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George Blenda
Amoeba San Francisco
Beat art bandwagon conductor

Vibrations In Color, Product Type: (LP)

Nu Vintage, Product Title:
Mellow but not lo-fi, heavily jaz-inspired beats, coming out of the Bay Area. The harder you listen, the better it gets. Read more

L.I.S.A., Product Type: (LP)

Odd Holiday , Product Title:
Maybe my favorite project of 2023, with Mattie on the mic throughout & Daylight Robbery with teh dusty, soulful, lovably weird production Read more

Lightweight Heavy, Product Type: (LP)

Fat Jon, Product Title:
2023 repress of the classic instrumental project from 2004. Not to sound like an amateur audiophile in the Discogs comments, but a phenomenal pressing. Read more

Uptown Rulers / Uptown Rulers (Professor Shorthair Remix), Product Type:

Connie Price & The Keystones
Apani B Bly is back! Easily one of my very favorite MC's ever since the Polyrhythm Addicts EP, and she's definitely still got it. Now who's gonna finally press up her 2003 solo album on vinyl? Read more

Vibrations In Color (LP)

Nu Vintage
Mellow but not lo-fi, heavily jaz-inspired beats, coming out of the Bay Area. The harder you listen, the better it gets. Read more

L.I.S.A. (LP)

Odd Holiday
Maybe my favorite project of 2023, with Mattie on the mic throughout & Daylight Robbery with teh dusty, soulful, lovably weird production Read more

Lightweight Heavy (LP)

Fat Jon
2023 repress of the classic instrumental project from 2004. Not to sound like an amateur audiophile in the Discogs comments, but a phenomenal pressing. Read more

Uptown Rulers / Uptown Rulers (Professor Shorthair Remix)

Connie Price & The Keystones
Apani B Bly is back! Easily one of my very favorite MC's ever since the Polyrhythm Addicts EP, and she's definitely still got it. Now who's gonna finally press up her 2003 solo album on vinyl? Read more
Audra Wolfmann
Amoeba San Francisco

Tokyo Pop , Product Type: (BLU)

Fran Rubel Kuzui , Product
In honor of it's 35th anniversary, Kino Lorber has released a 4K restoration of the charming 1988 rock & romance film staring Japanese heartthrob Diamond Yukai and Carrie Hamilton, a multi-talented actress/singer who also happened to be Carol Burnett's daughter. Long before "Lost In Translation," "Tokyo Pop" explored themes of a young American woman in Tokyo, but one who engages in her surroundings and navigates the cultural differences more constructively. Unfortunately, Carrie Hamilton died young, but this film remains as a shinning example of her talent. Read more

Messiah Of Evil, Product Type: (BLU)

Gloria Katz, Product Title:
Odd that the same writing duo that brought us "American Graffiti," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Howard the Duck" also created the 1973 moody horror film "Messiah of Evil." But that's just one of the many wonderful mysteries of life I guess. The plot is baffling yet intriguing - a woman sifts through her late father's art and diaries, but ends up dealing with cannibalistic ghouls. See it for the atmospheric bohemian beachside setting and the stylish visuals, not to mention an amazing zombie supermarket scene. Read more

Columbo: The 1970s (Seasons 1-7) , Product Type: (BLU)

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There is no greater joy in life than having unfettered access to "Columbo," the LA-based police procedural that ran for years in the 1970s. I will never get tired of watching Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo, the disheveled police detective who is an underdog and everyman, stick it to the elite week after week by uncovering their murders. Great cameos from Leonard Nimoy, Roddy McDowall, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, and so many more. Read more

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Product Type: (BLU)

Eric Appel, Product Title:
But of course, Weird Al Yankovic's biopic would be a parody of a biopic. If you expected anything different, you should be put in irony jail. As a complete Weird Al lifer, I can honestly say that this movie made the pandemic survivable when it was originally released as on Roku. Now the Blu-ray/DVD can be ours for endless viewings. Daniel Radcliffe makes for an astoundingly good Al, showing the world the comedy chops we never quite knew he had. But really, no one can sub for the real deal, so lucky for us Al has a cameo in this film as label dude Tony Scotti. Read more

Barbie, Product Type: (BLU)

Greta Gerwig, Product Title:
The live-action Barbie movie goes beyond the plastic veneer of the Mattel doll, and delves into gender roles and expectations with humor and heart. Directed by Greta Gerwig and with a screenplay written by Noah Baumbach, Barbie creates a highly entertaining work of eye candy that is somehow filled with existential crises and questions of self-image. A+++ Read more

Tokyo Pop (BLU)

Fran Rubel Kuzui
In honor of it's 35th anniversary, Kino Lorber has released a 4K restoration of the charming 1988 rock & romance film staring Japanese heartthrob Diamond Yukai and Carrie Hamilton, a multi-talented actress/singer who also happened to be Carol Burnett's daughter. Long before "Lost In Translation," "Tokyo Pop" explored themes of a young American woman in Tokyo, but one who engages in her surroundings and navigates the cultural differences more constructively. Unfortunately, Carrie Hamilton died young, but this film remains as a shinning example of her talent. Read more

Messiah Of Evil (BLU)

Gloria Katz
Odd that the same writing duo that brought us "American Graffiti," "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" and "Howard the Duck" also created the 1973 moody horror film "Messiah of Evil." But that's just one of the many wonderful mysteries of life I guess. The plot is baffling yet intriguing - a woman sifts through her late father's art and diaries, but ends up dealing with cannibalistic ghouls. See it for the atmospheric bohemian beachside setting and the stylish visuals, not to mention an amazing zombie supermarket scene. Read more

Columbo: The 1970s (Seasons 1-7) (BLU)

There is no greater joy in life than having unfettered access to "Columbo," the LA-based police procedural that ran for years in the 1970s. I will never get tired of watching Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo, the disheveled police detective who is an underdog and everyman, stick it to the elite week after week by uncovering their murders. Great cameos from Leonard Nimoy, Roddy McDowall, Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, and so many more. Read more

Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (BLU)

Eric Appel
But of course, Weird Al Yankovic's biopic would be a parody of a biopic. If you expected anything different, you should be put in irony jail. As a complete Weird Al lifer, I can honestly say that this movie made the pandemic survivable when it was originally released as on Roku. Now the Blu-ray/DVD can be ours for endless viewings. Daniel Radcliffe makes for an astoundingly good Al, showing the world the comedy chops we never quite knew he had. But really, no one can sub for the real deal, so lucky for us Al has a cameo in this film as label dude Tony Scotti. Read more

Barbie (BLU)

Greta Gerwig
The live-action Barbie movie goes beyond the plastic veneer of the Mattel doll, and delves into gender roles and expectations with humor and heart. Directed by Greta Gerwig and with a screenplay written by Noah Baumbach, Barbie creates a highly entertaining work of eye candy that is somehow filled with existential crises and questions of self-image. A+++ Read more
ryan
Amoeba San Francisco
Sri Syadasti

After Hours, Product Type: (BLU)

Martin Scorsese, Product
Nice update for a film with challenging cinematography. For me the mid 80s was a golden era in the sudden ability to rent cult movies from the video shops. Caught this blindly on release and unlike tons of movies I can’t even remember seeing, this one left a mark. Read more

Black Classical Music, Product Type: (LP)

Yusef Dayes, Product Title:
Nicely caffeinated jazz fusion. A bit of a departure from the yacht-hop vibe of Night Rider and more of a return to the Yusef Kamaal record vibe. RIYL Thundercat, Mansur Brown etc. Read more