Aimed at the very youngest Scooby-Doo! fans, Scooby-Doo! Adventures: The Mystery Map offers a truly unique take on the classic Mystery Inc. gang. For the first time in the franchise’s 40-plus-year history, we see the Scooby universe populated entirely by puppets. Keep in mind this isn’t the type of puppet film that’s as fun for...
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February 5, 2014February 5, 2014Film
Blu-ray Review: Zulu – Twilight Time Limited Edition
Zulu is a 1964 film that depicts the epic Battle of Rorke’s Drift that occurred in 1879 between the British Army and Zulu warriors during the Anglo-Zulu War. That line alone may very well be enough to either inspire or repel prospective viewers. The Cy Endfield-directed production already has its share of devoted followers who...
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February 2, 2014February 2, 2014Music
The Beatles Again… Semi-American Style: Thoughts on The U.S. Albums
With The U.S. Albums 13-disc box set, Capitol Records has finally brought the “Americanized” Beatles catalog to CD and iTunes. Though not without controversy, fans can now choose between the original, Beatles-sanctioned U.K. albums or the rejiggered U.S. versions. It should be made clear up-front —these new reissues are, with a handful of exceptions, the...
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January 24, 2014January 24, 2014Music
New Music for Old People: A Tribute to Don Everly and the Late Phil Everly
I literally grew up on the Everly Brothers, as I am sure many of you did. They were amazingly consistent and had a unique blend and sound that will remain untouchable forever. Our paths crossed starting about 1958 when, as a non-shaving member of the group The Royal Teens, I played shows alongside many of...
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December 17, 2013December 17, 2013Video
DVD Review: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman – The Complete Series
Longtime fans like me spent decades wondering whether television’s groundbreaking Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman would ever surface on disc. Our hopes rose in 2007 when Sony issued a three-DVD package labeled Volume 1, which contained the first 25 shows from the 1976-77 series. But additional volumes never arrived and I eventually gave up. Now, out...
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November 14, 2013November 14, 2013Music
Music Review: The Beatles – Live at the BBC (Remastered)
Nineteen years after it was originally released, The Beatles’ double-disc set Live at the BBC has been reissued in remastered form, its two discs housed in a cardboard digipak matching the style of the 2009 studio catalog reissues. Also available is the long overdue sequel, On Air – Live at the BBC Vol. 2, leaving...
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November 12, 2013November 12, 2013Film
DVD Review: I Am ZoZo
Just when it seemed small-gauge filmmaking was becoming a thing of the past (at least in terms of viable commercial releases), along comes the micro-budget horror film I Am ZoZo. Writer-director-cinematographer Scott Di Lalla decided to forgo the often characterless sharpness of high definition video in favor of Super 8mm film stock. Shot entirely on...
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November 9, 2013November 9, 2013Television
An Honorable Man: Interview with Bomb Girls’ Antonio Cupo
Canada may have been on the other side of the pond while the historic battle known as World War II unfolded, but as a country it was no less invested in the conflict as far as manpower and womanpower. While their husbands, brothers, cousins, and other male family members (as well as friends) were risking...
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October 28, 2013October 28, 2013Music
Music Review: Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way (Deluxe Edition)
The third album by Lenny Kravitz, Are You Gonna Go My Way (originally released in 1993), is also his third to be treated to a two-disc deluxe anniversary reissue. When Kravitz first burst on the scene in 1989 with his debut, Let Love Rule, many wrote him off as a derivative hippie-era ‘60s revivalist. The...
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October 11, 2013October 11, 2013Music
New Music for Old People: Farther From the Style Was the Plan
When I was in the band The Blues Project in early 1967, I started writing songs that suggested to me that horns would make them sound better. I asked the leader of the Project, Danny Kalb, if we could add horns to the lineup and he turned me down, saying we couldn’t afford it (true)....