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Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 23
This week's look at AM Gold (1967) showcases the man, the myth, the mole -- Aaron Neville
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TV on DVD Review: The Monkees, Season 1 and Season 2
I’m not going anywhere for the next couple of days. Because I have the complete run of The Monkees—32 episodes of season 1, and 26 episodes of season 2—spread across two retro-shiny DVD box
Read More »Greatest Un-Hits: The Monkees’ “Every Step of the Way” (1987)
MTV started airing 20-year-old reruns of The Monkees in 1986, a perfect fit for the fledgling network—quick cuts, youth culture, wild and crazy attitude—such were the things MTV aimed to stand for. It was
Read More »CD Review: Monkees, “Head” (Deluxe Edition)
Will Harris praises Rhino Handmade's reissue of the Head soundtrack and the Monkees songs contained therein, but the album as a whole...? Not so much.
Read More »CD Review: The Monkees, “The Birds, the Bees & the Monkees”
If there’s one thing you need to take into consideration when reviewing a release from Rhino Handmade, it’s this: don’t let yourself be overwhelmed with the presentation. This is a particularly legitimate concern when
Read More »Bootleg City: Nilsson
One of my favorite pebbles of pop-culture minutiae is that Curtis Armstrong, the actor who played Herbert Viola on Moonlighting in the late ’80s and “Booger” in four Revenge of the Nerds movies, knows
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