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The Best Day of My Whole Life

Posted on June 14, 2024 by Alton Barnhart
Person performing music and holding a guitar.

THE KISS CONVENTION!!!! Twelve hours of KISS stuff, KISS music, KISS people, and the real KISS! … read more

Posted in: ArchivedTagged: Bruce Kulick, Peter Criss, The Best Day of My Whole Life, The Kiss Convention

Little Records: July 1995

Posted on June 14, 2024 (June 14, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Little Records. Issue 79 July 1995.

The experience is like watching a porno video starring the casts of the Munsters, the Addams Family and the Batman television series doing it. … read more

Posted in: ArchivedTagged: Cowslingers, Edsel, Famous Monsters, records

Interview with X: July 1995

Posted on July 1, 1995 (June 14, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
X band posing together.

Even though X started out as one of the premier LA punk bands, the members are true artists in the strictest sense of the word. … read more

Posted in: ArchivedTagged: LA punk bands, The Knitters, The Unclogged Tour, X

Local Review: Anaïs Chantal – Recipe

Posted on June 5, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Album cover with a woman eating a cake on the cover.

Anaïs Chantal shows her beauty and talent in her new album Recipe and I feel excited to watch as her career continues to prosper. … read more

Posted in: Local Music Reviews, MusicTagged: Anais Chantal, PinkPantheress, Recipe, Solange

Film Review: Jim Henson: Idea Man

Posted on May 31, 2024 (May 27, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Kermit the frog, Jim Henson and two other muppets.

Jim Henson: Idea Man is a loving tribute and unforgettable chronicle of a life and career cut all too short, one which nevertheless had an immeasurable impact that continues to this day. … read more

Posted in: Film, Film ReviewsTagged: Jim Henson, Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, The Muppets

Film Review: The Dead Don’t Hurt

Posted on May 31, 2024 (May 27, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Woman wearing a cowboy hat and poncho looking into the distance.

The Dead Don’t Hurt is a horse opera that trots in a circuitous and at times circular route rather than galloping purposefully from one point to the next. … read more

Posted in: Film, Film ReviewsTagged: Kevin Costner, Romance, Viggo Mortenson, Western

Film Review: Babes

Posted on May 27, 2024 (May 27, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Two women facing each other and talking.

 Babes is hardly a movie for everyone, though it’s likely to do very well with its target female audience and can be readily enjoyed by men as well. … read more

Posted in: Film, Film ReviewsTagged: Babes, Hasan Minhaj, Ilana Glazer, Michelle Buteau

Film Review: Atlas

Posted on May 27, 2024 (May 27, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Jennifer Lopez in Atlas sitting inside of a futuristic vehicle.

Atlas is a prime example of the kind of assembly line filmmaking that may benefit from costing you nothing apart from your Netflix subscription. … read more

Posted in: Film, Film ReviewsTagged: Atlas, Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown

Local Review: Olympic Deth – Nevada Homeslice

Posted on June 26, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Album cover with dead dolphin on it.

For the Olympic Deth day-ones, Nevada Homeslice is a more ambitious release than the band’s 2022 EP, which is more straight forward with its garage-punk sound. … read more

Posted in: Local Music Reviews, MusicTagged: Nevada Homeslice, Olympic Deth, Tín Rodriguez

Review: St. Vincent – All Born Screaming

Posted on June 3, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Album cover with a woman on fire.

After a thorough listen of St. Vincent’s All Born Screaming, the burning figure on the cover appears as the phoenix, rather than the doomed. … read more

Posted in: Music, National Music ReviewsTagged: All Born Screaming, Annie Clark, Austin Beck-Doss, St. Vincent

Local Review: Mariel Croft – Trying My Very Best

Posted on May 29, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Album cover with a cat on it.

Mariel Croft’s Trying My Very Best creates room for anyone to stop, acknowledge, and work with their shortcomings. Or at least think really hard about them. … read more

Posted in: Local Music Reviews, MusicTagged: Mariel Croft, Marzia Thomas, Trying My Very Best

Review: Mdou Moctar – Funeral For Justice

Posted on May 27, 2024 (October 9, 2024) by Alton Barnhart
Album cover with a black bird on the cover.

Mdou Moctar is part of a modern recreation of the Assouf genre that embraces many more elements of American classic rock. … read more

Posted in: Music, National Music ReviewsTagged: Assouf Music, Desert Rock, Mdou Moctar, Music Review, National Music Review, National Music Reviews, Songhoy Blues, Tuareg
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