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Year in and year out, author and nearly 20-year Ink 19 staff writer Christopher Long remains committed to the discovery and mass consumption of new music. In this rockin’ year-end roundup, Chris reveals his Video Jukebox Playlist of songs that thwacked him hardest in 2025.
The leaves were turning gold and the air was getting crisp when Christopher Long visited a legit record joint in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. While perusing the “back room,” he spotted and snatched up a vinyl copy of One On One, the 1982 studio set from Cheap Trick, for two bucks.
Vinyl geek Christopher Long spots a seemingly pee’d on, used copy of his all-time favorite album, The Cars’ 1979 classic, Candy-O, at a Florida garage sale, where he gleefully ponies up the 25¢ asking price.
After 30 years in the music industry, producer, songwriter and musician Larry Dvoskin has released a set of his own music. Gail Worley finds out why it took so long.
It’s Gail Worley’s annual List of the Top 19 Quotes from Interviews she conducted with various Rock Types in 2005!
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.
