Category Archives: film

24 Hours Of Eno Coming On January 24th

One of the minor inconveniences of having Hurricane Helene drop kick Western North Carolina in the the next year, was my wife and I missing both [unique] showings of the Brian Eno generative documentary that was playing at the more … Continue reading

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John McGeoch Film Beginning Kickstarter Campaign Today!

We’ve already discussed Rory Sullivan-Burke’s biography of the crucial Post-Punk guitarist John McGeoch which appeared last year. That was a cause celebre as far as we were concerned, but the book managed to reach the eyes of Scot documentarian and … Continue reading

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New Romantic Documentary “Blitzed! The 80s Blitz Kids Story” Covers The Movement Without Steve Strange To The Best Of Its Ability

No time for blogging today! So we’re cashing in a chip that long time friend and commenter chasinvictoria had floated just days ago on his own blog. I still need to see this, but until I manage that task, he’s … Continue reading

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“Moonage Daydream” Finds New Ways To ‘Dance About Architecture’

Something astonishing happened on September 22nd of this year. For the first time in roughly three years, we saw a film in the cinema! My wife and I had been anticipating “Moonage Daydream,” the Brett Morgen film on David Bowie, … Continue reading

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“I Am A Cliché” Film Paints a Portrait Of Poly Styrene In Both Dayglo And Shadow

I’ve been eager to see this film for over a year now, and last night I was able to stream it from one of my local arts cinemas. ” The film was a look at the turbulent life and times … Continue reading

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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 9]

[…continued from last post] We’d be remiss if we didn’t mention one more project that The Blow Monkeys were involved in during 1987 that you might have heard of. An album that sold 37 million copies called the “Dirty Dancing” … Continue reading

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The Golden Era Of Tower Records Revisited In “All Things Must Pass” Documentary

I had probably heard about the making of this film, by Colin Hanks [scion of Tom] a few years back and my wife came to mention it to me recently as she was buying films on DVD for the library … Continue reading

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