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Raving Ghost (Third Man). Review by Christopher Long.
Raving Ghost (Third Man). Review by Christopher Long.
This week, Christopher Long once again gets hoodwinked by his principal “dealer.” As a result, he scores a fabulous fix —an original vinyl pressing of Nancy’s Greatest Hits, the 1970 compilation LP from Nancy Sinatra — for just six bucks!
Jack Hill’s girl-gang classic Switchblade Sisters gets an overdue deluxe Blu-ray release.
The Help Machine (33 1/3 Records). Review by Christopher Long.
The hugely influential films of Sartana are served well in this lavish box-set.
Seijin Suzuki’s wild ride into stylized action masterpieces begins with the curious B-movie, Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards.
Glow In The Dark (Burger Records). Review by Jen Cray.
How do you dethrone the “King of Pop”? Let the current king disappear to Bahrain and get sued for $7 million by an Arab sheik; take your kaleidoscopic and playful songs to California’s Westlake Studios where Michael Jackson recorded Thriller; or simply be a boy named Pop. Pop Levi goes 2 of 3 and emerges with Never Never Love, an album shot through with the ghosts of Prince, MJ, and R. Kelly. S D Green and the musical shape-shifter talk the process of Pop.
Icky Thump (Warner Brothers). Review by Jen Cray.
A backpacking adventure in a small Slovakian town turns deadly. Brittany Sturges gets the chills.
A.J. Croce celebrates the 50th anniversary of his father, Jim Croce’s, three ground breaking albums, with a nationwide tour of Croce Plays Croce.
High Above Harlesden 1978 - 2023 from On-U Sound collects 60 dub and reggae tracks from Creation Rebel, an astounding set of musicians.
Gerta O. Egy’s beautifully drawn fungi almost eclipse their fairyland habitats in her Mushroom Daydream Coloring Book.
One of the last of the classic wuxia swordplay films stands as a fitting coda to the grand period of the genre. Phil Bailey reviews a new Blu-ray release of the 1975 film The Valiant Ones.
The Complete Friends of Old-Time Music Concert (Smithsonian Folkways Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Smash Mouth takes us back to The Brady Bunch circa 1973, with “Sunshine Day,” featuring Barry Williams, the original Greg Brady.
Not everyone can be excited by blocks spinning on a screen, but if you are, Ian Koss recommends you pay attention to Best of Five.
The final two films in the bonkers Hong Kong action comedy series The Inspector Wears Skirts hit Blu-ray from 88 Films.
A pair of early “girls with guns” action films from superstars Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock have arrived from 88 Films.