Author Alan Sculley

TOP MUSIC GIFT BOXES For all the things that went horribly wrong in 2020, it was a good year for deluxe box sets and album reissues – all good options for Christmas gifts. Of the dozens of such...

MOVIE REVIEW OF ''SEIZED" Not only does “Acts of Vengeance” director Isaac Florentine’s cartel crime saga “Seized” (**1/2 OUT OF ****) live up to its title, but also Scott Adkins whips three...

You Want A Revolution? Every November 5th for Guy Fawkes day (or for, you know, an intense U.S. election) I start feeling a little wily and dream about starting a revolution. Not a violent one or...

 FALL MUSIC REVIEWS Pop-punk tabloid rapper Machine Gun Kelly claims his recent hit single “Concert for Aliens” is a metaphor for social unrest and the end of the world, which is undeniably...

NOW HEAR THIS! Best Album Reviews! This week’s column leads off with reviews of albums by two of the finest acts on Americana/roots rock scene. That genre is also represented by one of its most promising...

The Newly Released Documentary, “Other Music” The newly released documentary, “Other Music,” serves as both a love letter and sympathy card for a one-of-a-kind record store. So it’s...

Lady Gaga's Premiere Episode of Gaga Radio I’m the worst thing and the best thing that’s ever happened to all of you,” declares Lady Gaga in the premiere episode of” Gaga Radio,” a weekly interview...

ARTS IN CRISIS From a big-picture perspective, the last few weeks have shown promising signs for beleaguered music and arts communities around the world. In July, for example, the British government...

High Fidelity Wars v. 2020 By the time CD sales eclipsed vinyl in the late ’80s, the rivalry between digital and analog music fans was in full swing. Compact disc advocates welcomed them as a...

SONGS FOR THE PANDEMIC Fifty years ago, Neil Young and his bandmates recorded “Ohio,” a haunting response to the Kent State shootings where Ohio National Guardsmen fired 67 rounds of...