Tag: Ben Varkentine

Striptease: From Gaslight To Spotlight

Print Reviews

Striptease became stripping when all the tease was taken out of it, but a new book remembers a time in America when strippers could be nearly as legitimate as singers or comedians. Ben Varkentine found his curiosity, peeked.

Hybrid

Music Reviews

Morning Sci-Fi (Distinct’ive Records/K7). Review by Ben Varkentine.

One-Car Caravan

Print Reviews

Walter Shapiro offers a valuable tool for informing voters’ opinions of their potential Presidents, and he does it a la Butch and Sundance: The Early Years. Ben Varkentine finds his eyes opened…and maybe even a new hero. He still thinks there should have been an index, though.

Junior Senior

Music Reviews

D-D-Don’t Stop The Beat/Move Your Feet (remixes) (Atlantic). Review by Ben Varkentine.

Seven Seasons Of Buffy

Print Reviews

After reviewing two Buffy-related books for Ink 19 already, Ben Varkentine finds this one a lot better written than the others. But a canker still arises on the rose.

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Blue Thunder

Blue Thunder

Screen Reviews

John Badham’s 1983 future-tech helicopter thriller, Blue Thunder, with its cautionary tale of militarized police and a surveillance state, still resonates decades later.

The Eye

The Eye

Screen Reviews

What if the miracle of sight came with a curse? The Eye builds its horror from that chilling premise.

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.