Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Posted by Anonymous |
Your '90s hardcore documentary ORANGE COUNTY HARDCORE SCENESTER (OCHS) recently had it's world premiere screening on 4/16/11 in Örebro, Sweden. Have you gotten any feedback of any kind on that screening?
Yes! I heard that it went well. It played with two bands. Basically, I heard that some people were just there for the bands, some people were really into the movie and some people sat through the movie waiting for the bands. Documentary films have long lives. They come out and are usually discovered after they have been out for a bit. It is only in recent years that documentary films have been given so much support but even those supported films still have to fight tooth and nail for their audience. I watched ANOTHER STATE OF MIND in 1986, I believe. It came out in 1984, so you see what I mean. That movie, the DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION series, AMERICAN HARDCORE, LET THEM KNOW... they have really set the standard. I am just happy to have people see OCHS and hopefully, they like it.
Discuss the other upcoming OCHS screenings (locations, dates, times, etc.).
The documentary is playing at Conne Island in Germany and Estonia on May 11. And then, over the summer, I believe it is playing a festival in Philadelphia, Hungary, Fluff Fest, Seattle and hopefully more places after that. I haven't even begun to submit it to distributors yet. That will be a long process. I haven't started submitting it to film festivals either. Again, that process will be long. I do know that I will be submitting it to Sundance and Slamdance, among others. It will have a tough time getting into those, mainly because those festivals are very political in terms of what gets in. I am just hoping that OCHS is unique enough that people like it and maybe that will help it's chances.
However, if you live in California, particularly Orange County, the screening to go to is the free one that I have set up at The Yost Theater in Santa Ana on May 12. It is FREE and it will play at 7:30 PM. I have been posting about it on Facebook. I flyered record stores. Now, I need to keep the momentum going. Basically, I wanted to make the screening easy for people so that anybody in the area could come. It is free, it is local, it is on a Thursday and you will be home early!
Discuss the upcoming OCHS DVD. In particular, what kinds of extras will be included on it and what's the tentative release date?
I can't really discuss the DVD because it is too far off. This is something that I have been trying to explain. It isn't that I made the film and didn't want people to see it or review it. Basically, I go through this process with every film that I make. I make it and I show it around hoping to land a bigger distribution company. If that doesn't happen, I release it myself. This takes time because filmmaking is a very aggressive hobby for me. I don't make a living off of these films. I work another job and I supplement my income doing freelance writing/digital editing work. Basically, in about a year to 18 months, this movie will have been seen by a lot of people in one way or another. Then, it will be re-edited with notes that I've made and gotten from others. Then, the DVD will either come out through me or another company.
Discuss the upcoming OCHS merch. Will there be an accompanying soundtrack and/or book of some sort?
Right now, all I have planned are shirts that are rips of popular shirts from hardcore bands of the '90s. I'd love to do a book and a soundtrack. LET THEM KNOW, the BYO documentary, was released that way and it's fantastic! Again, this all depends on if little ol' me releases it via Anhedenia Films or if it comes out from a bigger company that can make a package like that happen.
You used the music of Iceburn/The Iceburn Collective as the entire soundtrack for your 1999 mockumentary SCHUSTERMAN LEVINE: A BOXING FABLE. Why did you decide on that particular band for the soundtrack to that film?
I needed music! Also, I needed good music and I didn't want anything where people were singing. I have known Gentry, Cache and those guys since 1994. I was always impressed with the fact that Iceburn really did do their own thing. Who else was writing 20 minute songs in the hardcore scene and playing hardcore shows in the '90s??? And it wasn't just writing lengthy songs to write lengthy songs. Iceburn were musicians. They are the kinds of people that could play with anyone. You have to appreciate a band that can play orchestral type music and then merge that with Black Sabbath. Their music ended up suiting the film perfectly and giving it a dreamy quality which I think really lent something to the whole fairy tale/Chaplinesque feeling that I was going for when I made the film.
