Culture Court
Rick McGrath

Geisterfaust review of Bohren latest CD (framed against their previous work)

Bohren & the Club of Gore doom jazz from Germany. CDs Sunset Mission, Black Earth, etc. This unique group gets 4 eyes on the Ojo scale.

UP review of Shania Twain's CD (3 eyes)

Interview With A Diva Ojo's 15 minutes with Lamya (Toronto, October '02)

Learning From Falling review of Lamya's debut CD

Bootleg Music "These Boots Were Made For Burnin'" Confessions of a collector

Gimme Shelter New Criterion DVD of the Maysles Bros documentary of the Stones tragic 1969 Altamont concert (rated 4)

J.G. Ballard: the ultimate collection Book and magazine cover graphics of all known Ballard publications

Night Moves Ojo's Quick Time Theatre: the synaesthetic cinema

The Prisoner Feature review of the cult ITV series, now complete and available on DVD. Influenced by Orson Welles' film of Franz Kafka's The Trial, The Prisoner made actor/producer Patrick McGoohan an international superstar. (rated 4)

Cocksucker Blues Bootleg video. Feature on Robert Frank's underground cinema verite film of the notorious 1972 Rolling Stones tour of North America. "The greatest rock 'n' roll movie ever made," says Ojo.

Franz Kafka's It's A Wonderful Life Four international short films of diverse human interest and cinematic approach. (rated 3)

Lovers Live Sade's first ever "live" concert release... classic Hellenic hypno funk from two recent L.A. concerts (rated 4) 14/2/02

Vozero CD. Feature on the brilliant ex-Roxy Music anglo-latino guitarissimo Phil Manzanera and his latest album (rated 4)

Sade: Lovers Rock CD. After 8 years of silence, the mistress of mystical funk is back with a melancholy album

The Best of Sade CD. Retrospective of Sade's 1994 masterpiece collection (rated 4)

In The Flesh CD. Roger Waters and The Pink Floyd legacy "live" (rated 4)

Shock Corridor DVD. Review of American auteur Sam Fuller's 1963 movie masterpiece

The Meanest Men In The West DVD. Samuel Fuller did the makeover of Dubin's modern western, star. Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson

Pit Stop DVD. Jack Hill's oval-track stock car classic, featuring outstanding figure 8 racing footage

Switchblade Sisters DVD. Review of Jack Hill's post-modern punk gang movie

Spider Baby DVD. Review of Jack Hill's forgotten sexploitation slasher

The Swinging Cheerleaders DVD. Jack Hill, agent auteur, gets sexy on campus

Night Tide DVD. Review of Curtis Harrington's schlock classic, star. Dennis Hopper and Linda Lawson

Sheryl Crow: Rockin The Globe Live DVD. Review of rock diva Sheryl Crow's live concert dvd

Two Against Nature CD. Review of the Steely Dan 2VN comeback album

Two Against Nature DVD. Review of the Steely Dan performance digi flick

Junk Mail Book. Review of Will Self, the U.K. fiction writer & journalist

Grey Area Will Self

Tough Tough Toys For Tough Tough Boys Will Self

My Idea of Fun Will Self

The Quantity Theory of Insanity Will Self

Great Apes Will Self

Girlfriend In A Coma Conversational review of Douglas Coupland's novel during a hockey game

Cosm Review by trial of Gregory Benford's SF novel