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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.”
This week, Christopher Long receives a FREE pre-loved vinyl copy of Joe’s Garage Acts II & III, the 1979 double-record masterpiece from Frank Zappa. And he soon relearns the correlation between music, heartbreak, and “unpronounceable diseases.”
To commemorate the 20th installment of his weekly series, Ink 19’s Christopher Long revisits one of his all-time favorite records, Anything Is Possible, the sparkling 1990 studio set from Debbie Gibson.
Under My Skin (Arista). Review by Aaron Shaul.
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.
The Englert theater hosted Little Feat as they embark on their Last Farewell Tour.
Meiko Kaji’s katana is sharp and looking for revenge in Wandering Ginza Butterfly and its sequel, She Cat Gambler, a stylish pair of early ’70s action films.
