REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE – Details, episodes & analysis

This week, we talk to CRAIG FINN of THE HOLD STEADY & ’That’s How I Remember It’ podcast about the legendary cult classic ROCK ’N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL! We discuss how discovering THE RAMONES is a young person’s game, reading THRASHER magazine in the school library, not knowing what bands sounded like, KTEL record complitaions and ROCK 80 LP, the Summer of 1980 AM Rock Radio, Craig seeing STYX’s KILROY WAS HERE tour, vomiting at a DEVO show, $1.92 new wave shows, fantasing about where bands are getting coffee in your hometown when they come through on tour, the VHS release of the film, ROAD TO RUIN LP, Craig getting guitar lessons from punk legend Chris Osgood of The Suicide Commandoes, the singleminded yet 4 headed songwriting beast that was THE RAMONES & the cultish nature of the band, Joe Dante’s script, how producer ROGER CORMAN wanted to cut out the middle of The Ramones songs, DISCO HIGH, teaching the Ramones to walk in the film, staying overnight to get concert tickets, getting punished by your parents by them forcing you to go see a LAURIE ANDERSON concert, our big Ramones regrets, the trouble with filmming the Ramones' live footage and how it almost started a riot, learning about Chicken Vindaloo through the band’s song lyrics, getting the courage to go to a punk rock show, Violent Femmes, our first punk/new wave show we went too, clove cigarettes, The Replacements, ticket prices vs. record prices, under attended hardcore matinee shows, Clint Howard, PJ Soles & Vince Van Patton, does the movie hold up as a cult film, High School permanent records, how the soundtrack turned us on to the MC5 and ENO and the search for those records, Mudhoney & Tad, how the film smartly adds more and more Ramones to the film as it goes on, the Americana side of the Ramones, what Ramones lyric would Craig wished he had written and what lyric of his is the most Ramones, what would a Roger Corman produced Hold Steady movie consist of and what role Clint Howard would play in it and so much more!!!

So, let’s tear up our permanent records on this episode of Revolutions Per Movie!!!

CRAIG FINN:

https://craigfinn.net/

https://theholdsteady.net/

REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:

Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.

The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.

Revolutions Per Movies releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!

SOCIALS:

@revolutionspermovie

X, BlueSky: @revpermovie

THEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For our 50th episode, we talk to the legend PEACHES CHRIST about one of her favorite music documentaries, D.A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus’ DEPECHE MODE 101. We discuss why this film became Pennebaker’s favorite film (over his films about Dylan & Bowie) and why the film director wasn’t a fan when he first started the project, Peaches discovery and obsession with the VHS tape of this doc, how even though Depeche Mode were straight they loved their queer fans, how the band grew into a global sensation, the choices of editing in the film, how the filim was the precusor to MTV’s The Real World & Road Rules, the time Peaches set the stage of her celebration of the film CARRIE on fire, John Waters & Mink Stole, youthful indescretions, the legendary film series MIDNIGHT MASS which includes drag queen rollerderbies and free lap dances with each tub of popcorn purchased, early Halloween productions in the woods, dealing with Russ Meyer, The Cockettes, the boredom and nerves of waiting to go onstage, how different the era was for the the kids in the film and how different it would be made today, the pressure of Depeche Mode playing the rose bowl, nerds as rock icon, Wax Trax Records, trying to upset your parents through your music tastes, when people who are mean to you start loving your favorite bands, Dave Gahan’s stage presence, Freddie Mercury, Peaches’ regrets with Depeche Mode and the band’s crossover into the masses, waiting in line to get concert tickets in a mall, Robert Smith Vs. Ticketmaster, what the fans felt as Alan left Depeche Mode, the grind of band interviews, and Chris discusses the early days of his video store and the search for cult film obscurities.

So let’s watch the curtain drop to reveal the band on this week’s Revolutions Per Movie!!!

https://peacheschrist.com

REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:

Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.

The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.

Revolutions Per Movies releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!

SOCIALS:

@revolutionspermovie

X, BlueSky: @revpermovie

THEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we talked to Jay Gonzalez (solo artist and member of Drive-By Truckers) about the Rockpile (Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds) British TV Doc, Born Fighters. We discuss the Pub Rock scene, Edmunds & Lowe’s early bands, Rockpile getting lumped into the New Wave Scene, Stiff Records, Nick Lowe’s incredible ability to write unforgettable pop songs, recording on 4-track vs. larger studios, RockPile’s amazing quips, playing country fairs, the amount of incredible access given to the filmmakers in this documentary, the debatable merits of Blue Nun Wine and we also have our first Revolutions Per Movie one act-play using dialogue taken verbatim from the climax of the film!

So let's get into our cups on this week's episode of Revolutions Per Movie!

JAY GONZALEZ:

http://www.jaygonzalez.com/

https://www.drivebytruckers.com/index.html

REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:

New episodes of Revolutions Per Movies are released every Thursday, and if you like the show, please subscribe, rate, and review it on your favorite podcast app.

The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. There, you can get weekly exclusive bonus episodes and physical goods just by joining!

SOCIALS:

@revolutionspermovie

X, BlueSky: @revpermovie

THEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we talked to musician and vital member of the late 70s/early 80s Portland Punk Scene, KT Kincaid, who picked the incredible doc, THE SLITS HERE TO BE HEARD. We discussed her and her sister’s importance in the creation of the punk scene, their band NEO BOYS (whose recordings were reissued on K Records), discovering Bowie, seeing punkers before hearing punk, the rarity of finding punk records, picking the bass guitar over other instruments, nobody sounding like The Slits & the genius of Viv Albertine’s guitar playing, being in a band with your sister, getting 50 people to come to a show, the video for ‘Earthbeat’, The Flowers Of Romance, the punk collective mindset & loyalties in the punk scene, opening for Television, practicing non-stop in your first band & taking it so seriously, pooling money to buy records, the violence towards the early punk scene, the gang mentality of being in a band, the magic of chance meetings, getting pissed at the Guardian’s review of this documentary, and Chris reads the minutes from one of the Portland punk collective’s meetings from the late 70s.

Nothing typical here as we dive into this week’s episode of Revolutions Per Movie!

NEO BOYS:

https://neoboys.bandcamp.com/album/sooner-or-later-vol-1-klp242

THE SLITS ‘Earthbeat’ video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqiFYcKEhxs

REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:

Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.

New episodes of Revolutions Per Movies are released every Thursday, and if you like the show, please subscribe, rate, and review it on your favorite podcast app.

The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support the show is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie, where you can get weekly bonus episodes and exclusive goods sent to you just for joining.

SOCIALS:

@revolutionspermovie

X, BlueSky: @revpermovie

THEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, I’m joined by JASON P. WOODBURY (of Aquarium Drunkard) and filmmakers BRIAN LINDSTROM & ANDY BROWN to discuss their incredible new film LOST ANGEL: THE GENIUS OF JUDEE SILL. We talked about Judee Sill’s gnostic relationship to her music and how she backed it up in her lifestyle, what our introductions to her music were like, Sill’s disdain of being lumped in with Christian Rock & opening for rock bands, her influence on Andy Partridge of XTC, how the filmmakers shaped the film over the past ten years, Tooth & Nail Records, the mythologizing of a subject’s life in documentary filmmaking, Asylum Records and her ups and downs with David Geffen, Some Kind Of Monster, Sill’s vulnerability and ego in her diary writings and drawings, how they chose to animate Sill’s artwork and found her voice, Sill’s influence on a new generation of musicians, her iconic Old Grey Whistle Test performance of “The Kiss,” how the film addresses childhood trauma, addiction, and resilience, what parts of Sill’s life didn’t fit into the film, and the power of Alice Coltrane, Sun Ra, Guided By Voices & SST Records, 

So join us as we talk about one of the greatest songwriters to ever be part of the cosmos, Judee Sill, on this week’s Revolutions Per Movie.

WATCH LOST ANGEL: THE GENIUS OF JUDEE SILL

https://greenwichentertainment.com/film/

JASON P. WOODBURY:

https://jasonpwoodbury.com

REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:

Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.

Revolutions Per Movies releases new episodes every Thursday. If you like the show, please subscribe, rate, and review it on your favorite podcast app.

The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. There, you can get weekly bonus episodes and exclusive goods just for joining.

SOCIALS:

@revolutionspermovie

X, BlueSky: @revpermovie

THEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we talked to the legendary musician Bob Bert of Sonic Youth, Pussy Galore, Chrome Cranks, Lydia Lunch Retrovirus & Bewitched, who picked the equally legendary Danny Fields documentary, Danny Says, to discuss. We talk about Danny’s trials with the bands he loved and discovered (including The Stooges, MC5, Jonathan Richman & The Ramones); the notion of chance meetings in art; Danny breaking the news of John Lennon saying ‘The Beatles are bigger than Jesus Christ’ and the aftermath he created for them; changing a guitar string without stopping playing a song; 16 Magazine; Bob’s early shows seeing Suicide, Wayne County, Patti Smith, New York Dolls & Television; the greatness of Dead Moon & The Scientists; WFMU; shoplifting MC5 records; the Super 8mm punk document Blank Generation; how he joined both Sonic Youth & Pussy Galore; Rock Scene magazine, the genesis of the Pussy Galore drum set he built and how it hurts to play it, his process with publishing BB Gun Magazine, doing drugs and seeing Pink Floyd, unsung NYC band heroes, planning out your whole week around rock shows, Max’s Kansas City and why we haven’t gotten a Jonathan Richman documentary yet!

So, let’s roll our eyes along with the singular force that changed music forever on this week’s Revolutions Per Movie.

BOB BERT:

https://goner-records.com/products/im-just-drummer-bob-bert-book-hozac

Instagram: @therealbobbert

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REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:

Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.

Revolutions Per Movies releases new episodes every Thursday. If you like the show, please subscribe, rate, and review it on your favorite podcast app.

The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. There, you can get weekly bonus episodes and exclusive goods just for joining.

SOCIALS:

@revolutionspermovie

X, BlueSky: @revpermovie

THEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, we talked to UK journalist, author & manager Ralph Moore, who chose the documentary about Amy Winehouse, AMY, to discuss. We talk about the line you have to walk managing artists, Amy’s parent’s new documentary Reclaiming Amy, The Frank album, Mark Ronson, the Coventry Music scene, how the film is one of the best representations of what it is like to be hounded by the paparazzi and what has changed with the UK press since Amy’s life, how they acquired the footage in the film, seeing Amy Winehouse live, how the film is like a home movie where Amy is looking you in the eyes, how the film does not romanticize Amy’s life or her addictions, the trials of being a public figure, aligning the morals of the artist with the art, Radiohead, the pressures of being a true icon, the early adopters of Nirvana and Oasis, seeing a band you love on the cusp of breaking through, the UK music press and how it has changed over the years, can you manage an artist and still be a friend, art and commerce, Amy and Tony Bennett’s moment together in the film and so much more. 

So join us on this week's Revolutions Per Movie as we discuss one of the most personal looks at an artist ever made.

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REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:

Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.

New episodes of Revolutions Per Movies are released every Thursday, and if you like the show, please subscribe, rate, and review it on your favorite podcast app.

The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. There, you can get weekly exclusive bonus episodes and physical goods just by joining!

SOCIALS:

@revolutionspermovie

X, BlueSky: @revpermovie

THEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest this week is Jim Gavin (the creator of AMC’s incredible series Lodge 49 and author of Middle Men), who chose to discuss the Jawbreaker documentary Don’t Break Down. We talk about the band’s grip on their fans, the eventual backlash against Jawbreaker, lyrics that destroy you, the Masonic world and the genesis of Lodge 49, East Coast punk vs. West Coast punk, Lilies/Broadcast/Stereolab and other sonic rabbit holes, creating imaginary mentors, the legendary Jabberjaw/L.A. scene, creating your own mythology about a band, obsessing over Blake’s lyrics, the nature of imploding bands, the concept of selling out and Nirvana’s success, music as time travel, looking for a specific sound and hiring a private detective to find a specific song.

So please don't turn your back towards the band on this week's Revolutions Per Movie!!!

JIM GAVIN:

https://www.vogue.com/article/lodge-49-ode-the-best-television-show-you-missed

https://twitter.com/jimatdeltaco

https://www.tigervanbooks.com/

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REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:

Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.

New episodes of Revolutions Per Movies are released every Thursday, and if you like the show, please subscribe, rate, and review it on your favorite podcast app.

The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support the show is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie, where you can get weekly bonus episodes and exclusive goods sent to you just for joining.

SOCIALS:

@revolutionspermovie

X, BlueSky: @revpermovie

THEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey everyone! This episode about the Roger Corman (RIP) film Slumber Party Massacre came out today, so we've decided to let everyone hear this bonus Patreon episode to celebrate Corman's legacy. And if you're enjoying this show, please consider supporting Patreon.com/RevolutionsPerMovie, where you will get the bonus episodes, stand-alone shows (like Coffee with Krummeancher & A Very Opinionated Look at URGH! A MUSIC WAR), physical goods sent out to you and to also reserve your copy of the upcoming Flexidisc with Peter Buck of R.E.M. & Vanessa Briscoe Hay of Pylon that is coming this Fall! Thanks everyone...enjoy!

In this bonus episode, I’m joined by horror filmmaker Jim Hickcox & film critic Craig Wright of Split Tooth Media, who will be turning us on to the heavy metal horror that is SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE 2!  We discuss the backstory behind the film, how it got changed by Roger Corman, how critical the horror movie community is, creating dance sequences in movies, famous monsters vs. fangoria, promotional items that were sent to video stores, horny boy creeps in horror movies, sequel success rate, the garage band members that are the heroes of the movie, whether a guitar with a drill on the end is the best murder device in a film ever, as well as the fact that Steve Wynn of Dream Syndicate is a definite six-degree part of this film!

So don’t go to sleep (or go all the way) in this week’s exclusive Bonus Episode of Revolutions Per Movie!

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This week, the one that started it all for me, Devo’s Jerry Casale, joins me on the podcast to talk about Devo’s film and video legacy. We discuss the origin story of their first short film, the films that influenced Casale and Devo’s aesthetic, their early jobs and the pressures of Ohio, how ‘Bonnie & Clyde’ influenced the 'Beautiful World’ video, meeting collaborator Chuck Statler, where Rod Rooter’s dialogue came from, Club Devo and the difficulties making their merchandise, Jerry tells the plot of the Devo feature-length film script that never got made (including one that was going into production with Francis Ford Coppola & one with William Friedkin), how they directed their conservative looking extras and General Boy, meeting their idols, how they constructed their live shows, phone calls from the video Commissioner of MTV, censorship, working with Soundgarden, Bruce Connor’s ‘Mongoloid’ short film, transgressive art, people being scared of Devo, Kent State & the Vietnam War as the antecedents of Devolution, crawling out of the basement, the communal mindset of the members of Devo, the antagonistic nature against Devo from interviewers, having fun with the audience while rubbing their nose in it, the groundbreaking & primitive ‘Oh No It’s Devo’ tour, making ‘The Men Who Make The Music’ and having your own action figure made of you.

So...peek-a-boo...let's all get devolved together on this week's Revolutions Per Movie!!!

JERRY CASALE (videos, action figures, music, art):

https://www.geraldvcasale.com/

DEVO:

https://www.clubdevo.com/

LIMITED EDITION REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE SHIRT:

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REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:

Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide.

New episodes of Revolutions Per Movies are released every Thursday, and if you like the show, please subscribe, rate, and review it on your favorite podcast app.

The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support the show is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie, where you can get weekly bonus episodes and exclusive goods sent to you just for joining.

SOCIALS:

@revolutionspermovie

X, BlueSky: @revpermovie

THEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.