The Electric Chair
Live execution! Live on stage! Mark Eisenstein’s The Electric Chair tells the story of a shoe salesman attempting to revive his failed career as a comedian, sharing the stage with an electric chair.
Live execution! Live on stage! Mark Eisenstein’s The Electric Chair tells the story of a shoe salesman attempting to revive his failed career as a comedian, sharing the stage with an electric chair.
IIOI/KOJI (No Sleep). Review by P. McEver.
He looks like Jesus Christ. And preaches like St. Francis of Assisi. Some say he’s “a kook.”
Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave talks about her life right as she was exploding, in the good ways and the bad, in her memoir Rat Girl.
Mechanical Bride (Stem and Leaf). Review by P. McEver.
Cruise Van Nuys EP (Flannelgraph). Review by P. McEver.
Yeth Yeth Yeth (Monotreme). Review by P. McEver.
(Record Makers). Review by P. McEver.
Some of Us are in This Together (Riot Act Media). Review by P. McEver.
Natural Selection (Sidecho). Review by P. McEver.
Anam Cara (Hello, Sir! Records). Review by P. McEver.
Doom Pop (Sidecho). Review by P. McEver.
We Can Build an Island (SideCho). Review by P. McEver.
Let Go EP (SideCho). Review by P. McEver.
Everything is illuminated in Nina Davenport’s inside peek at the nutty world of Hollywood filmmaking.
Oaks (Holocene Music). Review by P. McEver.
Oh, The Places We’ll Go (K Records). Review by P. McEver.
Our Call Outs (Ephemeroptera/Plan-It-X). Review by P. McEver.
Verbs (Aagoo). Review by P. McEver.
Dragon Chinese Cocktail Horoscope (SideCho). Review by P. McEver.
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.
An all-animal department store caters to the high-end clientele in this superb Japanese cartoon. The Concierge was part of the 2024 Florida Film Festival, an Oscar®-qualifying festival now in its 33rd year.
John Cleese is this year’s celebrity at the Florida Film Festival, and Monty Python’s Holy Grail its featured film. This event was part of the 2024 Florida Film Festival, an Oscar®-qualifying festival now in its 33rd year.
Today’s Smmoth Jazz Roundup is a collection of short reviews of easy-to-listen-to jazz.