The glass bottom boat of the cultural press
This week, Christopher Long reflects fondly on his misfit tweenage daze, as he discovers a reasonably healthy used vinyl copy of City Nights, the 1978 sophomore set from Canadian pop-rock kingpin, Nick Gilder — for just six bucks!
Another Night: The Sire Recordings 1979-1981 (Omnivore). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
New Mourning (Jet Fighter Records). Review by Christopher Long.
Zoom / Normal as the Next Guy / Live From the Rock ‘n’ Roll Fun House (2015 Re-Issues) (Omnivore Recordings). Review by Christopher Long.
Zoom (Omnivore Recordings). Review by Christopher Long.
Theatre is Evil (8 ft. Records). Review by Joe Frietze.
The Ouch. The Touch (Cherrytree). Review by Aaron Shaul.
South Texas Wind (). Review by Kyrby Raine.
The Lost Patrol Band (Burning Heart/Epitaph). Review by Aaron Shaul.
Buffalo Head 7” (Fictitious Records). Review by Daniel Mitchell.
What Would Midget Jesus Do? (Partial Eclipse). Review by Henry “Hank” McCoy.
Only If You Look Up (TVT). Review by Matt Cibula.
Family Secrets (Smile). Review by Henry “Hank” McCoy.
This week, cuddly curmudgeon Christopher Long finds himself feeling even older as he hobbles through a Florida flea market in pursuit of vinyl copies of the four infamous KISS solo albums — just in time to commemorate the set’s milestone 45th anniversary.
Starting with small-time jobs, two gangsters take over all the crime in Marseilles in this well-paced and entertaining French film. Carl F. Gauze reviews the freshly released Arrow Video Blu-ray edition of Borsalino (1970).
Aaron Tanner delivers 400 pages of visual delights from the ever-enigmatic band, The Residents, in The Residents Visual History Book: A Sight for Sore Eyes, Vol. 2.
Two teenage boys build a sexy computer girlfriend with an 8-bit computer… you know the story. Carl F. Gauze reviews Weird Science (1985), in a new 4K UHD Blu-ray release from Arrow Films.
Cauldron Films’ new UHD/Blu-ray release of Lucio Fulci’s City of the Living Dead (1980) preserves one of the best Italian horror films, according to Phil Bailey.
Marleen Gorris’s first theatrical feature is a potent feminist look at the easily disposable lives of sex workers in Amsterdam. Phil Bailey reviews Broken Mirrors.
Late bloomer Tony Bowman spins a tale of past decades with a Jimmy Buffett soundtrack.