Tag: James Mann

Grateful Dead

Music Reviews

Dick’s Picks 32, 33, 34 (Grateful Dead Productions). Review by James Mann.

Tom Waits on Tom Waits

Print Reviews

The legendary Tom Waits ain’t what he appears to be. James Mann digs deep to find the mystery behind the man.

Willie Nelson

Willie Nelson

Event Reviews

Willie Nelson brought his Family to the Tabernacle Sunday night, and invited us to “Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die.” James Mann thinks that’s a grand idea!

John Prine

Music Reviews

The Singing Mailman Delivers (Oh Boy Records). Review by James Mann.

Tony Rice

Music Reviews

The Bill Monroe Collection (Rounder Records). Review by James Mann.

The Fall

Music Reviews

Ersatz G.B. (Cherry Red Records). Review by James Mann.

Ray Charles

Music Reviews

Singular Genius: The Complete ABC Singles (Concord Music). Review by James Mann.

Fug You

Print Reviews

Whoever said “If you can remember the ’60s, you weren’t there” obviously never met Ed Sanders. The leader of The Fugs and the Peace Eye bookstore recalls the counter-culture of the 1960s in vivid detail.

Slaid Cleaves

Music Reviews

Sorrow & Smoke: Live at the Horseshoe Lounge (Music Road Records). Review by James Mann.

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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.