film Archive
22 Mar 2023
“Do Your Parents Know You’re Ramones?!”
“Riff Randell, rock ‘n’ roller.” That’s how P.J. Soles introduces her character in Rock N Roll High School, the cult film that built upon a foundation of B-movies and served […]
23 Mar 2021
DVD Review: Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock Part 2
Once you accept that the term krautrock is a big-tent concept, one that encompasses a wide range of music, then you’re prepared to dive farther into an exploration of the […]
28 Oct 2019
Blu-ray Review: Echo in the Canyon
The creatively fertile and incalculably influential Laurel Canyon scene if the middle 1960s is explored in Echo In the Canyon. It’s not quite a documentary in the sense that it […]
23 Mar 2015
Blu-ray Review: Syncopation
Spend any time reading online forums discussing what currently-unavailable motion pictures deserve a proper reissue/restoration, and you’ll likely come across the title Syncopation. This 1942 black-and-white film is at its […]
19 Jun 2013
Album Review: Various Artists – The Dutch Woodstock (CD+DVD)
I’m a hardcore Pink Floyd fanatic. Yeah, one of those lot who insists that the stuff they did before The Dark Side of the Moon is filled with untold riches. […]
24 Aug 2009
My (sort-of) Cocktail with Howard (Kaylan): My Dinner with Jimi
Howard Kaylan is best known as the lead singer of 60s pop group the Turtles. That group chalked up an impressive string of hit singles including “Happy Together,” She’d Rather […]
26 Jun 2009
Preview: My Talk With Howard / My Dinner With Jimi
This evening I had the honor and pleasure to speak at great length with Howard Kaylan. Known to some as “Eddie” (as in, Flo and Eddie), vocalist for FZ’s Mothers, […]