Michael Jackson Archives • Ink 19

Einstein, Michael Jackson & Me
- Print Reviews
- April 20, 2020
Rock publicist Howard Bloom dishes the dirt on the all the big names in entertainment with an insider’s eye for the absurd.
Dons of Disco
- Screen Reviews
- May 3, 2019
A lip-syncing scandal pits an American singer against an Italian male model over the legacy of 1980s ‘Italo Disco’ star Den Harrow.
Doctor Demento Covered in Punk
- Music Reviews
- March 13, 2019
Doctor Demento Covered in Punk (Demented Punk Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Washed Out
- Event Reviews
- July 21, 2017
Washed Out wash over Orlando and Jen Cray is swept away on the acid wave.
letlive.
- Event Reviews
- July 5, 2016
letlive. give a still healing Orlando, and Jen Cray, a reason to enjoy the night.
Jake Shimabukuro
- Music Reviews
- October 22, 2015
Travels (Hitchhike Records). Review by James Mann.
Janet Jackson
- Event Reviews
- October 2, 2015
Janet Jackson is pop music royalty and proved it in Orlando. Jen Cray can’t believe she witnessed it!

Let’s Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain
- Print Reviews
- January 9, 2015
It’s been 30 years since Purple Rain. Alan Light takes us back.
Robbie Fulks
- Music Reviews
- August 12, 2013
Gone Away Backward (Bloodshot Records). Review by James Mann.
NKOTBSB
- Event Reviews
- August 4, 2011
New Kids on the Block and Backstreet Boys have joined forces to dominate the hearts of pop fans this summer. When the NKOTBSB Tour came through boy band capital of the world, Orlando, Jen Cray peeked in on the frenzy.
Boy George
- Music Reviews
- April 12, 2011
Ordinary Alien (Orchard/Decode ). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Various Artists
- Music Reviews
- January 25, 2011
2011 Grammy Nominees (Columbia Records). Review by Tim Wardyn.
Rock Connections: The Complete Family Tree of Rock ‘n’ Roll
- Print Reviews
- January 18, 2011
Bruno MacDonald aims for a paper wiki of rock history, showing the connections that casual fans might miss, in this interesting take on the history of rock ‘n’ roll.
Bruno Mars
- Music Reviews
- November 15, 2010
It’s Better If You Don’t Understand (Elektra). Review by Robert Sutton.

Fela (Reissues!)
- Music Reviews
- August 24, 2010
Fela Kuti: Na Poi + Chop ‘N Quench (Knitting Factory). Review by Shelton Hull.
Beatles Deeper Undercover
- Print Reviews
- April 21, 2010
Does that sound like the Beatles to you? Author Kristofer Engelhardt delivers an updated version of his exhaustive 1998 guide, detailing the individual Beatles‘ musical contributions to other artists’ recordings.
Rock The Bells
- Event Reviews
- August 13, 2009
Rock the Bells kicked off its 2009 hip-hop festival tour in Chicago — just two days after Michael Jackson’s sudden death. Chris Catania took in this year’s finest while ruminating on the psychology of a crowd in mourning.
Pop Levi
- Interviews
- November 24, 2008
How do you dethrone the “King of Pop”? Let the current king disappear to Bahrain and get sued for $7 million by an Arab sheik; take your kaleidoscopic and playful songs to California’s Westlake Studios where Michael Jackson recorded Thriller; or simply be a boy named Pop. Pop Levi goes 2 of 3 and emerges with Never Never Love, an album shot through with the ghosts of Prince, MJ, and R. Kelly. S D Green and the musical shape-shifter talk the process of Pop.
Hideout Block Party 2008
- Event Reviews
- October 16, 2008
Chris Catania makes it through a weekend of punk, rock, hip hop, sweat, and garbage cans without having his head mistaken for a hi-hat.
Chris Brown
- Music Reviews
- September 30, 2008
Exclusive (Jive). Review by Cindy Barrymore

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- Music Reviews
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- Screen Reviews
- August 13, 2020
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- Music Reviews
- August 12, 2020
Grove House (Now Forward Music). Review by Stacey Zering.
Bush: Live In Tampa
- Screen Reviews
- August 11, 2020
On a hot summer night, Bush plays to a sold out arena in Tampa, Fl, proving that there is still an audience for a high energy rock and roll show.
The 29th Florida Film Festival
- Event Reviews
- August 10, 2020
A stripped-down film festival dips a toe into the Brave New World of masks, distancing and cinema.
The Stooges
- Music Reviews
- August 7, 2020
Live at Goose Lake, August 8th, 1970 (Third Man Records). Review by Scott Adams.