One of the very few films that somewhat understood punk and that awkward time of someone being pretty sure they want to be punk, but not doing so hot at it. That part may be a little to familiar for many. The rest of it, hopefully less so...
Read moreDennis Hopper on David Letterman talking Blue Velvet and River’s Edge
Sadly this clip does not include the anecdote about the night Natalie Wood took a Champagne bath that Hopper related during the interview. The time I played slide guitar on a performance of Roy Orbison’s ‘In Dreams‘ with Brown...
Read moreRemembering Dennis Hopper Part 1
The above is from Hermann Vaske’s excellent The Fine Art of Separating People From Their Money. I used to make everyone in my art department and all the sales reps who used our materials watch this movie. The work and life of Dennis Hopper...
Read moreWhy We Do This: The Fall
The Fall: The Wonderful and Frightening World of Mark E. Smith is a marvelous BBC documentary from a few years back that I was pointed to by Richard Metzger. It is available to see on YouTube in nine parts. The first part is above. Around when...
Read moreWhat the Future Sounded Like
I’ve watched this documentary on EMS (Electronic Music Studios) every few months since I first discovered it. MAKE magazine blogged it a few days ago. I recently saw this awesome ad for the EMS VCS3 (below) at the excellent Issues Newsstand...
Read moreThe Strange World of Maxwell Maltz
By John Culhane. This is a documentary about the famous plastic surgeon Maxwell Maltz. He wrote plays which included himself as one of the characters. He was also a best selling author of the book Psycho-Cybernetics which came out in 1966. The...
Read moreI Need That Record! Indie Record Store Documentary
Record Store Day is this Saturday. 3,000 Indie record stores have closed in the US in the last decade. “I Need That Record! The Death (or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store” by guerrilla filmmaker Brendan Toller features...
Read moreGo Get: The Yes Men Fix the World DVD
Go buy one of these babies right now and share with all your friends. THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business...
Read moreJason Martin – French Poodle
New video from Jason Martin. Jason will be performing live and exhibiting at the NYU MFA Thesis Exhibition 2010. The opening reception is Tuesday, March 6, 2010 Jason’s artist page on the exhibit site. Coverage of the show in the New...
Read moreLady Starlight-order of magnitude
The Mystery Deepens. Second in the series from Lady Starlight, starring BREEDLOVE and DARIAN DARLING.
Read moreStephen Fry on Language
While assembling the accounts and inventories of the past year that the IRS wants for some reason or other, I have spent an excessive amount of that time with a TV on. I have gone through an incredible number of season box sets and the like...
Read moreWeirdo Records
Record Store Day is just two weeks away! We’re starting the countdown with this awesome stop-motion spot by Linda Aubry Bullock for Cambridge’s Weirdo Records.
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