Vinyl Voyage Radio

9 1/2 Weeks came out in 1986 to mixed reviews. Well, more negative than mixed.  In a preview of the film to a theater of 1000 people, most walked out before the movie even finished. Of the 40 that stayed, on a questionnaire, 36 of them said that they "hated it." Roger Ebert gave the film 3 1/2 stars, however, and claimed it to be the biggest erotic big-budget film since the Last Tango in Paris .  And those of you who have seen this film are right now thinking about food and ice and...hats. (Nudge, Nudge, wink, wink, say no more!) The film stars Kim Basinger and Mickey Rourke, two strangers who meet in a super market and carry on a rather kinky relationship.  John, played by a handsome pre-plastic-surgery-disaster Rourke, becomes increasingly controlling of the relationship until Elizabeth, played by Basinger, has the guts to call it quits. The film was directed by Adrian Lyne, who helmed the mega-hit Flashdance three years earlier. Like his previous film, h...

Adventures in Vinyl is now available as a podcast. Over the last two years, I have gotten several requests in regard to making Adventures in Vinyl available in podcast form. It was always difficult, especially in regard to rights management and so forth. But all of that has been worked out and, starting this year, each episode of Adventures in Vinyl will be available for download in the month following its broadcast. So here it is, the first episode of Adventures in Vinyl of 2013 (which is actually episode 19) featuring Dynamic Sound . You can listen below, or download the entire episode. Enjoy. The official Adventures in Vinyl podcast page can be found here .  

Join us for the premiere episode of Cine/Spin right here on Vinyl Voyage Radio.  Every month, we will highlight a movie soundtrack album on vinyl.  The show will feature the album played in its entirety, plus information about the music and the movie. This month the featured album is the soundtrack for She's Having a Baby , a John Hughes romantic comedy from 1988. John Hughes almost single-highhandedly created the "various artists" soundtrack album in the early 80s, especially with his teen-oriented films such as Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club .  In fact, Hughes founded a company, in conjunction with IRS records, called "Hughes Music" in order to distribute the soundtrack albums for his films. She's Having a Baby tells the story of Jake and Kristy Briggs, played by Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern. The film follows the couple from their wedding to the birth of their first child.  Narrated by Jake, the film focuses on the trials and tri...