REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE

Welcome to the 150th episode of Revolutions Per Movie and what better guest to celebrate it with than LOU BARLOW (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr., Folk Implosion)!!!Now, Lou brought a VHS tape I had never seen before, The PANTERA VHS tape VULGAR VIDEO, and I countered that we should also discuss his SEBADOH 1993 tour video, made the same year. This episode is one for the ages!We discuss the Barlow Family General Store, our mental health as teenagers listening to hardcore punk, Au Pairs & Bush Tetras, sending cash in the mail to get punk records, our early teenage jobs, Renaldo & The Loaf, selling out, Exodus and the Bay Area metal scene, anti-metal stances, Lou being in the crosshairs for being transgressive with his music and attitude, how Lou shot the Sebadoh tour video with in-camera editing, living like a sub-human during the early Dinosaur Jr. days, is Metallica's Kill Em All actually a power pop masterpiece, Lou wanting Sentridoh to push listeners’ buttons, how dark the Pantera VHS tape is and how it shines a light on America at the time, Am Rep, shaving your head for Pantera, the genius editing and montages created by the late Dimebag Darrell in Vulgar Video, the Skid Row crossover VHS tape, why Portland Sebadoh shows were so fully charged with antagonism, Black Sabbath, the Gaffney peach, and more for this lop-sided celebration of all things that make up Revolutions Per Movie!!!LOU BARLOW:SEBADOH 1993 TOUR VIDEO : youtube.com/watch?v=unRC0O9jOzI&t=148sMICROJAMMIN' JERK (1995 SEBADOH TOUR) : youtube.com/watch?v=239Y4wlt9xQbarlowfamilygeneralstore.comloubarlow.bandcamp.com/PANTERA: VULGAR VIDEO : youtube.com/watch?v=uvlaDaa0ycAREVOLUTIONS 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 Movie 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!PATREON:The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes and series such as A Very Opinionated Look At Urgh! A Music War & What Makes The Midnight So Special?, physical goods such as a limited edition 7" Flexidisc, and other exclusive goods that I send out to you for supporting the show. It helps the show to keep going and is greatly appreciated!TIP JAR:ko-fi.com/revolutionspermovieSOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

Welcome to our bi-monthly ENCORE PRESENTATION of classic REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE episodes from the vault! Today I bring you one of the most beloved episodes of RPM ever--a deep dive into the magical lives of REDD KROSS with JEFF & STEVEN McDONALD and the director of the documentary BORN INNOCENT: THE REDD KROSS STORY. At the time of our discussion, the film had barely reached human eyeballs, but now it's available on all sorts of physical formats and streaming. If I were still operating my video store, this would have been referred to as a 5-tape film (our highest ranking!). Enjoy!(Episode 66 originally aired on Dec 12th, 2024).ORIGINAL SHOW NOTES:This week, we are joined by legends Jeff & Steven McDonald of REDD KROSS and Andrew Reich, the director of the new Redd Kross documentary ‘BORN INNOCENT: THE REDD KROSS STORY.' A band very close to my heart and record collection, we discussed so much in this episode, including the Elks Lodge Punk Rock riot and the story of their parents rescuing them from it, Andrew’s gateway into hearing the band for the first time, Jeff’s early hair regiment and the moment the band decided they would cut their hair no more, their shows with Black Flag and The Go-Go's, the brother dynamic and what it's like starting your band at age 11 and 15, convincing their parents to drop them off at punk rock shows and how hard was it to get their parents to agree to be in the movie, how the film took almost 10 years to complete and what made Andrew want to be the one to direct it, the brother dynamic, the magic in how Redd Kross write songs, razzamataz, the cover art of Born Innocent, reclaiming the fun after the traumas of their youth, garbage culture, Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls and discovering Pink Flamingos, how video stores saved our young minds, what it was like acting in the Lovedoll films, Anarchy 6 (The Rutles of hardcore punk), their massive influence on the American underground and what later became grunge, Sub-Pop, working with Geza X and being out of their minds on drugs while recording theTeen Babes from Monsanto LP, the multitude of band members that have gone through the ranks of the band over the years, Bowie being at their first nightclub show, could Redd Kross ever existed anywhere else but L.A., breaking down their tragic show at the legendary CITY GARDENS venue, the night Jeff taunted the Suicidal Tendencies crew, the power and safety of wearing a guitar on stage, who would play Redd Kross in the big screen biopic version of their story and so much more!So blow a kiss in the wind and let your hair grow long on this week's episode of Revolutions Per Movie!!!REDD KROSS:https://www.reddkrossfilm.com/https://reddkross.com/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 Movie 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!PATREON:The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes and series such as A Very Opinionated Look At Urgh! A Music War & What Makes The Midnight So Special?, physical goods such as a limited edition 7" Flexidisc, and other exclusive goods that I send out to you for supporting the show. It helps the show to keep going and is greatly appreciated!TIP JAR:ko-fi.com/revolutionspermovieSOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovie

