Month: September 2025

Garage Sale Vinyl: Dead Serios

Garage Sale Vinyl: Dead Serios

Garage Sale Vinyl

It’s a rather wacky and kinda complicated story, but this week Christopher Long receives multiple mint-condition copies of Who’s Your Buddy?, the downright dreadful 1987 debut album from the award-winning heavy metal band, Dead Serios. And he got ‘em all, for FREE!

Eternally Electric: The Message in My Music

Eternally Electric: The Message in My Music

Print Reviews

In her electrifying, just-released memoir, Eternally Electric, ’80s pop music icon Debbie Gibson shares her personal rollercoaster story with candor, wit, and humility. As longtime friend and music colleague Joey McIntyre maintains in his foreword, “You think you know (Deb), but you have no idea.”

His Motorbike, Her Island

His Motorbike, Her Island

Screen Reviews

On the surface it may be difficult to link His Motorbike, Her Island with director Nobuhiko Obayashi, but the film is far more layered than one might expect from a biker romance.

Ivy

Ivy

Music Reviews

Traces of You (Bar/None Records). Review by Peter Lindblad.

SUANNA

SUANNA

Music Reviews

“Bad Bad Secret” (Independent). Review by Randy Radic.

Garage Sale Vinyl: Styx

Garage Sale Vinyl: Styx

Garage Sale Vinyl

This week, Christopher Long scores another vinyl treasure from his teenage pot-smoking past — a shockingly pristine copy of Pieces of Eight, the 1978 masterwork from Styx. And he got it for FREE!

Creepshow 2

Creepshow 2

Screen Reviews

Phil Bailey reviews Creepshow 2, a trio of comedy-laced tales from the ’80s — a time when horror was seen as somehow inherently humorous.

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Chapterhouse

Chapterhouse

Interviews

With the thirty-fifth anniversary of debut album Whirlpool, UK shoegaze outfit Chapterhouse is back together again and touring the US as part of Slide Away Music Festival.