Tag: Prince

Garage Sale Vinyl: The Time

Garage Sale Vinyl: The Time

Garage Sale Vinyl

Feeling funky this week, Christopher Long gets his groove on while discovering a well-cared-for used vinyl copy of one of his all-time R&B faves: Ice Cream Castle, the classic 1984 LP from The Time, for just a couple of bucks.

Cherokee Rose

Cherokee Rose

Music Reviews

Buckskin/To All The Wild Horses (Don Giovanni Records). Review by James Mann.

Cory Wong

Cory Wong

Staff Picks

The Striped Album (Roundwound Media). Review by Julius C. Lacking.

Four-Letter Words

Four-Letter Words

Sound Salvation

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.

2020 on Fire

2020 on Fire

Sound Salvation

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.

Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me

Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me

Print Reviews

Rock publicist Howard Bloom dishes the dirt on the all the big names in entertainment with an insider’s eye for the absurd. Review by Carl F. Gauze.

San Cisco

San Cisco

Music Reviews

The Water (Island City Records). Review by Christopher Long.

Savoy Motel

Savoy Motel

Music Reviews

Savoy Motel (What’s Your Rupture?). Review by Christopher Long

Prince Buster, RIP

Prince Buster, RIP

Features

Prince Buster , the legendary soundmaker, has died. Generoso Fierro recounts his monumental life and career.

WJRR’s Earthday Birthday – 2016

WJRR’s Earthday Birthday – 2016

Event Reviews

WJRR’s annual Earthday Birthday is a daylong, sweat-soaked, outdoor concert celebration – featuring some of the biggest bands in the biz. Christopher Long found much to love on the smaller stages.

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Garage Sale Vinyl: David Bowie

Garage Sale Vinyl: David Bowie

Garage Sale Vinyl

This week, Christopher Long reveals one of his most amazing vintage vinyl acquisitions: an original pressing of Aladdin Sane — the iconic 1973 slab from David Bowie. Why so amazing? He nabbed it for FREE!

Abruptio

Abruptio

Screen Reviews

Film noir meets Sci-fi horror in Evan Marlowe’s bizarre puppet film Abruptio. Phil Bailey promises you have never seen anything quite like it.

Cheerleaders’ Wild Weekend

Cheerleaders’ Wild Weekend

Screen Reviews

Cheerleader’s Wild Weekend, aka The Great American Girl Robbery, entered the fray in 1979 with its odd mashup of hostage drama, comedic crime caper, and good old fashioned T & A hijinks. Phil Bailey reviews the Blu-ray release.

Garage Sale Vinyl: Nazareth

Garage Sale Vinyl: Nazareth

Garage Sale Vinyl

In this latest installment of his weekly series, Christopher Long discovers and scores a secondhand vinyl copy of one of his all-time favorite LPs: 2XS (To Excess), the splendid 1982 flop from the iconic Scottish powerhouse, Nazareth.

Denude

Denude

Music Reviews

A Murmuration of Capitalist Bees (Expert Work Records, Dipterid Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.

Garage Sale Vinyl: Bonnie Raitt

Garage Sale Vinyl: Bonnie Raitt

Garage Sale Vinyl

Author and longtime Ink 19 contributor Christopher Long kicks off the 2025 edition of his popular weekly Garage Sale Vinyl series with a bona fide banger: the blues-soaked, whisky-injected, self-titled 1971 debut record from Bonnie Raitt.