REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE – Details, episodes & analysis

This week, I'm releasing a one-two punch of Judas Priest-related films. On today's episode, I’m joined by EVAN 'FUNK' DAVIES, legendary DJ on WFMU, who brings us a Heavy Metal Parking Lot-adjacent film to discuss today: ROCK STAR (loosely based on the story of Tim "Ripper" Owens, who replaced Rob Halford of Judas Priest after being in a Judas Priest cover band).

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We also talk about the NYC club scene of the late 70s and early 80s, take a jealous look back at the club calendars at that era, how scared I was to visit NYC for the first time, AM radio vs FM radio, WFMU, has there ever been a good movie about being a DJ,

DJing your high school cafeteria, seeing the film ROCK STAR on opening day with only one other person in the theater, the saga of "Ripper" Owens, Dominic West of The Wire & Timothy Olyphant of Deadwood playing rock gods in the film, the difference between a tribute band and a cover band, passive aggressively kicking people out of bands, Mark Wahlberg as the lead singer of the fictional band Steel Dragon, and his ever-changing accent, how I was in a Guided By Voices cover band before joining the real Guided By Voices, the mindset of the parents in the film who let Steel Dragon play their oil refinery, seeing bands fight on stage, Jennifer Aniston as the manager in the film, the many problematic scenes in the film, the trouble with loving bands that have drastic lineup changes, Cheap Trick, the amazing story of the film coming to the screen, Pussy Galore tribute bands, seeing Television live, how the end of this film has one of the dumbest endings of all time, how some of the movie’s fake metal songs actually rule and so much more.

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

BlueSky: @revpermovie

THEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com 

ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

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This week I’m joined by WILCO's MIKAEL JORGENSON to discuss a film he knows backward and forwards: HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT!  But that's not all… I also got to blow his mind with surprise guest JEFF KRULIK--The Co-Creator of HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT!!!

We discuss Mikael’s endless creativity and how he decides where to put his energy on any given day, the many hours he spent as a teenager making music on his IBM floppy drive computer, doing David Letterman-style comedy audio cassette recordings, how unusual it was to see Mikael with a computer on stage during his first Wilco tour (and how common it is now), how intense it was for him to join an established band like Wilco, tribalism in music scenes, how the documentary is both terrifying and comforting, how shirtless people outnumber people wearing shirts in this film, Mikael’s religious upbringing and its impact on his fear of heavy metal, KISS being in children's TV shows, the genesis of Heavy Metal Parking Lot and how the film found an audience due to VHS tape trading culture, a reenactment of Zebraman’s anti punk rock tirade, the undying loyalty of metal fans, Neil Diamond Parking Lot & Heavy Metal Picnic, Judas Priest’s reaction to the film, Jeff trying to eat Judas Priest’s food backstage, Sofia Coppola wanting to use the film in her work, reconnecting with the stars of Heavy Metal Parking Lot decades later and so much more.

So let's smoke a joint so big it stretches across America on this week's episode of Revolutions Per Movie!

HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT: https://www.heavymetalparkinglot.com/

MIKAEL JORGENSON: https://mikaeljorgensen.com/

JEFF KRULIK: https://jeffkrulik.com/

WILCO: https://wilcoworld.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

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 JoE Silva, the author of The Minimoog Book and host of Athens 411, who chose the film Moog to discuss.

We talk about how JoE first met Robert Moog and then went on a 14 year journey to write The Minimoog Book, Rush's Geddy Lee writing the preface to the book, the incredible stories surrounding Sun Ra as one of the first musicians to get a Minimoog, the strange era where digital synths overtook analog synths, how shy and gentle Robert Moog was, Moog's onstage work with Yes, the synth company's humble beginnings, the music industry’s fear of synths replacing 'real' musicians, Kraftwerk, why live music was the most important factor for Moog making his instruments, JoE’s time with Eno, the amazing early documentary footage of the Moog factory, Bernie Worrell & Rick Wakeman’s outdated conversation in the film, DJ Spooky, Taco Bell’s 'Island Of Electronicus, Stereolab, our top 3 synth parts of all time and more. 

So let's set the oscillators to the max on this week's episode of Revolutions Per Movie!

JoE SILVA: https://www.athens441.org/about

THE BOOK: https://bjooks.com/products/the-minimoog-book

THE FILM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRsSSjqZ1yk

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

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 Andrew Rieger (Elf Power, Elephant 6 Recording Co.) about the Ringo Starr directed film ‘Marc Bolan: Born To Boogie.’ We discussed our long-time obsession with all things Bolan, if Ringo is a good movie director, the missing charisma of certain guitar players, and the visual & filmic sensibilities of the artists that make up the new doc, ‘The Elephant 6 Recording Co.’

Some people like to rock…some people like to roll on this week’s episode of Revolutions Per Movie.

Andrew Rieger:

https://www.orangetwin.com/

https://elephant6.com/

Theme by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

Artwork by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

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 rank and review it on your favorite podcast app.

Thanks!

