This week, we are joined by Sue Carpenter, the author and director of 40 WATTS FROM NOWHERE, which documents her pirate radio stations in SF and LA.
We talk about what made her want to turn her book into a documentary, how her station also became a theatrical experience, the incredible amount of documentation she did considering it was a pirate radio station, what makes starting a traditional radio station almost impossible, her incredible roster of DJs from Mike Watt to Keith Morris, climbing over her bed to broadcast, people triangulating the station's signal to try to find her, theft and the unknowns of running the station, getting artists like The Jesus & Mary Chain and Spiritualized to the station’s secret location, the film Pump Up The Volume, how the FCC found out about the station and the final showdown for the station.
So head to the left of the dial on this week's Revolutions Per Movie!
SUE CARPENTER:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nnNX1AeB_g
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/224894.40_Watts_from_Nowhere
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.
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