled out to stripping away OSHA’s regulatory power and lack of movement on the “I” word.
Marshall Presnell is transported back to an age of sugary plastic heat when thumbing through this new retrospective of postwar animation and cartooning.
Marshall Presnell steps back and admires both the beauty and utility presented in this photo collection of innovative loft spaces.
Marshall Presnell finds hidden truths about America on the back of a matchbook. Or, in this case, a handsomely printed volume full of reproductions of the best (and worst) of vintage matchbook art.
Marshall Presnell starts with the big concepts, like the sun, and works his way down, down, down to John Diebold in this installment of 2 Up 2 Down.
The long-awaited return of Marshall Presnell’s design musings! He’s got a love letter for Boeing, a need to find out what Dasani execs are smoking (and how he can get some), and he’s come to praise the prez not bury…. wait, he wants to do both.
Marshall Presnell gives the thumbs up to American, wait, human ingenuity in search of new frontiers, and gives a thumbs down to the BIG CONCEPTS.
As part of the spotlight on new writers at Columns, we’ve got a special preview of Marshall Presnell’s look at 21st Century design successes and failures. 2 Up 2 Down, give it a shot.
Moment of Truth (Del-Fi). Review by Marshall Presnell
…Want Some More (Estrus). Review by Marshall Presnell
Actual Size (Reprise). Review by Marshall Presnell
Fight Songs (Elektra). Review by Marshall Presnell
Funky-Do! (Estrus). Review by Marshall Presnell
The Coyote Men vs. El Mundo (Estrus). Review by Marshall Presnell
The Lewinsky EP (Happy Hamster). Review by Marshall Presnell
Review by Marshall Presnell
Psychopathia Sexualis (Estrus). Review by Marshall Presnell
Strung Out in Heaven (TVT). Review by Marshall Presnell
Event Review by Marshall Presnell
Two new releases from Free Dirt Records use sound and music to tell stories about our history.
A lady Tarzan and her gorilla have a rough time adapting to high society in Lorraine of the Lions (1925), one of four silent films on Accidentally Preserved: Volume 5, unleashed by Ben Model and Undercrank Productions, with musical scores by Jon C. Mirsalis.
Carl F. Gauze takes in See You at the Movies, another exciting Winter Park Playhouse Spotlight Cabaret featuring Orlando’s own Tay Anderson.
A small town woman finds peace with her family in Rachel Hendrix, part of the 2024 Florida Film Festival, an Oscar®-qualifying festival now in its 33rd year.
Look to the East, Look to the West (Merge Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Christopher Lee presides over sex and torture in Jess Franco’s exploitation gem, Night of the Blood Monster now in 4K!
An idyllic campground filled with interesting people faces destruction in Happy Campers, part of the 2024 Florida Film Festival, an Oscar®-qualifying festival now in its 33rd year.
An American success story of rum and sex and hula dancing. The Donn of Tiki was part of the 2024 Florida Film Festival, an Oscar®-qualifying festival now in its 33rd year.