Review: The Glamour Girls of Bill Ward

Review: The Glamour Girls of Bill Ward
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The Glamour Girls of Bill Ward Alex Chun Fantagraphic Books Street: 08.15 The Glamour Girls of Bill Ward captures Ward’s most impressive pinup girls of the 1950s. The book includes a great biography of Ward as well as high-quality images of the babes that made him famous. Ward started his professional cartoonist career at the

Review: Chance in Hell

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Chance in Hell Gilbert Hernandez Fantagraphics Books Street: 08.01 Gilbert Hernandez is a crafty son of a bitch. He weaves a story that is as poignant as it is troubling and tense. Chance in Hell tells the story of Empress, an orphan who is raised in what can only be described as a post-apocalyptic no-man’s

Review: Twigger’s Holiday

Review: Twigger’s Holiday
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Twigger’s Holiday Slow January Records Street: 08.07   I picked up this gem of a DVD just because the dude who made it had some sort of affiliation with Sarah Silverman (he did something with her show). I knew to expect something hilariously bizarre but not what I actually received from this DVD. The DVD

Review: SOULVATION: the Best of Northern Soul

Review: SOULVATION: the Best of Northern Soul
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SOULVATION: the Best of Northern Soul Wienerworld Street 01.07 SOULVATION is a re-issue of a collection that was originally called “The weird and wonderful world of Northern Soul.” It is an attempt to chronicle the “northern soul” movement, a variety of mid-tempo, heavy-beat soul music popular in northern England in the late 1960s. Many of the

Review: Morning Constitutions

Review: Morning Constitutions
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Morning Constitutions Larry the Cable Guy Warner Brothers Street: 04.03 Daniel Whitney, or as America knows him, “Larry the Cable Guy,” is a marketing genius. Work with me here. When he first started taking his comedy to the stage, he learned that the square, irreverent white-guy routine was not only covered, but done much better

Review: The Best of Vol. 2 The Kids in the Hall

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The Best of Vol. 2 The Kids in the Hall A&E TV Street: 07.31 Kids in the Hall was a popular comedy troupe in the mid-90s that brought Canadian humor to the states, relying heavily on satire, monologues and a liberal dosing of absurd situations. Like Vol. 1, Vol. 2 showcases the best of the

Review: The Jesus Lizard

Review: The Jesus Lizard
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Live The Jesus Lizard MVD Visual Street: 06.05 There are shows that from start to finish are so incredible, they renew your jaded little heart about the impact and importance of live music. This live set feels like one of those moments. From the moment David Yow gets up on stage to the raw, cantankerous,

Review: Graffiti TV: The Best Of

Review: Graffiti TV: The Best Of
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Graffiti TV is straight from the mid-90s. Everything from the shaky cameras, poor film quality, flannel shirts and bad, bad haircuts were reminiscent of a home movie. … read more

Review: America’s Mexican

Review: America’s Mexican
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America’s Mexican George Lopez HBO Home Video Street: 07.03 WHITE PEOPLE TALK LIKE THIS, LATINO PEOPLE TALK LIKE THIS. Now that I have that out of the way, I can say that George Lopez was able to get most of that material out of the way within the first 15 minutes of this DVD. There’s

The Genius of Billy Childish: with thee Headcoats & thee Milkshakes

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The Genius of Billy Childish: with thee Headcoats & thee Milkshakes Cherry Red Films Street: 2004 This concert video chronicles shows from two separate Billy Childish bands that were recorded nine years apart. The first section is an April ’84 performance by thee Milkshakes at the Nothing But Trash festival in Nottingham, England. The second