http://www.popmatters.com/pm/books/reviews/9180/the-doors-by-the-doors-by-the-doors-with-ben-fong-torres/ The Doors by The Doors and Ben Fong-Torres Hyperion November 2006, 304 pages, $45.00 The Doors: The Complete Illustrated Lyrics by Danny Sugarman Hyperion November 2006, 208 pages, $19.95…
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/8354/oliver-nelson-screamin-the-blues/ Oliver Nelson Screamin’ the Blues (Prestige) US release date: 18 July 2006 UK release date: 28 August 2006 by Sean G. Murphy Screamin’ the Blues: Nothing Abstract About This…
So this is all the not-so-Grand Old Party’s got? With the so recently smug and abrasive and—so they thought—safe Republican wing of the Republican party tripping over their tails to…
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/7013/stanton-moore-iii/ Stanton Moore III (Telarc) US release date: 26 September 2006 UK release date: 30 October 2006 by Sean G. Murphy A Native Son Makes an Unwavering Statement for the…
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/7697/the-pretenders-pretenders/ by Sean G. Murphy Meet the New Boss — Same As the Old Boss or, The Great Pretenders If you were a certain age in the early ‘80s—say, old…
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/6662/african-head-charge-off-the-beaten-track/ African Head Charge Off the Beaten Track (Anthology Recordings) US release date: 4 October 2006 by Sean G. Murphy World Music from Another World Think you haven’t heard African…
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/6591/charles-mingus-music-written-for-monterey-1965-not-heard/ Charles Mingus Music Written for Monterey, 1965. Not Heard … Played in Its Entirety, at UCLA (Sunnyside) US release date: 26 September 2006 UK release date: 2 October 2006…
Invitation To A Suicide (DVD Review from PopMatters.com) http://www.popmatters.com/pm/film/reviews/6136/invitation-to-a-suicide-2004/ Invitation to a Suicide Director: Loren Marsh by Sean G. Murphy Taking the Concept of “Pay-per-view” to New and Unusual Places…
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/4938/steely-dan-the-definitive-collection/ Steely Dan The Definitive Collection (Geffen) by Sean G. Murphy Not Much New at Their Old School. And That’s Cool. Steely Dan will not be denied. At this rate,…
Moby Dick: American Chowder "Reduced to more practical terms, if Jazz music is gumbo -- and it is -- the archetypal American novel, with Moby Dick as its progenitor and…
Sean Murphy