From: Jack Sargeant (email suppressed)
Date: Fri Aug 06 2010 - 14:38:56 PDT
There's a Target Video retrospective that screened in SF earlier this
year that included their footage of most California HC bands.
jack
On 7 Aug 2010, at 07:33, Stuart Heaney wrote:
> I would also recommend the Dead Kennedys live video, which was
> released on VHS by Alternative Tentacles.
>
> Stuart Heaney
>
>
>
> --- On Fri, 6/8/10, Rory Brosius <email suppressed> wrote:
>
> From: Rory Brosius <email suppressed>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] 1978-1986 - California Punk/Hardcore
> (Films | Filmmakers | Gig Footage | Distributors)
> To: email suppressed
> Date: Friday, 6 August, 2010, 19:06
>
> I don't know if you've tracked down any of his VHS work, but try
> this link if you are interested.
>
> http://www.hootpage.com/hoot_pettibonvideofilms.html
>
> Here is a great interview:
> http://www.believermag.com/issues/200412/?read=interview_pettibon
>
> This is a wonderful idea for an exhibition / screening series. I
> was particularly glad to see "Another State of Mind" and the
> magical broken-down school bus mentioned. Social Distortion and
> Youth Brigade at the Dischord House in DC is fantastic. Minor
> Threat plays a show in which the P.A. system / Mic dies. The show
> goes on with the entire crowd singing to just the instrumentals.
> An amazing portrait of the scene in the 80's when it still meant
> something.
>
> Wish I could be there for this.
>
> Thanks for giving it some much needed light.
>
> Rory Brosius
>
> From: email suppressed
> To: email suppressed
> Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 13:33:37 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] 1978-1986 - California Punk/Hardcore
> (Films | Filmmakers | Gig Footage | Distributors)
>
> You may already be familiar with these, but as a fan of the music
> and era I thought I would throw them out there...
>
> For concert/gig footage, you might want to look at "We Jam Econo:
> The Story of the Minutemen" as a potential source. It has some
> great live footage of the Minutemen, who as you most likely know
> used several Pettibon pieces in their album art. It was released
> by Plexifilm. There might even be some brief discussion of
> Pettibon in there.
>
> For text, I would also recommend the book "Our Band Could be Your
> Life" by Michael Azerrad. It features almost all of the bands you
> mentioned. It also discusses Pettibon and his relationship
> (brother) to Greg Ginn of Black Flag and the SST label.
>
> Wish I could see the screenings
>
> Ken
>
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 5, 2010, at 2:42 PM, Shane Christian Eason wrote:
>
> Hey gang,
>
> I will be curating a number of gallery screenings for the fall
> surrounding the early art works of Raymond Pettibon from 1978-1986.
> For those that do not know Pettitbon, here is a brief:
>
> Raymond Pettibon is known for his comic-like drawings with
> disturbing, ironic or ambiguous text, Pettibon's subject matter is
> sometimes violent and antiauthoritarian. From the late 1970s
> through the mid-1980s, he was closely associated with the punk rock
> band Black Flag and the record label SST Records, both founded by
> his older brother Greg Ginn. Beginning in the mid 1980s, he became
> a well-known figure in the contemporary art scene.
>
>
> Pettibon works primarily with ink on paper and many of his early
> drawings are black and white, although he sometimes introduces
> color by using pencil, watercolor, collage, gouache or acrylic
> paint. Pettibon’s drawings encompass the spectrum of American
> culture from the deviances of marginal youth-culture to art,
> literature, sports, religion, politics, and sexuality. Pettibon’s
> works on paper uniquely combine the drawn image and text, both
> borrowed passages from literature and text written by Pettibon
> himself.
>
>
>
> Besides his works on paper, Pettibon has also made animations from
> his drawings, live action films from his own scripts, unique
> artist’s books, fanzines, prints, and large permanent wall drawings
> that often include an arrangement of his own works on paper almost
> creating an installation of collage.
>
>
>
> In-depth, and regarding the 1978-1986 California Punk/Hardcore era,
> here is what I'm looking for:
>
> a) Concert + Gig Footage: (EXAMPLES: Sin 34, Black Flag, Minutemen,
> The Germs, Dead Kennedy's, Middle Class, Decedents, etc.)
>
> b) Short/Feature Films + Filmmakers
>
> c) Articles + Written Words
>
> d) Current Distributors
>
> The media should be consistent with the early California Punk/
> Hardcore Scene. You can see from the list below, it's a mix of
> genres and possibilities. Some are difficult to get a hold of due
> to being out of print or having no distribution. The official
> exhibition is Raymond Pettibon: The Punk Years 1978-1986 and it
> will be November 13, 2010-January 2, 2011.
>
>
>
> This is what I've researched:
>
>
> Art: 21 Season 1 + 2 (2001/2003) - Raymond Pettibon, PBS (TV Doc/
> RT60m)
>
>
>
> The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) - Penelope Spheeris (Doc/
> RT100m)
>
>
>
> Suburbia (1983) - Penelope Spheeris (Drama/RT94m)
>
>
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains (1981) - Lou Adler/Nancy
> Dowd (Moc/RT87m)
>
>
>
> Population: 1 (1986) - Rene Daalder (Musical/RT77m)
>
>
>
> Thrashin’ (1986) - David Winters (Drama/RT93m)
>
>
>
> X: The Unheard Music (1986) - W.T. Morgan (MusDoc/RT NA)
>
>
>
> Desperate Teenage Lovedolls (1984) - David Markey (Drama/RT60m)
>
>
>
> Lovedolls Superstar: Fully Realized (1986) - David Markey (Drama/
> RT81m)
>
>
>
> Border Radio (1987) - Allison Anders (Drama/RT83m)
>
>
>
> Another State of Mind (1982) - Adam Small/Peter Stuart (Doc/RT78m)
>
>
>
>
> The Search for Animal Chin (1987) – Stacy Peralta (Drama/RT60m)
>
>
>
>
> Any information is appreciated. Feel free to contact me inside or
> outside of this thread.
>
> All the Best,
> Shane
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