The glass bottom boat of the cultural press
This week Christopher Long brings home a doozie. FULL DISCLOSURE: he didn’t discover it at a garage sale, and it sure wasn’t cheap. However, the near-mint copy of Beauty’s Only Skin Deep, the debut 1978 solo LP from Cherie Currie, is his most sought-after score of 2023!
Teen Movie Hell visits the evolution of high school classics.
Sidelong (Bloodshot Records). Review by James Mann.
Shelton Hull finds much to praise in Jodie Foster’s latest film. Consider it the anti-_Hostel_.
What’s scarier: Jodie Foster as a nun or the fevered imaginations of a teenage altar boy as animated by Todd McFarlane? Carl F. Gauze reveals the truth in his review of Peter Care’s The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.
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.
