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THIS IS GWAR! w/ Chaki The Funk Wizard
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
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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74. 'ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL' w/ Ronnie Barnett
01:20:26||Ep. 74This week, we are joined by RONNIE BARNETT of THE MUFFS, who chose the classic music documentary ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL to discuss! We also discuss the sides of Double Nickles On A Dime, Ronnie's high-school metal & new wave band roots, Creem magazine, Ian McKaye’s love of Ted Nugent, trying to understand Van Halen, turning your back on metal during the punk wars, how most bands suck after their 4th record, how the director of Hitchcock (who was once an Anvil roadie) made this film, the lyrics to "Metal On Metal", how many people didn’t think that Anvil was a real band after they watched this documentary, Anvil’s incredible run of album covers and titles, how the director set the film up like This Is Spinal Tap, Slash & Lemmy, how the film is a truthful look at the stuggles of being in a band in any genre, the day jobs of musicians, Cactus, the first song Anvil ever wrote: Thumb Hang, Ronnie making a band demo in a motel room, The Pandoras and The Lazy Cowgirls, forming The Muffs, the strange realitites of playing music in Europe, Stiff Little Fingers seeing Anvil trying to get home during the pandemic, how emotional the film is on viewers, the DIY spirit of the band, Anvil vs. Sebadoh and more!So, let's grab the promoter who is trying to rip us off by the collar of his leather jacket on this week's episode of Revolutions Per Movie!!!RONNIE BARNETT:@ronniebarnett.themuffsREVOLUTIONS 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:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand73. '20 FEET FROM STARDOM' w/ Kyleen King
55:04||Ep. 73This week, we’re joined by musician & arranger Kyleen King. As a backing performer for such acts as Brandi Carlile, The Decemberists & Drive-By Truckers, Kyleen picked a film that strikes close to home, 20 Feet From Stardom. We discuss what it feels like to serve other musician’s visions even if they can’t articulate what they want, zoning out on stage, pre-show rituals and superstitions, the performative elements of being a backing musician, how the film helped Kyleen want to go into mental health and social work for musicians, Darleen Love, the devaluation of music, Lisa Fisher, hearing Gimme Shelter for the first time in Adventures In Babysitting, the dismissiveness of being a backing singer by Mick Jagger in the film, making bonehead mistakes on stage, how to sing harmony parts, The Blossoms, Ray Charles, the difficulties of forming words while being on tour and more.So take another bow at the edge of the stage on this week’s episode of Revolutions Per Movie!!!KYLEEN KING:https://maestramusic.org/profile/kyleen-king/ 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:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand72. 'THE TAMI SHOW' w/ Steve Wynn
01:20:54||Ep. 72This week, we are joined by one of the legends of the American Underground, STEVE WYNN (The Dream Syndicate), who picked the jaw-dropping THE TAMI SHOW from 1964 to discuss. We also talk about the excitement of being young in the studio for the first time, the four elements that make a great record and how The Fall inhabited all of them, working with Peter Buck, being a snobby music snob, Chris seeing The Dream Syndicate open for R.E.M. on their Reckoning/Medicine Show Tour, how they evolved from Days to Medicine Show, watching The TAMI Show with the Pasiley Underground members in the theater, how the film and its sequel, the TNT SHOW, were split up into yet a different third film, Van Halen opening for Sparks, the feeling of the music industry hanging in the air in L.A., how the director also made the Elvis Comeback Special and the Star Wars Holiday Special, the narc energy of Jan & Dean, Smokey Robinson’s voice going out during his perfomrance int he film, Mick Jagger finding out how to be Mick Jagger in this performance, The Stones vs. James Brown mythology, Marvin Gaye & The Blossoms, how the Velvet Underground lifted a song from Marvin Gaye, the incredible power of Leslie Gore’s perfomrance, Dennis Wilson (almost) stealing the film with his drum performance, Keith Moon, Steve seeing The Beach Boys on the Surf’s Up tour, Billy Kramers’ high creep factor even though Lennon/McCartney kept writing songs for him, the Americana trend over in Europe 84, X, The Supremes, Diana Ross’ voice slaying and her eye makeup killing, The Barabrians transcending time, Tony and The Tigers and more!So throw your cape off your back and struggle back to the microphone with us on this week’s Revolutions Per MovieSTEVE WYNN:https://www.stevewynn.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:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand71. BONUS EPISODE: 'KISS IN CADILLAC, MICHIGAN 1975' w/ Jeff Feuerzeig
