The glass bottom boat of the cultural press
Hey, Heartland America! Where’s the heart? In Go Ask Ogre, Jolene Siana welds a Skinny Puppy obsession into her painful Middle American adolescence. But Tom “Tearaway” Schulte assures us happy valleys await on the other side of the early ’90s, Midwest goth scene.
Sunnypsyop (Spitfire Records ). Review by Matthew Moyer.
Doomsday: Back & Forth, Vol. 5 (Live In Dresden) (Nettwerk America). Review by Shannon W. Hennessy.
The Shadow Boxing, a neglected part of the Chinese Hopping Vampire cycle, returns on a spooky Blu-ray from 88 Films.
Daniel Rachel gives us a comprehensive account of the 2 Tone Records label and the innovative ska bands who fueled the movement in Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation.
Our Ancestors Swam to Shore (Free Dirt / PM Press). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Jason Vorhees is back in 2009’s soft reboot of Friday the 13th, and it is time for a re-evaluation of the most recent film in the long running franchise.
Squeeze and Boy George dazzle in Clearwater, Florida, as Michelle Wilson ticks two off her Bucket List.
Three strong women oust their evil boss and bring reasonable policies to the workplace in this hit musical.
Marvelous martial arts masterpiece To Kill a Mastermind is finally released from the Shaw Brothers’ vault.