REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE

This week, we talk to Stuart Swezey & Bruce Licher, who produced and worked on the Desolation Center series of shows that took bands like minutemen, Swans, Redd Kross, Meat Puppets, Sonic Youth, and Einsturzende Neubauten and put them in locations such as the Mojave Desert as a reaction to the omnipresent police violence against punk rock kids.  We talked about the  Desolation C...

This week, we talked to Gina Arnold (author of Route 666: On the Road to Nirvana , Exile in Guyville, and Half a Million Strong: Rock Crowds and Power, from Woodstock to Coachella) about Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé as well as her as well as her dissertation which focused on live music performances at festivals. We also discussed her time on tour with Nirvana & The Pixies, getting burned...

This week, we talk to the director Jeff Feuerzeig ( The Devil And Daniel Johnston, Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King, Author: The JT LeRoy Story ) about one of his favorite music documentaries, the 1965 Rolling Stones Tour film, CHARLIE IS MY DARLING , a film missing until 2012. We discussed how Jeff creates his legendary projects, what makes this rarely-seen Stones doc so essential...

This week, we talk to Los Angeles filmmaker, actor, and former programmer at the legendary New Beverly Cinema,  Julia Marchese , about one of the greatest rock n’ roll films of all time,  BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS !!! We also talk about getting Russ Meyer’s autograph, the incredible stories behind the music written for the film, the need (more than ever) for repertory cinema ho...

This week, we talked to Jon Raymond (author of Denial, Freebird; screenwriter of Old Joy , First Cow & Showing Up w/ Kelly Reichardt, Mildred Pierce w/ Todd Haynes) about The Source Family documentary, which follows the rock n’ roll hippie California cult of the same name. We also talk about Jon’s work with Kelly Reichardt, why so many cult leaders also want to be rock n’ roll stars, the...

This week, we talked to Carlos Grasso—the Producer & Writer for the monumental MTV show ‘IRS’s The Cutting Edge’ & art director for IRS Records. We talked about his process creating iconic LP covers for R.E.M., The Cramps, Wall Of Voodoo & The Buzzcocks, working with The Cutting Edge directors Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris (who went on to direct ‘Little Miss Sunshine’ &...

This week, we discuss a music film that my guest, Andy Zax (a Grammy-nominated archivist and the Music Geek on Comedy Central’s ‘Beat The Geeks’), begs us NOT to watch--the 1970 psychedelic romp ‘THE PHYNX.’ We take a deep dive into the film’s history, mystique, and weirdo cast (James Brown, Colonel Sanders, Dick Clark, Richard Pryor), as well as a fascinating look at Zax’s time at Warner Bro...

This week, we talk to the two hosts of the fictional classic rock station comedy podcast, Jason Gore & Geoff Garlock of 108.9 The Hawk, about their music film pick, The Who's 'The Kids Are Alright.'  We argue over what is the greatest Who period of all time, how the band's inner tensions helped make them even greater, how a first-time director/superfan pulled off this film, Townshend's us...

This week, we talk to indie pop dance legend and Kill Rock Stars recording artist, Logan Lynn, who picked the extremely intense music narrative film, Vox Lux, to discuss. We discussed the realities and tropes of music films, Lynn’s early years as a teenager on a major label, the lack of protection for young artists within creative industries, addressing addiction and trauma in your art, the n...

This week we present Pt. 2 of our discussion with filmmaker, musician, and photographer DAVE MARKEY (‘1991: The Year Punk Broke’, ‘Lovedolls Superstar,’ Painted Willie on SST records) about the ‘change of our lives forever’ videotape for both of us: DEVO’s ‘The Men Who Make The Music.’ We continue our talk about the videos on the VHS cassette, early Hardcore Devo recordings, Devo cover b...

This week, we present the first of our two-part episode with filmmaker, musician, and photographer  DAVE MARKEY  (‘1991: The Year Punk Broke,' ‘Lovedolls Superstar,’ Painted Willie on SST records) about 'the change our lives forever' videotape for both of us: DEVO’s ‘The Men Who Make The Music.’   We discuss how Devo has been the most influential influence on our life...

Hello everyone…we recorded a special episode of Coffee With Krummenacher about Victor’s times and friendship with Mojo Nixon.  We discuss what it was like being on the road when Mojo was opening for Victor's band Camper Van Beethoven, making split flexi-discs and doing inspired photo shoots together, Mojo and Camper playing The Filmmore together, taking mushrooms and long nights with the man,...

