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