Blu-Ray Review // <b>Night School</b> [1981] (Vinegar Syndrome)

https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/frontpage/products/night-school   One of the biggest things about movies is that there have been a...

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Music Review // <b>Luna Red</b> "<i>Heart Bass</i>"

When you call a song "Heart Bass" it should be somewhat of a give away as to what the song will sound like.  Just putting the word "bass...

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DVD Review // <b>Desert Fiends 2</b> (2026)

While the first "Desert Fiends" is available on Blu-Ray and DVD, I watched that one on Tubi to prepare for this sequel.  If you have not...

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Cassette Review // <b>Drunk Dial: Fakes - Volume Three</b> by Various Artists (Drunk Dial Records)

https://drunkdialrecords.bandcamp.com/album/drunk-dial-fakes-volume-three Lately I've been thinking a lot about music and the role that ...

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Movie Review // <b>The Ghastly Ordeal of Kaitlyn Krumdick</b> (2025)

Typically these days my criteria for watching a film is that it is two things: recommended to me and something I can watch.  I've actual...

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Music Review // <b>Serge & The Currents</b> "<i>This Too Shall Pass</i>"

This is such a fun song because when it starts you hear those rambling guitars which can bring about thoughts of Bob Dylan, but as it ki...

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Music Review // <b>Michael Ward</b> "<i>How good can this get?</i>"

When this song first begins it feels as if we're going to have an acoustic guitar strumming along with the vocals.  However, that quickl...

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Cassette Review // <b>Burning Books</b> "<i>Taller Than God</i>" (Ingrown Records)

https://ingrown.bandcamp.com/album/taller-than-god   This sound begins like a hue, droning in as if the sun was rising first thing in the ...

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DVD Review // <b>Hooker with a Hacksaw</b> [2017]

One of my favorite parts about film is being able to look up a director, in this case Donald Farmer, find a film that doesn't stream anywh...

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Music Review // <b>NTHNL</b> "<i>What Kind of World is This?</i>" (Youngbloods)

https://nthnlsound.bandcamp.com/album/what-kind-of-world-is-this This one begins with a nice keyboard type of synth, like we're in space, ...

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Music Review // <b>Rushab Nandha</b> "<i>STATE</i>" (Falt)

https://falt.bandcamp.com/album/state The way that "STATE" begins is like we are slowly going into a dream sequence, such as from The Wiza...

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Movie Review // <b>Asteroid Vixens</b> (2026)

While looking for something to watch one evening, "Asteroid Vixens" was number one on a list on Blood Stream so I immediately put it on,...

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Record Review // <b>A Magic Whistle</b> "<i>THE SOLAR CELL</i>" (Public Eyesore Records)

https://publiceyesore.bandcamp.com/album/the-solar-cell When listening to this record by A Magic Whistle I can tell you that I both hear...

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Music Review // <b>Farewood</b> "<i>In Sunlight Appears The Wraith</i>"

https://farewood.bandcamp.com/album/in-sunlight-appears-the-wraith What I like about the band Farewood as soon as I start listening to thi...

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Music Review // <b>Eric Hirshberg</b> "<i>The Grand Elsewhere</i>"

Say what you want about cliches, but I do like the idea of looking back at photos from a time when you could say "And not a phone in sig...

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Music Review // <b>Rodrigo y Gabriela</b> "<i>Akatsuki</i>"

Rodrigo y Gabriela are perhaps one of the biggest creators of instrumental sound that has such a powerful way of speaking that it almost...

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Art Thoughts // <b>Fast Track</b> by Tony Falcone (Lost in New Haven)

If you have ever been through New Haven, Connecticut on the highway where 95 turns to 91, you have likely been by and seen Sports Haven,...

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Music Review // <b>Harley</b> "<i>Gold</i>"

When this song first starts I am reminded artists who are on the radio in the rock genre but have this way of weaving in a pop sound as ...

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Music Review // <b>Georgia Scarlett & Joel Spence</b> "<i>Honey Let's Go</i>"

"Honey Let's Go" begins with the sounds of banjos which makes me feel like we're somewhere between folk and Americana.   The sound can c...

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Music Review // <b>Lexi Valentine</b> "<i>Niña Feliz</i>"

Music is a form of language in itself.  As Lexi Valentine sings the lyrics to "Niña Feliz" in Spanish, the idea and emotion felt within ...

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