This week, we talked to  Vanessa Briscoe Hay  of  Pylon  &  PRS (Pylon Reenactment Society) , who chose the film  ATHENS, GA: INSIDE/OUT  to discuss.  We also talk about her growing up in Georgia, her introduction to the Athens music scene, auditioning for Pylon, how the band initially was a conceptual musical art project, how they wrote their songs...

This week, we talked to actor, director, writer, and musician John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig & The Angry Inch, Shortbus, Anthem: Homunculus) about the classic Mayles Brothers film  Gimme Shelter , documenting the Stones U.S. tour and the Altamont tragedy.  We also discuss John’s new upcoming series, ‘Cancelation Island,' the Stones being canceled themselves, the punk rock influence of...

This week, we talk to Gary Jarman of the UK band The Cribs, who chose a film so close to his (and his brother’s) heart, NIRVANA LIVE! TONIGHT! SOLD OUT!  We discussed the massive influence this VHS tape had on the Jarman family and their future in rock, from their decision not to play encores to their affinity for putting noise into their melodies. We also discuss what it was like to com...

This week’s episode was recorded in front of live audience on Dec. 5th, 2023, at Cinema 21 in Portland, Oregon. Peter Buck of R.E.M. joined us to discuss the documentary R.E.M. by MTV, his early years devouring music, moving to Athens, his first impressions of his bandmates, the surprises of seeing Michael grow as a performer, their relationship with the press, answering fan mail (including C...

This week, we talked to film director Jack Perez (Some Guy Who Kills People, La Cucaracha), who picked Ralph Bakshi’s intense animated music-stuffed drama ‘American Pop’ to discuss. Jack also discusses working with cult icons Barry Boswich (Rocky Horror Picture Show) & Karen Black (Nashville, Five Easy Pieces), how this film affected him as a 15-year-old moviegoer, how this might be the m...

This week we talked to UK music scribe Camilla Aisa (Shindig, Rock Collector) about the 2020 music documentary ‘Sisters With Transitors.’  We discuss how 2 seconds of a Suzanne Ciani composition might be one of the most perfect pieces of music of all time, pop thievery vs. true innovators, music that can transform your life, and Camilla’s dissertation on the garage/psych music scenes of the P...

ANNIE ZALESKI: This week, we talked to the author Annie Zaleski (‘Duran Duran: Rio’ for the 33 1/3 music book series) about the music video spectacles of Duran Duran. We discuss their humble, low-budget beginnings, whether the band’s good looks help or hinder them, why the director of ‘Highlander’ ended up their visual guru & Annie doubles down on the idea that the band is more of a gothi...

CHERYL PAWELSKI: This week, we talked to multiple Grammy Winner Cheryl Pawelski (Written In Their Soul: The Stax Songwriter Demos; Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Deluxe, Omnivore Records) about Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story. Besides her stories of working with Stax and their artists, we discuss Motown vs. Stax, getting grown-up ears, the magic of demo versions, and how often chance m...

This week, we talk to L.A.-based musician and podcast producer Devon Bryant, maybe the most obsessed fan of their chosen subject we’ve had on the show to date. We discuss the 1998 Robyn Hitchcock performance film Storefront Hitchcock and how director Jonathan Demme honored the weirdness that is a Robyn performance. Along the way, we talk about the journey to loving music you couldn’t sta...

KLIPH SCURLOCK 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. Kl...

DAVID WEISSMAN: This week, we talked to David Weissman (the co-director of ‘The Cockettes’ & ‘We Were Here’) about the amazing documentary ‘The Cockettes’—documenting the trailblazing, avant-garde drag & music ensemble from the late 60s.  We discussed the origin stories of The Cockettes, John Waters’ passion for the troupe and his involvement with the documentary, the difference in th...

This week, we talked to Heath Seifert (co-creator of Nickelodeon’s cult classic ‘Good Burger’ & musician in punk legends Angry Samoans) about the films of Weird Al Yankovic, from his music videos to UHF to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story ! We also discuss K-TEL novelty records, Dr. Demento’s secret influence, how poorly comedy ages, the punk rock influences on Heath’s writing for kids’ TV,&n...

This week, we talk to L.A. comedian & filmmaker Max Beasley, who chose Todd Haynes' glam rock-driven narrative film ‘Velvet Goldmine.’ We discuss the ambitious and experimental nature of the film, how hard it is to adapt fictional characters from real-life musical legends, why this film found an audience long after its theatrical run, and how it ended up having one of the biggest impacts on Ma...