This week on Revolutions Per Movie, I am joined by Jack Turner, the owner of AnimatronicsWarehouse, as we look at the documentary The Rock-afire Explosion and his life restoring the iconic animatronic band to its original form.We discuss how Jack stumbled onto the world of animatronics, how The Rock-afire Explosion introduced him to the music of The Beatles and The Monkees, why animatronics are still being portrayed as the enemy in pop culture, The Rock-afire Explosion's versions of the White Album and Abbey Road medleys, the genius of inventor Aaron Fletcher (who went from a door to door salesman to producing 50 Rock-afire shows every 3 months), the incredible band Aaron put together to play the music of Rock-afire, the emotional component for the fans of Rock-afire within the documentary, how Super Furry Animals are the musical thread throughout the documentary (including a SFA Rock-afire performance), how the band actually works mechanically, the amazingly hypnotic videos of Jack restoring the Rock-afire, the change from Rock-afire to Chuck E Cheese, Jack programing a Rock-afire show for a Clipse & Tyler, The Creator music video, deciding how often they should blink and much more!JACK TURNER:https://www.animatronicswarehouse.com/https://www.youtube.com/@animatronicswarehouseHost 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 Movie 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!PATREON:The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes and series such as A Very Opinionated Look At Urgh! A Music War & What Makes The Midnight So Special?, physical goods such as a limited edition 7" Flexidisc, and other exclusive goods that I send out to you for supporting the show. It helps the show to keep going and is greatly appreciated!TIP JAR:ko-fi.com/revolutionspermovieSOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

This week we are joined by narrative film director Chandler Levack to discuss her video store-centered film, I Like Movies, and her latest film, based on her time as a music critic in Montreal, Mile End Kicks.We discuss her teenage years working at Blockbuster video and what kind of employee she was, getting her start writing music reviews at age 18, music critic heroes, what Montreal meant for music in the 2010s, working with Barbie Ferreira (Euphoria) who plays a version of herself in Mile End Kicks, recreating and revisiting personal trauma in her films, Alanis Morissette’s Jagged LIttle Pill, musicals based on rock albums, the struggle to get Mile End Kicks made, Susan Seidelman’s Smithereens, the fictitious band Bone Patrol, Patti Smith, breaking down some of the deep cut Canadian jokes in her films, Sloan, Much Music, the surreal aspect of having Adam Sandler help make her latest film Roommates, what kind of film does Chandler want to make next, and more!CHANDLER LEVACK:PUP MUSIC VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gnntMvMgx4I LIKE MOVIES TRAILER:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yvWA1h3p04MILE END KICKS TRAILER:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzaCmw_VrlICHANDLER LEVACK: instagram.com/clevackHost 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 Movie 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!PATREON:The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes and series such as A Very Opinionated Look At Urgh! A Music War & What Makes The Midnight So Special?, physical goods such as a limited edition 7" Flexidisc, and other exclusive goods that I send out to you for supporting the show. It helps the show to keep going and is greatly appreciated!TIP JAR:ko-fi.com/revolutionspermovieSOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

Welcome to our bi-monthly ENCORE PRESENTATION of classic REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE episodes from the vault! Aw....this early Revolutions Per Movie recording, with my fantastic guest KLIPH SCUROLOCK (drummer/multi-instrumentalist for The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals), brought out all the excitement as we bonded and talked about one of the greatest unreleased music documentaries ever made about one of the greatest bands ever to walk the Earth: MC5-A True Testimonial. Enjoy!(Episode 13 originally aired on Dec. 9th 2023).ORIGINAL SHOW NOTES:This week, we talked to Kliph Scurlock (drummer/multi-instrumentalist for The Flaming Lips, Gruff Rhys of Super Furry Animals) about the greatest unreleased music documentary of all-time, MC5: A True Testimonial! We also discuss the by-gone era of famous rock managers, the physicality and sonic push of the MC5, bad band decisions, FBI footage of the band & how bands end.Kliph Scurlock:https://www.instagram.com/kliphscurlockMC5 live footage:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfDoUIh23WgHost 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 Movie 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!PATREON:The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes and series such as A Very Opinionated Look At Urgh! A Music War & What Makes The Midnight So Special?, physical goods such as a limited edition 7" Flexidisc, and other exclusive goods that I send out to you for supporting the show. It helps the show to keep going and is greatly appreciated!TIP JAR:ko-fi.com/revolutionspermovieSOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

