J Mascis Buys Sensible Vehicle, Almost Breaks Internet

PUNKS NOT DEAD, BUT IS DOES HAVE A HANDICAPPED PARKING PASS NOW

Dinosaur Jr. frontman, J. Masics spent the weekend in NorthHampton, MA browsing for a sensible vehicle to drive his family around in. Dressed in his signature clear and red glasses, amazing purple vans, Teen Idles tshirt and eyeball hat Mascis inks the deal on the contract. Out of the corner of his eye he sees the salesman back the new VW Golf into a handicapped parking space, poses for a photo and is on his way. Little did he know, INTERNET BROKEN.

The tweets and Facebook shares began, shared over 600 times in 24 hours. The comments range from frantic indie fans sharing with their friends and an occasional laugh to the brilliant "A VW Golf is much too small to carry 6 Marshall full stacks. I don't know what he was thinking" from Tyler Zachow.

In a world where Donald Trump exists as an ACTUAL presidential candidate and posts racist remark after racist remark, I needed this. And I am sure you did too. So blast my favorite Dino Jr. album "You're Living All Over Me" and have a great weekend!

Links to Get You Through The Week

From time to time I like to act as an aggregator and post interesting things that I find on the internet, its how my blog started and how its gonna be! So enjoy! The weekend is almost here!

An awesome interview with Tom Desavia about 70s LA Punk over at Night Flight

Check out a new documentary on The Dicks from Texas, one of the greatest punk bands of their time. also on Night Flight

THIS VIDEO OF LIT PERFORMING IN 1999 IS AN IMPORTANT CULTURAL ARTIFACT OF A FORGOTTEN TIME (from Vice Motherboard) I found this to be a hilarious(and true) read! But mostly hilarious!









(me with Exene and John Doe in 2010)

The new issue of No Friends is now available on their newly redesigned website. I write a column called "Let's Start a Fire" for No Friends that analyzes punk and things that I consider punk that other may not. The point is to expose punks to other things they may not know about.

Issue #3 has interviews with Oakland art-damaged, weirdo punks Violence Creeps, bleak Icelandic post-punks Börn, Los Angeles (by way of Chicago) stand-up comedian Kyle Kinane, ringleader behind Halo of Flies Records and Protestant -- Corey Von Bohlen, angular’n’dancey English punks Shopping, the composer of the soundtrack to the film It Follows – Disasterpeace, Vermont’s queer-centric record label Stickshift Records, comedian Caitlin Gill, long running zine editor and cartoonist Robin Bougie of Cinema Sewer fanzine, international DIY documentarian John Yingling of the World Underground series – focusing on East Asian DIY music and arts communites, Buffalo, NY’s one-woman lo-fi punk powerhouse Jamie and the Debt.

Plus tons of columns, hundreds of music reviews, and articles about stuff like how to go skateboarding in North Korea, 120 pages of some of the most interesting and most entertaining DIY punk/hardcore/whatever coverage you’re gonna find these days.

And as always, every copy of the zine comes with a 7” flexi record. Issue #3 will come with exclusive tracks from Oakland’s Violence Creeps, the straight-ahead screech and riffs of Brooklyn, NY’s Shockwaves, Chicago’s weirdo-punk noiseniks TV Slime, and the best goddamn teenaged punk band the city of Bellwood has to offer, Bleeding Gums.

If you are anywhere near Richmond, VA there is an amazing festival coming up on MAY 14-15th featuring Mooster Records very own Stiletto Bomb.

Break Even is a two day event in Richmond , and is proud to bring not only The Huntingtons back to RVA, but also The Parasites, (Who've had a 20 year absence in the city.) It will be kicking off Saturday May 14th at 9pm at Wonderland, and will be followed by a 4pm Start time on Sunday May 15th at The Camel. We have the basic guidelines, but there is still plenty of things to come, and quite a few more bands to be announced, so keep your eyes peeled! Nightly Rosters as they stand for now posted below!

Saturday : Wonderland RVA -9pm- 21+ $10

Huntingtons (Playing Get Lost in it's entirety!)

The Prozacs

Insubordination

Sunday : The Camel - 4pm- All Ages- $10

Parasites

Savage Remains

The Gospel

Clever Girl

Stiletto Bomb(MOOSTER RECORDS)

Burn In Hell (Vendor)

May The 4th Be With You: FIGRIN D’AN AND THE MODAL NODES REUNITED AT COACHELLA

check out the original post at NERDIST

SOUTHBOUND

“Eerie to the extreme.”
– Rolling Stone

From the Creators of the V/H/S Trilogy

Available on DVD May 17

Now on Digital and On Demand

Bonus Features Include Commentary, Deleted Scenes Reel, Outtakes Reel, Plus Photo Gallery

All roads lead to terror in the acclaimed horror anthology SOUTHBOUND, available on DVD May 17, 2016, from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. From the creators of the popular V/H/S trilogy, the movie follows the fates of a group of weary travelers who confront their worst nightmares over one long night on a desolate stretch of desert highway. Directed by Roxanne Benjamin (producer, V/H/S 1-3), David Bruckner (V/H/S), Patrick Horvath (Entrance) and the film collective known as Radio Silence (V/H/S), the movie stars Kate Beahan (TV’s “Mistresses”, The Wicker Man), Matt Bettinelli-Olpin (V/H/S), and Mather Zickel (TV’s “Masters of Sex,” Hail, Caesar!).

An Official Selection at Fantastic Fest 2015 and the 2015 Scary Movies Film Festival, SOUTHBOUND had its World Premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and was released by The Orchard theatrically and digitally earlier this year. Dubbed the “‘Twilight Zone’ for the indie horror generation” (Twitch), bonus features on the DVD include Commentary, Deleted Scenes Reel, Outtakes Reel, plus Photo Gallery. 

Synopsis:  On a desolate stretch of desert highway, weary travelers – two men on the run from their past, a band on their way to the next gig, a man struggling to get home, a brother in search of his long-lost sister and a family on vacation – are forced to confront their worst fears and darkest secrets in a series of interwoven tales of terror and remorse on the open road.

SOUTHBOUND was produced by Roxanne Benjamin (V/H/S 1-3), Chris Harding (The Guest, You’re Next), Brad Miska (V/H/S ­1-3), Radio Silence (V/H/S) and Greg Newman (Stake Land, The House of the Devil). Executive producers are Malik B. Ali, Badie Ali, Hamza Ali, David A. Smith and Christopher Alender. It has a run time of approximately 89 minutes and is rated R for bloody horror, violence, language throughout, and brief drug use.

REVIEW TO FOLLOW

MAD TIGER: The Peelander-Z Film!

Final NYC Press Screening/Interviews: MAD TIGER  (Opening in NY at IFC Center May 6) MAD TIGER A film by: Jonathan Yi and Michael Haertlein OFFICIAL SELECTION / WORLD PREMIERE: DOC NYC 2015 FEATURING: Peelander-Yellow: Kengo Hioki , Peelander-Red: Kotaro Tsukada, Peelander-Pink: Yumiko Hioki, Peelander-Purple: Akiteru Ito, Peelander-Green: Akihiko Naruse OPENING THEATRICALLY: New York on May 6 (IFC Center) with a national release to follow New York Press Screening: (RSVP to: emma@eg-pr.com) Tuesday, April 26 at 10:30am at IFC CENTER (323 Avenue Of The Americas) **Filmmakers Jonathan Yi and Michael Haertlein are available for interviews in New York timed to release and by request.** MAD TIGER follows the relationship of two Japanese men, Yellow and Red, who have been best friends and band mates touring the United States in a performance-art punk band called PEELANDER-Z for the last fifteen years. When Red decides to quit, their relationship is tested by life beyond the band. MAD TIGER is a winking, heartfelt portrait of a band that not only captures the energy of their live show but also the guarded introspection and rigid method behind the day-glo stage performance madness. When the band begins to confront forces beyond their control, and members must decide to prioritize their own lives over the band’s future, MAD TIGER builds to an unexpectedly moving crescendo that forces all involved to change and grow. PEELANDER-Z will be touring across the US in Spring 2016 timed to the film’s release. For tour dates please go to: http://peelander-z.com/tour-datez/ Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdfPNRqqHUI

MoosterBlog LOVES Olive Films

We here at MoosterBlog love Olive Films and are looking forward to continuing to support the company with upcoming reviews. If you haven't seen my posts in the past here is a little background info: Olive Films is a boutique theatrical and home entertainment distribution label dedicated to bringing independent, foreign, and classic films to DVD and Blu-ray. Along with MoosterBlog they are excited to announce that May 24th will be the Blu-ray debut of 10 films, including Albert Lewin’s ahead-of-its time classic The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1946) and French Postcards (1979) with its long-awaited theatrical soundtrack restored. “Albert Lewin was a phenomenal intellectual director, and The Private Affairs of Bel Ami reflects that.,” said Alex Kopecky of Olive Films. “We’re proud to bring such a revered and complex film to Blu-ray, so that cinephiles everywhere can continue to enjoy it.”

THE PRIVATE AFFAIRS OF BEL AMI

Director Albert Lewin is often cited as one of the earliest intellectual directors in Hollywood, spending most of his young adulthood as an English academic. As one might expect, his films were often grossly misunderstood and underappreciated in their time.  Perhaps the best example of this is his 1946 dramaThe Private Affairs of Bel Ami, adapted from Guy de Maupassant’s novel and starring George Sanders and Angela Lansbury. It received near-unanimous negative reviews at its release, most notably from Bosley Crowther of the New York Times, but it is now widely praised by cinephiles. The film echoes many of the recurring themes in the director's work: artists at war with themselves, harmful obsessions, and a fusion of baroque and surreal styles. Lewin’s fascination with aesthetics famously manifests itself in The Private Affairs of Bel Ami with a single Technicolor shot juxtaposed against the rest of the film’s black and white. The Technicolor shot in question is of Max Ernst’s grotesque and disturbing The Temptation of St. Anthony. To find this painting, producers held a contest called the Bel Ami International Art Competition in which 11 artists including Salvador Dalí, Leonara Carrington, Eugene Berman, and Dorothea Tanning participated. They each submitted their version of the often-painted story of St. Anthony, which itself reflects the film’s themes. A jury selected Max Ernst’s, and its presence in the film has gone down in film history as incredibly jarring and powerful.

FRENCH POSTCARDS

Fans of the film French Postcards have long been waiting for a DVD or Blu-ray of the film that includes the theatrical version’s beloved soundtrack. Rather than the replacement songs dubbed in for previous releases, Olive Films’ edition features the French language versions of pop songs such as “Do You Believe in Magic” that are integral to the film’s nostalgic atmosphere. French Postcards was directed by Willard Huyck (Howard the Duck) from a screenplay by Huyck and Gloria Katz (American Graffiti) and stars an ensemble of Miles Chapin, Debra Winger, Valerie Quennessen, Blanche Baker, David Marshall Grant, Marie-France Pisier, and Jean Rochefort.

Other Olive Films April Titles ART + FACTS (link)

Blu-ray and DVD debut of Rich Kids (1979), directed by Robert M. Young, starring Trini Alvarado, Jeremy Levy, John Lithgow, Olympia Dukakis, Paul Dooley, David Selby, and Terry Kiser.

Blu-ray debut of Zapped! (1982), directed by Robert J. Rosenthal and starring Scott Baio, Willie Aames, Scatman Crothers, Robert Mandan, Heather Thomas, and Felice Schachter.

Legend of the Lost (1957), directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne, Sophia Loren, and Rossano Brazzi. Blu-ray debut of The King and Four Queens (1956), directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Clark Gable, Jo Van Fleet, Eleanor Parker, Jean Willes, Barbara Nichols, and Sara Shane.

Blu-ray debut of Iphigenia (1977), directed by Michael Cacoyannis and starring Irene Pappas, Costa Kazakos, and Tatiana Papamoskou.

Blu-ray debut of The Sum of Us (1994), directed by Geoff Burton and Kevin Dowling and starring Russell Crowe, Jack Thompson, Deborah Kennedy, and John Polson.

Blu-ray debut of The Whoopee Boys (1986), directed by John Byrum and starring Michael O'Keefe, Paul Rodriguez, Denholm Elliott, Carole Shelley, Dan O'Herlihy, Eddie Deezen, and Marsha Warfield.

Blu-ray debut of Agent Cody Banks (2003), directed by Harald Zwart and starring Frankie Muniz, Hilary Duff, Angie Harmon, and Ian McShane. Blu-ray debut of Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004), directed by Kevin Allen and starring Frankie Muniz, Anthony Anderson, Hannah Spearritt, Keith David, and Cynthia Stevenson.