59:34||Ep. 71On this week’s bonus episode of Revolutions Per Movie (released for fun on Chris' birthday), we are joined by director Jeff Feuerzeig (The Devil And Daniel Johnston, AUTHOR: The JT LeRoy Story, Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King) to discuss a very mysterious, litigious, and glorious documentary KISS IN CADILLAC, MICHIGAN 1975! We get to discuss Jeff’s origin story with Kiss, his childhood insights into their albums, how a high school assistant football coach got Kiss, at the height of their KISS ALIVE exploding fame, to come to his town to celebrate Kiss and play a show in their gymnasium, being kids in 1975 trying to recreate their dangerous stage show, the complicated legal battles surrounding the rights to this incredible film, the mystery of who actually made the documentary, the power and mythology of Kiss on pre-teens in the 70s, Creem and Circus magazine, Jeff gives his deep cut must-see documentary list, our love for Paul Stanley stage banter, how Jeff accidentally discovered this documentary, Ace Frehley’s laugh being the greatest thing ever recorded in human history (and how the other members of Kiss hated it), Jeff’s rabbit hole search to find the film after it had been stripped off the internet, the controversial figure The Gooch and the Kiss Army’s thoughts on him, the loophole in the Digital Millenium Copyright act, Kiss making their own version of the documentary with ESPN and how it pales in comparison, bootleg records, Springsteen Vs. The Grateful Dead, KISS=Keep It Simple Stupid, the Sex Pistols reunion tour, WFMU, a Ramones hologram tour, and more!So shout it out loud with us on this bonus episode of Revolutions Per Movie!!!And remember you can always celebrate my age by supporting the show over at Patreon.com/revolutionspermovie (you can even gift the show now!). Thanks again everyone...JEFF FEUERZEIG: https://www.jefffeuerzeig.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. SOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand70. 'THE VELVET UNDERGROUND' w/ MATT PIUCCI
01:22:14||Ep. 70This week, we are joined by Paisley Underground legend MATT PIUCCI (Rain Parade, Crazy Horse) to discuss the TODD HAYNES’ documentary, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND. We also talk about Haynes’ body of work including Velvet Goldmine & Safe, the perfect run of Velvet Underground records, Chris’ emotional breakdown after seeing the film in the theater, Roky Music & The Doors, does a biopic need to be truthful, how being on stage is similar to Matt’s forensic courtroom work (and would any member of The Velvets been good forensic scientists), the multiple screen and sound work within the film, how so much of art is because of chance encounters, how Andy Warhol’s prescence allowed the Velvets to get through the gatekeepers of a label, honoring Warhol’s visual identiy in the the film, the NYC underground filmmaking scene, how they edited this film, Lou Reed scrambling the narrative of his life, drones in music, Miles Davis, the mid 60s L.A. rock scene vs the NYC rock scene, seeing John Cale live, Chris hearing the first Velvet’s record as a 7 year old & Matt seeing The Byrds live as a child, Mick Ronson & Transformer, Jeff Beck playing with Ziggy Stardust, how without Mo Tucker the Velvets were never the same, the Grateful Dead comparisons that confuses us, Can, Jonathan Richman’s presence in the film, The Velvet’s love of Neil Young, Matt talks about recording with Billy Talbot of Crazy Horse and smoking bowls with Neil Young, how Haynes’ struggled making the film because of lack of archival footage of the band, John Cale’s departure from the band and the pain of band lineup changes, Songs For Drella and the vilification of Doug Yule.So let’s have The Velvet Underground hypnotize us once again on this episode of Revolutions Per Movie!!!MATT PIUCCI:@mattpiuccihttps://rainparade.bandcamp.comREVOLUTIONS 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:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovie69. 'THE DOORS' w/ Sean Nelson
01:17:38||Ep. 69This week we are joined by superforce musician, actor, writer & podcaster SEAN NELSON (Harvey Danger, The Wonder Of It All) to discuss one of the most divisive music biopics of all time, Oliver Stone’s THE DOORS. We delve into seeing the film in the theater when it first came out in 1991 and how it was wiped off the culutral map shortly after its release, the divisiveness of The Doors’ music, how this was the peak of Oliver Stone’s power after just winning an oscar, DePalma’s proposed version of the film, the strange casting choices for Jim Morrison before landing on Val Kilmer, how the surviving members of The Doors were split on their support of the film, outgrowing certain types of music, the great 90s indie film boom, how in Stone’s eyes Morrison could do no wrong, how the film is intellectualy lazy but visually majestic, Crispin Glover as Andy Warhol, Val Kilmer going method on the set of the film, Joan Didion in the studio with The Doors, being superstars at the age of 21, Val Kilmer’s butt double, Ed Sullivan impersonators, Stone’s disrespect for Warhol’s Factory, Kevin Dillon’s narc energy in the film and who should have played drummer John Densmore instead, the story behind who played ‘Death’ in the film, Hammer Of The Gods & No One Gets Out Alive being essential teenager reads, how the last line of the film is one of the greatest throw away lines of all time & so much more…So let’s swim to the moon (or not) on this week’s episode of Revolutions Per Movie!!!SEAN NELSON:The Wonder Of It All: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu_AhsJQirp3LaDyH2J0JO_BboEpmaP0Q@actualseannelson 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:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand68. HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE
46:32||Ep. 68Happy holidays, everyone! I wanted to thank everyone who has supported and listened to the show, all of you incredible folks who have gone the distance & subscribed to the show's Patreon (again, thank you thank you thank you!), written kind reviews, turned other people onto the show, and generally just cheered this show along as I work on the show. I also want to give much love and thanks to my co-host Chaki The Funk Wizard, all my incredible guests who bring such goodness to the show, and the incredible Jeff T. Owens for all his graphic work.So, for this holiday week, I wanted to share an episode that initially came out on the Revolutions Per Movie Patreon. Tom Waits seems like a good holiday or end-of-year choice, and my guest Galen Howard is fantastic with his love of Waits' lore and the making of this very, very strange 'concert' film.To all who already support the Patreon, I hope you are enjoying the Flexidisc, and heads up that another special physical music gift is coming your way next month just for you! You keep the show going so thank you...I do not take your support lightly.And for any of you who have not joined the Patreon, I hope you'll consider it. The show is completely independent, and this is the best way to support the show (plus get all the killer bonus extras!!!) patreon.com/revolutionspermovie or gift it over at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie/giftLooking forward to bringing you even more in 2025 and again thank you for enjoying the show.Chris SlusarenkoThis week, we talk to actor GALEN HOWARD (THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT, BROOKLYN 9-9 and the star of music videos by Weezer and Disclosure) about the TOM WAITS “concert” film BIG TIME. We discuss what it’s like being part of the Star Wars cinematic universe, why Tom Waits is Galen’s all-time favorite artist, the long-ago arthouse vibe of the film, what works and doesn’t in the film, how Waits slowed down his voice in the film to create unease for the audience, Waits’ original stage play, the jarring interstitial moments in the film, musicians Marc Ribot and Ralph Carney, the acting of Tom Waits, the early traditional albums of Waits, why it’s so hard to find the film, Film Noir fixation, how Waits has influenced Galen’s creative process, Rust Never Sleeps, the staging and lighting decisions for the film, what songs were sadly excluded from the film, dancing in movie aisles, the growth and journey of Waits’ Frank character, Robert Wilson, the lack of documentation of Waits’ visual work and stage performances, and even Tom Waits’ lawsuit against Doritos.So get your tickets early, before the usher waltzes you away, on this week's episode of Revolutions Per Movie!!!GALEN HOWARD:https://www.galenhoward.com/https://www.instagram.com/galenhoward/?hl=en67. 'SALAD DAYS (Director's Cut)' w/ Scott Crawford
50:27||Ep. 67This week, we are joined by documentary filmmaker SCOTT CRAWFORD to discuss the director’s cut of his D.C. hardcore punk documentary, SALAD DAYS!!! We discussed Scott’s punk fanzine that he published in 7th grade, unlocking the mystery of VOID, the sadness of MINOR THREAT’s final EP Salad Days, Trouser Press Magazine, devouring punk rock scene reports, seeing FUGAZI play in a hippie cafeteria, witnessing RITES OF SPRING’s legendary live shows, being able to name all members of BEEFEATER, the divisiveness within its own scene, MARGINAL MAN, Rock against Reagan, do our first punk shows really count as punk shows, renting out VFA halls to put on punk shows, self-policing all ages show in D.C., 9:30 Club, what made Scott revisit the film to make a director’s cut (the answer might surprise you!), growing up in a band, the violence that came into the scene, Revolution Summer, Brian Baker’s interview style, Faith Vs. Void, punk shifting towards metal, getting hit in the face by a guitar headstock, how Scott got access to footage of SOA & BAD BRAINS, Positive Force, and learning never to have your band follow Fugazi live!!!So we’ll see you in the pit (and pick your friend if they fall down) in this week’s episode of Revolutions Per Movie!!!SCOTT CRAWFORD:https://www.saladdaysdc.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:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand66. 'BORN INNOCENT: THE REDD KROSS STORY' w/ Jeff & Steven McDonald & Andrew Reich
01:12:17||Ep. 66This 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/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:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand