Until The Light Takes Us

It’s no secret that I’ve been on a black and death metal kick lately: Enslaved… Behemoth… Mayhem…I mean, I’ve always liked it, but I’ve been REALLY into it lately. So, I was excited to see this pop up on The Roxie’s calendar. Tonight, I took myself on a hot date to see it, and emerged [...]

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Joy Division: Under Review and Control

Guns ‘n Roses didn’t write Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door. Nine Inch Nails didn’t write Dead Souls. But I heard the covers before the originals, and it was NIN’s cover of Dead Soul’s featured on The Crow soundtrack that made me aware of Joy Division. Back when I still read liner notes, of course. Joy Division [...]

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Air Guitar Nation

“Make Air, Not War”. I had been trying to make it to the San Francisco regional Air Guitar Championship for the past two years, but had failed. I will fail no longer. This even must be planned around. Air Guitar Nation is the type of documentary that, at times, seems like it might be a [...]

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Depeche Mode: 101

Depeche Mode is just one of those bands that has never really waned in success- they’ve never had a shit album, a bad tour, or an embarrassing bad press moment. And what a documentary- to be a fan in the late ’80s and win a contest to travel around on a bus and go to [...]

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Gimme Shelter

If you’ve never heard about the Altamont incident before, this this isn’t the documentary to explain it to you. But if you have, this will definitely illustrate it for you a bit. With no narration, Gimme Shelter is a collection of interviews and footage from the famous show. If this doc had been made in [...]

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The Fearless Freaks

The Fearless Freaks is a great name for The Flaming Lips documentary. If you already thought this band was weird, this will definitely make you know that they are even weirder. Still living in a modest house in the Oklahoma City neighborhood he grew up in , Wayne Coyne is beyond the quirky singer behind [...]

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Rockumentaries: Hype!

We’re in the midst of ’90s nostalgia, with bands reuniting all over the place, and Kurt Cobain being mentioned right and left. There’s not a better time to be reminded of the Seattle Sound effect than now. Hype! documents the emergence of the hip place that Seattle is now considered to be. Beginning by explaining [...]

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All We Are Saying

All We Are Saying is a documentary by Rosanna Arquette. She interviews many musicians- very famous ones- about the changing music industry, motivation, family, and the creative process. Though a lot of negative things have been said about it, I found it an interesting watch. I know that the music industry is messed up, but [...]

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rockumentaries: Ramones—-Raw

The Ramones are a band that I should know more about. I was mildly familiar with their cultural cache, their influence, their movement…but I never understood the magnitude of it until I saw Ramones—–Raw. The Ramoniacs, the fashion, the singing stance- it’s all there. The Ramones are part geek rock, part reluctant rock stars, part [...]

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Awesome! I Fu(#in' Shot That!

Awesome! I Fu(#in’ Shot That! is one of things that had me going, “ugh, that was my idea!” I always thought it would be interesting to see a show from multiple people’s vantage points, though my idea was still pics. However, it proved not to be the most engaging thing ever. It was taken from [...]

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