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

VERA DREW:

This week, we talked about Pink Floyd: The Wall with actor/director/writer Vera Drew (The People’s Joker, Tim & Eric, Sasha Baron Cohen’s ‘Who Is America?’).  We discussed how both the album and the film ended up being one of her biggest inspirations in making her film, how Pink Floyd has influenced her life immensely (including her name change), the battle over the release of The People’s Joker, copyright law and fair use, the band Negativland, working with child actors, as well as her time working with Tim & Eric.

Join us as we ask…is there anybody out there...is there anybody out there…is there anybody out there…on this week’s episode of Revolutions Per Movie!

Vera Drew:

veradrew.com

www.thepeoplesjoker.com

watch.eventive.org/weirdweekend

@VeraDrew22

Theme by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

Artwork by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

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 rank and review it on your favorite podcast app.

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

This haunted Halloween week, we talk to the L.A.-based musician Chaki, who is also the legendary host of The Hollywood Punk Rock Graveyard Tour. We discussed the recent music documentary, This Is Gwar, and talked about how the two main creators of the band never buried the hatchet, the arrest of Oderus and censorship in music, the Gwar aesthetic and mythos, and what it’s like to discover your new favorite band while watching Jerry Springer.

So does the cursed offspring Gor Gor doth dane to spoil our moment of triumph and glory? Find out on this week’s episode of Revolutions Per Movie.

Chaki:

www.instagram.com/punkrockgraveyardtour/

www.instagram.com/chakifunkwizard

Theme by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

Artwork by Jeff T. Owens

linktr.ee/mymetalhand

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 rank and review it on your favorite podcast app.

Thanks!

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This week, we talk to the legendary UK author & musician Paul Hanley (The Fall, House of All & ‘Leave The Capital’). He picked the divisive Clash film ‘Rude Boy’ to discuss at length. Along the way, we discuss lead ‘actor’ Ray Gange’s perfect aloofness and failure as a roadie, the notion of punk rock musicians as actors, The Clash’s repudiation of the film, and whether or not The Fall’s Mark E. Smith gave The Clash a pass.

On a side note…the original recording of this conversation was corrupted, so we had to use the backup. We apologize for any crunchiness, but maybe you could think of this episode as our ‘Are You Are Missing Winner’ of the series!

So let’s salute the new wave and hope nobody escapes on this week’s episode of Revolutions Per Movie.

Paul Hanley:

https://www.route-online.com/blog/category/authors

https://houseofall.bandcamp.com/

Theme by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

Artwork by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

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 rank and review it on your favorite podcast app.

Thanks!

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This week, we talked to actor/writer/musician Julie Klausner (Hulu’s ‘Difficult People, Double Threat Podcast, ‘I Don’t Care About Your Band’) about Nancy Sinatra’s 1967 TV Special ‘Movin’ With Nancy.’ We obsess over Nancy’s dedication to the art of her lip-syncs, the magic of her partnership with Lee Hazlewood, how the special is also an unintentional horror movie & why Ringo Starr, Throbbing Gristle & Davy Jones would have been perfect duet partners with Nancy.

So pour yourself a goblet of that mad, mad, mad, mad cola and take the passenger seat straight into heaven on this week’s episode of Revolutions Per Movie.

JULIE KLAUSNER:

julieklausner.com/

'SILENCE' music video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FY9DSQJN_…nel=JulieKlausner

JULIE'S BENEFIT FOR TRANS LIFELINE: www.teepublic.com/user/giantgiant/…lence-collection

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.

Theme by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

Artwork by Jeff T. Owens

linktr.ee/mymetalhand

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

Thanks!

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This week, we talked to musician Nick Aguilar, who chose the documentary film “We Jam Econo,” which focused on the legendary punk band The Minutemen. Since Nick has performed and toured with The Minutemen’s Mike Watt, he has excellent insight into the world of the LA punk rock scene, SST records, growing up in San Pedro, and, of course, being in the van with the legend that is Mike Watt.

So, fellow corndogs, get in and let’s mersh out about The Minutemen and “we Jam Econo” on this episode of 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.

Nick Aguilar:

www.instagram.com/nickguyone/

Theme by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

Artwork by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

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

Thanks!

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In celebration of the 40th anniversary & theatrical re-issue of TALKING HEADS' classic concert film, ‘Stop Making Sense’, we discussed the film with EVA WALKER (Sub-Pop recording artist The Black Tones, KEXP’s Early show). We talked about getting to see the original concert tour in person, how the smallest stage moves can create the biggest waves, why Taking Heads initially creeped Eva out, the follies of being a young music snob, Eva working with Stop Making Sense performer Ednah Holt & how Tina Weymouth is the fucking coolest. 

So, all you slippery people, prepare to get your knees wobbling back and forth as we dive into this week’s Revolutions Per Movie.

Eva Walker:

https://www.theblacktones.com/

https://www.subpop.com/artists/the_black_tones

https://www.kexp.org/djs/eva/

Theme by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'

www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com

Artwork by Jeff T. Owens

https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

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

Thanks!

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