The Mouse and the Mask (Epitaph Records). Review by Shelton Hull.

Shelton Hull says goodbye to one of the greats of professional wrestling.

San Francisco Debut, Unfinished Symphony (Kufala Recordings). Review by Shelton Hull.

Shelton Hull eagerly devours reissues of lesser-known work by the jazz titans Coltrane, Ellington, and Mingus. What’s left to do then but riff, baby, riff!

Black Dialogue (Definitive Jux Records). Review by Shelton Hull.

What’s the proper response to Chinese expansionism? As threat or opportunity? Shelton Hull cuts through the hype and bluster for all the johnny-come-latelies.

Shelton Hull gives us a peek into his personal playlist, busting at the seams with rap supervillains and jazz legends.

On the eve of the Southeast Regional DJ Competition, Shelton Hull speaks to local turntablist DJ Shotgun about his career, the logistics of bringing an event like this to Jacksonville, and their city’s vibrant hip-hop scene.

Shelton Hull puts Lenny Bruce in perspective, with help from the recent box set Let the Buyer Beware (Shout! Factory)

Shelton Hull takes on John Delaney in round two of the former Jacksonville mayor’s most revealling interview ever.

Shelton Hull went to the Piano competition to catch some great jazz and ended up seeing a screw-job worthy of Bret Hart in Montreal. Here’s how it went down.

It’s unlikely you’ll see local reporting of this caliber in Jacksonville. Too bad for them, good for us! Shelton Hull handicaps the emerging mayoral race.

“By any objective measure… Bush is a name that belongs next to Adams, Kennedy and Roosevelt as a force whose influence spans decades,” the Washington Post reports. This book documents the collective careers of the family all the way through George W. Bush, but makes a star of his Poppy. Shelton Hull takes in the shine.

Shelton Hull takes a long look at the fiery performances of Bill Hicks and sees both comedy’s last outlaw and a prophetic Texan who understood the danger of myth and symbols.

A less than reliable take on politics written with real old-school punch, like a cross between William S. Burroughs and Walter Winchell. The shock would reverberate across the world if a fifth of Sherman H. Skolnick’s reports on national and international politics were ever proven true. That’s what Shelton Hull says, anyway.

President Bush is arguably seen as the leader of America’s Christians, and that’s fine with Shelton Hull. But Bush also needs to use his faith to unite and not divide. And Shelton has a pretty gonzo-tastic idea on how to do this.

Shelton Hull mulls over the darker implications of the recent murder of Iraq-based aid worker Margaret Hassan. Is this the tipping point?

Shelton Hull puts on the surgical gloves and gives an incisive postmortem of the 2004 Election.

“You have to leave now.” Shelton Hull covers John Kerry’s tightly-orchestrated town hall meeting in Jacksonville. Turns out you won’t get far in an open forum without the right credentials…

Respect the access! Shelton Hull delivers a no-holds-barred interview with Jacksonville’s current mayor, John Peyton. His guard will never be this low again.