Waxing Nostalgic: New Wave Songs About Sex

Published on June 6th, 2014 in: Music, Waxing Nostalgic |

By Jeffery X Martin

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In the Eighties, the Reagans told everyone to just say no, but our musical heroes were blatantly advising us to say “yes” as often as possible. Who do you think was more fun to listen to: Nancy Reagan or Terri Nunn?

Exactly.

Here then, in ascending order, are my favorite New Wave songs about sex.

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Blu-Ray Review: Death Bed: The Bed That Eats

Published on June 6th, 2014 in: Blu-Ray, DVD/Blu-Ray Reviews, Horror, Movie Reviews, Movies, Reissues, Retrovirus, Reviews, Underground/Cult |

By Brad Henderson

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Should one try to understand Death Bed: The Bed That Eats? No. Should one watch Death Bed: The Bed That Eats? Yes.

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Blu-Ray Review: In The Blood

Published on June 6th, 2014 in: Blu-Ray, DVD/Blu-Ray Reviews, Feminism, Movie Reviews, Movies, Reviews |

By Brad Henderson

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I have and will always be biased when Gina Carano plays the lead or has a major role in a movie. She’s always been a favorite of mine and I get super giddy whenever I watch anything she is in. When I heard about her new film In The Blood I was freaking pumped.

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Blu-Ray Review: The Machine

Published on June 6th, 2014 in: Blu-Ray, Current Faves, DVD/Blu-Ray Reviews, Movie Reviews, Movies, Reviews, Science Fiction |

By Brad Henderson

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Sci Fi on a budget is one of the hardest tasks in filmmaking. One thing you constantly worry about is how the effects in your film will look. You don’t want them to look cheap and cheesy because that’s a good way to lose your audience quickly. Also, when it comes to this genre, you need a story that is original and not a copy of a copy.

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Never Get Off the Boat: X Goes to Las Vegas, Part One

Published on June 6th, 2014 in: Culture Shock |

By Jeffery X Martin

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My name is X. I write all the time. I don’t get out much. So when I got the opportunity to go to Las Vegas, I jumped on it, hoping to have a good time and gain some new experiences.

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Music Review: Glenn Tilbrook, Happy Endings

Published on June 6th, 2014 in: Music, Music Reviews, Reviews |

By Melissa Bratcher

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Not everyone can write a song about the News International phone hacking scandal and make it sound jaunty. Glenn Tilbrook, however, can and did.

On his fifth non-Squeeze album Happy Endings, Tilbrook took a different approach—going acoustic. The result is a warm, witty, sometimes slight album (but what does Glenn Tilbrook have to prove at this point? The man can rest on his clever laurels all he wants.) that is always engaging. It’s a lovely sounding album, as well, with lush strings and clever percussion.

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Blu-Ray Review: Sugar Cookies

Published on June 6th, 2014 in: Blu-Ray, Movie Reviews, Movies, Reissues, Retrovirus, Reviews, Teh Sex, Underground/Cult |

By Brad Henderson

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I’m in love with many distribution companies—Scream Factory, Cult Epics, Synapse, Arrow, Scorpion Releasing, and many more—but one company that stands out from all the rest is Vinegar Syndrome. It is the one company that is all over the place in terms of genres as well as the one that is releasing everything that is dead or dying. These guys truly believe in film preservation throughout all genres of film and yearn to keep them alive. The only other company that comes close is Cult Epics, who are well on their way to greatness.

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Music Review: Rich Robinson, The Ceaseless Sight

Published on June 6th, 2014 in: Current Faves, Music, Music Reviews, Reviews |

By Melissa Bratcher

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Black Crowes’ guitarist and songwriter, Rich Robinson, writes amazing choruses. On his third solo album, The Ceaseless Sight, Robinson sings of love and happiness, as well as the flip side of that, with candor and a seeker’s quest to make sense of it all. While lyrically, the songs are interesting, the choruses are brilliant nuggets of rhythm and melody that are so striking and ear-wormy that I found myself humming them constantly.

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Music Review: LP, Forever For Now

Published on June 6th, 2014 in: Current Faves, Feminism, Music, Music Reviews, Reviews |

By Cait Brennan

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New York-born, L.A.-based singer/songwriter LP is a true American survivor. With roots in the music business going back to the ’90s, LP recorded two promising albums in the early 2000s, collaborating with Cracker’s David Lowery and hit maker Linda Perry in the process. But the impossible to pigeonhole artist and her considerable charm and swagger never really fit in with the machine. Deals with labels like Island Def Jam didn’t pan out, and LP reinvented herself as a songwriter, co-writing smash hits for Rihanna (“Cheers [Drink To That]”) and Christina Aguilera (“Beautiful People”), among others.

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Blu-Ray Review: Pig / 1334

Published on May 30th, 2014 in: Blu-Ray, DVD/Blu-Ray Reviews, Horror, Movie Reviews, Movies, Reviews, Underground/Cult |

By Brad Henderson

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I often ask myself: what is the most disturbing movie I’ve seen? I can never come up with an answer because the most disturbing things aren’t in films. We have seen countless things online that are real and have never left our minds. Nico B’s Pig and 1334 will never leave my mind . . . ever.

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