Make Your Place
Raleigh Briggs is not interested in the trendy side of DIY. Get down and dirty with her sweet collection of zines designed to inspire conscious living.
Raleigh Briggs is not interested in the trendy side of DIY. Get down and dirty with her sweet collection of zines designed to inspire conscious living.
Real Emotional Trash (Matador). Review by Rose Petralia.
Rose Petralia takes an evil stroll through Toronto’s dark underbelly with Toronto Noir.
Surfin’ USSR (Ipecac). Review by Rose Petralia.
Rose Petralia thinks Arthur Nersesian’s latest novel is a dirty New York bus ride over the edge of strange.
Rose Petralia doesn’t care if you don’t dig Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, she thinks they’re dreamy.
James Michener’s first posthumous publication is revived after thirty years of sleeping with the fishes. Rose Petralia grinds it up for chum.
ToHeavenURide (Mighty Sound). Review by Rose Petralia.
Hey guys! Feeling a bit, er, inadequate in the sack? Rose Petralia gives you the fleshy scoop on an instructional video that’s guaranteed to have you and your partner’s watermelons exploding.
What’s for dinner? Better not look to Dirty Sugar Cookies for the answer, as it’s low on recipes to begin with and Rose Petralia’s too engrossed in Ayun Halliday’s narration to even think of cooking.
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.