Thursday, June 21, 2012

Goodbye Andrew Sarris (1928-2012)



as a young man, with the great one....



as an older man, with his wife, the very talented film writer Molly Haskell...



in late life, at the machine...

More than any other writer, he's responsible for shaping how I think and care about film.
RIP

Reviews for The Vinyl District- Superchunk's "This Summer" b/w "Cruel Summer" and Pianosaurus' GROOVY NEIGHBORHOOD



Superchunk review here


Pianosaurus review here



Reviews for The Vinyl District- The Bizarros' THE COMPLETE COLLECTION 1976-1980, The Melvins' FREAK PUKE and Saturday Looks Good to Me's ALL YOUR SUMMER SONGS




Bizarros review here


Melvins review here


Saturday Looks Good review here


Reviews for The Vinyl District- Public Image Limited's THIS IS PIL, Grass Widow's INTERNAL LOGIC and Harry Nilsson's NILSSON SINGS NEWMAN



PiL review here


Grass Widow review here


Harry Nilsson review here



Reviews For The Vinyl District- Paul & Linda McCartney's RAM, HEAVY BLANKET and The Clean's COMPILATION



Paul & Linda review here


J Mascis' wailing ultimate review here


The Clean review here


Reviews for The Vinyl District- Best Coast's THE ONLY PLACE, The Sugarman 3's WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW and Copernicus' NOTHING EXISTS



Best Coast review here


Sugarman 3 review here


Copernicus review here



Reviews for The Vinyl District- Cornershop's URBAN TURBAN, OFF!'s S/T and Daryl Hall's SACRED SONGS



Cornershop review here



OFF! review here


Daryl Hall review here



Reviews for The Vinyl District- Brian Jonestown Massacre's AUFHEBEN, Lee Hazlewood's THE LHI YEARS and Beastie Boys' LOVE AMERICAN STYLE EP



BJM review here


Lee review here


RIP MCA here



Live Review from the Vinyl District- Mike Watt with J Mascis, Murph and other special guests at Le Poisson Rouge, NYC 5/2/12



Watt & J throwing down. Photo by Nate S. Rhodes

live review here