Indecent
A drama about lesbian love shakes up the staid world of Yiddish theater in the early 20th century.
A drama about lesbian love shakes up the staid world of Yiddish theater in the early 20th century.
Punk rock takes the stage in a teen angst revolution against…whatever kids are revolting against today.
A young man comes of age just as WW2 threatens to take over the world.
A complex tale of sex and morality plays out in a small southern college
A demon overtakes a Christian puppet troupe, upsetting next week’s Sunday service.
Puppets have sex. Where do you think little puppets come from?
Five women form a close friendship in an elite eastern college during the heady days of the feminist revolution.
Let’s visit an America attacked by birds that peck us to death at high tide. Not sure how things are going in Phoenix.
Boundaries get pushed to the limit in this revival of the classic hippie musical from 1967.
A mysterious woman upsets the ultra liberal Taub household.
Detroit in the 1960’s was a hard city going through hard times. The music that come out of Detroit was incubated at the Grande Ballroom. Wayne Kramer (MC5), Ted Nugent and many others remember the wild times.
Explicit torture in the middle ages leads to death, dismemberment and a new found respect for the American justice system and the inquisition.
A Craigslist date turns really weird. And then the seahorses kick in…
A young woman runs away from home, has a series of unhappy relationships, falls into professional sex and cocaine, and then cleans up and enters culinary school.
Is It Love or Desire? (Light In The Attic Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
From Hell To Texas (Steamhammer / SPV). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Superman blows his brains out and a sleazy detective tries to cash in on the publicity. At least that’s what Carl F Gauze thought he saw during this muddled film.
Psst! Carl F Gauze has a secret to tell about secrets. Peek over his shoulder while he delves into a new psychological study on the motivation and results of living a secret life.
Frontman/shirtless sex symbol/small-town boy Scott Blonde discusses the Bay Area band’s scandalous past – and future – in a candid interview with Steve Stav.
The only thing that can stop Carl F. Gauze from reading Wayne Koestenbaum’s enjoyable new volume of poetry is … Hold on a sec. Who’s there? Pizza? I didn’t order a pizza….
This fall, Ani DiFranco brought new Righteous Babe labelmate Kristen Ford to Iowa City, where Jeremy Glazier enjoyed an incredible evening of artistry.
This week Christopher Long grabs a bag of bargain vinyl from a flea market in Mount Dora, Florida — including You’re Never Alone with a Schizophrenic, the classic 1979 LP from Ian Hunter.
Bob Pomeroy gets into four Radio Rarities from producer Zev Feldman for Record Store Day with great jazz recordings from Wes Montgomery, Les McCann, Cal Tjader, and Ahmad Jamal.
Bob Pomeroy digs into Un “Sung Stories” (1986, Liberation Hall), Blasters’ frontman Phil Alvin’s American Roots collaboration with Sun Ra and his Arkestra, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, and New Orleans saxman Lee Allen.
Roi J. Tamkin reviews A Darker Shade of Noir, fifteen new stories from women writers completely familiar with the horrors of owning a body in a patriarchal society, edited by Joyce Carol Oates.
Mandatory: The Best of The Blasters (Liberation Hall). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
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.
During AFI Fest 2023, Lily and Generoso interviewed director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, whose impressive debut feature, City of Wind, carefully examines the juxtaposition between the identity of place and tradition against the powers of modernity in contemporary Mongolia.
Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO (American Laundromat Records). Review by Laura Pontillo.