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This week, Christopher Long reflects fondly on his misfit tweenage daze, as he discovers a reasonably healthy used vinyl copy of City Nights, the 1978 sophomore set from Canadian pop-rock kingpin, Nick Gilder — for just six bucks!
Rock and roll may never die, but it is old enough to collect social security and occasionally struggles with overdoses. Carl F. Gauze sets up at the quiet bar, where he can still hear his wife, for Rock of Ages at Garden Theatre, Orlando.
No Good Deed (Pretty Good For A Girl Records). Review by Michelle Wilson.
Unwilling Participant. Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Brighton (Exotic Fever). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Something to Die for (SideOneDummy Records). Review by Jen Cray.
Cosmetic Liquor Love Songs EP. Review by Al Pergande.
Turning Point. Review by Robert Sutton.
This Crazy Life (Geffen). Review by Aaron Shaul.
More Than Motion (Tooth & Nail). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
The Strangeways celebrate 30 years as Sarasota’s premier ska band in this documentary.
With her newly-released memoir, Earth to Moon, actress, podcaster, and boutique tea merchant Moon Unit Zappa delivers much more than a nitty-gritty account of life as a member of one of music’s most iconic families.
Cult classic cannibal shockers The Woman and its prequel, Offspring, let the gore flow on 4K UHD in a new set from Arrow Video.
A young royal must step up and run a kingdom, but he prefers to party with his buddies in this rare classic by Stephen Schwartz. Pippin plays at Winter Garden, Florida’s Garden Theatre through September 15, 2024.
Judy Craddock speaks with Jeffrey Foucault about his first album in six years, The Universal Fire, and connecting all kinds of dots in the wake of loss.
All In: Unreleased & Rarities — The New West Years (New West Records). Review by Jeremy Glazier.