In theaters and On Demand on May 6, 2016

ELSTREE 1976 explores the lives of the actors and extras behind one of the most celebrated franchises in cinematic history, which spans from George Lucas’ original A NEW HOPE to J.J. Abrams’ recent record-breaking blockbuster THE FORCE AWAKENS. From the man behind film’s most iconic villain, to the actor whose character was completely cut from the final film, the documentary delves into the eccentric community these individuals have formed and how the Star Wars franchise continues to impact their lives decades later

FORCED PERSPECTIVE: the story of artist Derek Hess

"Few in the art world have the hand of Derek Hess.” -Juxtapoz 

His work has been featured everywhere from the world’s most iconic concert posters and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame to the Louvre in Paris.  

TRAILER: https://vimeo.com/154887225

SYNOPSIS

“Forced Perspective” is an intimate portrait of iconic artist Derek Hess by filmmaker Nick Cavalier. Since he was a young boy, Clevelander Derek Hess has had a “knack” for drawing. As the son of a WWII veteran and professor at the Cleveland Institute of Art, Hess also has had a deep appreciation for the discipline and training necessary for creative growth. Nick Cavalier’s FORCED PERSPECTIVE – evokes Hess’s favored artistic technique of manipulating an object’s size in order to create the illusion of distance. It also traces how these values transformed Hess from an unknown concert poster illustrator at Euclid Tavern into an internationally renowned t-shirt designer, post-hardcore concert organizer, and fine artist. In extensive interviews, Hess opens up about his artistic process as well as his ongoing trials with alcoholism and bipolar disorder. Through his intensely expressive mixed media art, Hess not only works through his demons, but also inspires his fans from around the world to do the same. An impressive tribute to Hess’s oeuvre, Cavalier’s documentary highlights the unique perspective this artist brings to the art world.

AVAILABLE NOW: http://apple.co/1SixyY8 

MORE: http://www.forcedperspectivefilm.com/

Happy 4/20!

Frank Portman's King Dork Approximately paperback Out Oct. 4!

Dr. Frank (a.k.a. Frank Portman) released the cover of the King Dork Approximately paperback. (Out Oct. 4.) via his Facebook page today. It's going to come with a free download of King Dork Approximately the Album (more info later.) Pre-order here

You can still pick up the KDA cassingle via Mooster Records here

Star Wars Episode II:Attack of The Clones LP Soundtrack

Attack of the Clones

Vinyl Soundtrack LP

I Am Shark is thrilled that the 2xLP gatefold colored vinyl release of the original motion picture soundtrack to Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is out now and available for purchase at the I Am Shark online store.

Released for the first time ever as a stand alone vinyl album, the limited first pressing (Silver / Transparent Royal Mix) is almost sold out. 

Stream “Across The Stars (Love Theme from Attack Of The Clones)”

from the Star Wars Episode II Soundtrack on YouTube

"Across The Stars (Love Theme from Attack Of The Clones)"

Originally released alongside the movie in 2002, the original motion picture soundtrack to Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones’ 13-track score from legendary composer John Williams has been remastered to maximize the recording’s dynamic range. Continuing with I Am Shark’s innovative variant character color coordination, which saw the vinyl release of the Episode I soundtrack come in 5 different variations, the vinyl release of the Episode II soundtrack premieres fan favorite Jango Fett's own colored vinyl pressing (Silver / Transparent Royal Mix).

Aside from beautifully colored vinyl and the eye catching imagery featured on the gatefold packaging, there are hints of a hidden surprise included in this album.

I Am Shark will soon complete the soundtrack trilogy, following Episodes I (Available Now), and II (Available Now) with the first ever stand alone vinyl pressings of the Star Wars Episodes III soundtrack in the coming months.

Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones - Track Listing

1. "Star Wars Main Title and Ambush on Coruscant" (3:46)

2. "Across the Stars (Love Theme from Attack of the Clones)" (5:33)

3. "Zam the Assassin and the Chase Through Coruscant" (11:07)

4. "Yoda and the Younglings" (3:55)

5. "Departing Coruscant" (1:44)

6. "Anakin and Padmé" (3:57)

7. "Jango's Escape" (3:48)

8. "The Meadow Picnic" (4:14)

9. "Bounty Hunter's Pursuit" (3:23)

10. “Return to Tatooine" (6:57)

11. "The Tusken Camp and the Homestead" (5:54)

12. "Love Pledge and the Arena" (8:29)

13. "Confrontation with Count Dooku and Finale" (10:45)