This week, I'm joined by John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants to look at their incredible body of music video work (481 videos and counting on their YouTube page!), and get treated to so many incredible mind-bending stories directly from the source!We discuss TMBG's track and video they made for my Hedwig covers charity album, the fascination with death and aging in their lyrics, the moment when both Johns first realized they were connecting with an audience of strangers, borrowing expensive drum machines when they started, foolish life decisions, the East Village scene of the 80s, playing on the same bills as Butthole Surfers & Steve Buscemi, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, long-distance collaborations, the multitudes of songs written for their Dial-A-Song answering machine service, the John Updike world the band came from, having architectural dads, the pros of being ultra-prolific, the different ways they would record their songs, microtones, the children's records era for TMBG, working with their first director Adam Bernstein, TMBG being accepted by early MTV, using left-over film from Jonathan Demme movies and windup 16mm cameras for their early videos, where they got the 6ft. head props used in their stage shows, John getting music video fatigue, the parameters the band set early in their career (no solos, not a lot of intros, no fadeouts), Spike Jonze, the epic tale of TMBG playing on The Tonight Show with Doc Severson, & more.THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS:theymightbegiants.comhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTZ0pVJExw6z0XjqEzchX8gREVOLUTIONS 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 Movie 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!PATREON:The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes and series such as A Very Opinionated Look At Urgh! A Music War & What Makes The Midnight So Special?, physical goods such as a limited edition 7" Flexidisc, and other exclusive goods that I send out to you for supporting the show. It helps the show to keep going and is greatly appreciated!TIP JAR:ko-fi.com/revolutionspermovieSOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

This week, we present a very special Revolutions Per Movie Live recording of Kevin McDonald Superstar, a rip-roaring comic rock opera performed to a sold-out crowd at the Clinton Street Theater in Portland, Oregon.  Written by McDonald, Kevin McDonald Superstar is based on the true story of his relationship with his girlfriend “Cheater” and a stupid, awful thing he did in New York City while traveling with the Kids in the Hall.The show boasts an eclectic cast of stellar comedic and musical talent, including Scott McCaughey (of The Minus 5 & R.E.M.), Chaki (The Funk Wizard! of RPM's URGH and Midnight Special podcasts), Jennifer Faust & Brian Kunkel (of Denim Wedding), Suzanne Foster, Julia Corral, and, of course, Kevin McDonald himself. AND… exclusively for RPM’s Patreon supporters: Following the Superstar performance, Kevin and I had an out-of-control live interview, including the most excitable, whirling dervish Q&A ever committed — where Kevin talked about everything from the creation of various Kids In The Hall sketches to his tragic high school rock band, to the night the Kids In The Hall had to bail Bruce out of jail after insulting a member of The Black Crowes. It was incredible! This episode is available to supporters of the Revolutions Per Movie Patreon over at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. I hope you'll consider joining for $5 per month, to get the RPM 7” flexidisc and access to 117 exclusive bonus RPM episodes like this one.So prepare to rock out and laugh out loud at this unforgettable rock opera that showcases McDonald’s signature offbeat humor and love of music, delivered in the way only he can.SOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

Welcome to our bi-monthly ENCORE PRESENTATION of classic REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE episodes from the vault! This was a favorite of mine from a few years back, with punk legend, KT Kincaid of NEO BOYS, who came on the show to discuss our heroes, THE SLITS, and the amazing doc about their genius, HERE TO BE HEARD. Plus, I love getting to spend time with someone who helped bring an embryonic music scene to life, even as they had to push against the difficulties posed by local music club bans, volatile press, and a general public that feared any type of punk existence on the planet.(Episode 40 originally aired on June 4th, 2024). ORIGINAL SHOW NOTES: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-klp242THE SLITS ‘Earthbeat’ videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqiFYcKEhxsREVOLUTIONS 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 Movie 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!PATREON:The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support what I'm making is at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes and series such as A Very Opinionated Look At Urgh! A Music War & What Makes The Midnight So Special?, physical goods such as a limited edition 7" Flexidisc, and other exclusive goods that I send out to you for supporting the show. It helps the show to keep going and is greatly appreciated!TIP JAR:ko-fi.com/revolutionspermovieSOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand

This week, we make up for when comedian/musician/author Dave Hill realized at the end of his episode about The Rolling Stones: Rock and Roll Circus, that he really should have been talking about Slade in Flame instead...so here we go!!!We also discuss the passing of Ace Frehley, Kiss freaking people out, being able to shred on the guitar, music going off the rails, Ghost, Cheap Trick coming up with their visual idenity and band name after seeing Slade live in the UK, Quiet Riot, the phenomenon of UK Xmas rock singles, Roy Wood's Wizard, Dave Hill getting mistaken for Slade's Dave Hill, how massive the band was leading up to the film, Dr. Feelgood, how Slade In Flame is a bleak drama rather than a Glam spectacular, our love of English Breakfasts and depressing UK lodging, actor Tom Conte, the literal shitting that Slade did on others in their youth, the Slade In Flame soundtrack, the surprising violence and gangster vibes within in the film, the films Scum and Scrubbers, deep fried pizza, the band Slade 2, Slade never looking young & are Slade really glam?So let's stomp and clap our way to the top of the charts in this episode of Revolutions Per Movie!!!!DAVE HILL: davehillonline.comSLADE IN FLAME: archive.org/details/slade-in-flame-1975DR FEELGOOD: youtube.com/watch?v=iHm7uIC84YMREVOLUTIONS 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 Movie 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!PATREON:The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie.  By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes and series such as A Very Opinionated Look At Urgh! A Music War & What Makes The Midnight So Special?, physical goods such as a limited edition 7" Flexidisc, and other exclusive goods that I send out to you for supporting the show.  It helps the show to keep going and is greatly appreciated!TIP JAR:ko-fi.com/revolutionspermovieSOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand