Tony Palmer's series studies Tin Pan Alley, the publishers and songwriters who turned music into big business by making records to order.
Unquestionably American, pop music has a profound debt to blues. This episode explores the tumultuous history of blues from its New Orleans origins to its current state.
Maligned by the rock and pop industries, country music nonetheless command a place in the history of popular music. From the settlement of the west to the powerhouse of Nashville, this episode ...Read More
Tiziano Popoli is an Italian composer known for his “unusual musical meshing of minimalism and instrumental pop.” Burn the Night / Bruciare la Notte: Original Recordings, 1983–1989 collects sc...Read More
Christopher Munch’s boldly original debut, THE HOURS AND TIMES (1992), is a fictional account of what might have happened in April 1963, when John Lennon and Beatles manager Brian Epstein trave...Read More
"Aimed at the hardcore rap fan...it delivers." - The Source In this final episode of Slammin' Rap Video Magazine: From local hustler to "New Jack Hustler," Ice T unravels a life story steeped i...Read More
Here's Vol. 3 of Rap's #1 VHS Video Magazine, created by Night Flight creator Stuart S. Shapiro. Street-wise rappers Eric B. & Rakim dig into their bag of tricks, Big Daddy Kane on his two favo...Read More
Slammin' back for more def jammin' with Volume 2 of the VHS Video Magazine created by Stuart S. Shapiro: Funk Master George Clinton reigns supreme, Chillin' with Ice Cube on the set of his late...Read More
Silas Crow (Ryan Black) and Frank Fencepost (Adam Beach) are two average 18 year olds who live on a reservation in Northern Ontario. They hope to get into a Toronto mechanic's school, but must ...Read More
Thomas Fox (Fred Williamson) thought he was onto the best job of his life when he was hired to find a girl who goes missing in Europe. For $1000 a day plus expenses he could put up with the occ...Read More
Deep in a tropical jungle, a team of scientists has unearthed the bones of an ancient creature, buried in the ruins of a forgotten civilization. Led by the gifted but unorthodox Dr. Karl Wessin...Read More
The sequel to the groundbreaking animation film that put Original Video Animation (OVA) on the map. B.D. is now the secret ruler of Megazone 23, and Yahagi Shōgo is a wanted fugitive. The alien...Read More
Maureen Sauvageau's escape comes to an abrupt end when she drives’s her monster truck into a deadly car accident. Stuck in the middle of nowhere, she must share the company and the blame of a r...Read More
May 20, 1980. After his father's passing, Raymond Tremblay, tax investigator, begins to suspect the funeral home of fraudulent activities. Accompanied by his daughter, little Lucy, he decides t...Read More
Welcome to TV 2000! Join your hosts Joie Gallo and Lisa Robinson for a tour of the hottest videos across the country, circa 1985. Tonight, we “belong to the city” with Eagle Glen Fry fresh off ...Read More
Salvador Cresta checks in with lo-fi guitar wrangler Green Sahara, AKA Avery Chandler. From his Roland Jazz Chorus to his trusty Tascam, Avery shows us the tools he uses to build his fuzzy and ...Read More
Mind your head. Salvador Cresta speaks with Brooklyn based producer Zach Phillips of Fievel Is Glauque, Blanche Blanche Blanche, Perfect Angels—and many more projects—about touring with Stereolab.
How does Utah-based artist Mickey Miles make his psychedelic pop cartoons? He explains today on Midnight Music Review in the Attic, exploring his videos for John Cale of the Velvet Underground,...Read More
Inspector Ike, New York City’s greatest police detective, finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse after the conniving understudy of an avant-garde theater group knocks off the star...Read More
T. Rex's genre defining glam rock album Electric Warrior was released 52 years ago this weekend. This new arrival draws on the recollections of T.Rex insiders, such as Bill Legend, the only sur...Read More