On a non-hardcore related note, a movie entitled KNOCKOUT that you wrote the screenplay for and which stars "Stone Cold" Steve Austin was just released today on DVD and Blu-ray. Briefly discuss that.
I love this movie! Anne Wheeler, Stone Cold, Daniel Magder and the Nasser Production Company did a great job on this movie. I am not just saying that to sell more copies because I don't have any piece of the backend. I am telling people to see this movie because I think that the message is great. It's a kids' film but there's something there for adults as well. When I wrote it, I imagined it as an Afterschool Special from the '80s and that is what it is. In the film, a young kid (Magder), who loves boxing, is getting picked on. He convinces the school janitor (Austin) to train him and together, they show everyone what they're made of. It is a very simple story but it doesn't end how you think it will. Also, being as how I'm a huge boxing fan, it is filled with references that new and old fans will really appreciate. I am really proud of this film. And this movie is hardcore related. Maybe not in a music sense but I think the idea of a kid not taking "no" for an answer is something that is very much in keeping with hardcore.
Feel free to discuss any of your upcoming endeavors here.
At present, I am writing a bunch more spec screenplays. I just completed one titled THAT GUY about a guy who would rather fantasize about life than actually have a life. I am working on another young adult fiction book called JD about an "at risk" youth whose life gets upended when his Grandpa comes to live with him and his mom. Once that is done, I am doing another animated movie called INSECT. It is about two brothers who discover that there is a giant insect living in their dead mother's bedroom. It is a mix between PHANTASM and THE GATE. Lastly, I am working with Nasser Productions on a bunch of scripts. It looks like another one is getting made this summer. There is a director and a star in place. Once I know more, you will too!
Yes! I heard that it went well. It played with two bands. Basically, I heard that some people were just there for the bands, some people were really into the movie and some people sat through the movie waiting for the bands. Documentary films have long lives. They come out and are usually discovered after they have been out for a bit. It is only in recent years that documentary films have been given so much support but even those supported films still have to fight tooth and nail for their audience. I watched ANOTHER STATE OF MIND in 1986, I believe. It came out in 1984, so you see what I mean. That movie, the DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION series, AMERICAN HARDCORE, LET THEM KNOW... they have really set the standard. I am just happy to have people see OCHS and hopefully, they like it.
Discuss the other upcoming OCHS screenings (locations, dates, times, etc.).
The documentary is playing at Conne Island in Germany and Estonia on May 11. And then, over the summer, I believe it is playing a festival in Philadelphia, Hungary, Fluff Fest, Seattle and hopefully more places after that. I haven't even begun to submit it to distributors yet. That will be a long process. I haven't started submitting it to film festivals either. Again, that process will be long. I do know that I will be submitting it to Sundance and Slamdance, among others. It will have a tough time getting into those, mainly because those festivals are very political in terms of what gets in. I am just hoping that OCHS is unique enough that people like it and maybe that will help it's chances.
However, if you live in California, particularly Orange County, the screening to go to is the free one that I have set up at The Yost Theater in Santa Ana on May 12. It is FREE and it will play at 7:30 PM. I have been posting about it on Facebook. I flyered record stores. Now, I need to keep the momentum going. Basically, I wanted to make the screening easy for people so that anybody in the area could come. It is free, it is local, it is on a Thursday and you will be home early!
Discuss the upcoming OCHS DVD. In particular, what kinds of extras will be included on it and what's the tentative release date?
I can't really discuss the DVD because it is too far off. This is something that I have been trying to explain. It isn't that I made the film and didn't want people to see it or review it. Basically, I go through this process with every film that I make. I make it and I show it around hoping to land a bigger distribution company. If that doesn't happen, I release it myself. This takes time because filmmaking is a very aggressive hobby for me. I don't make a living off of these films. I work another job and I supplement my income doing freelance writing/digital editing work. Basically, in about a year to 18 months, this movie will have been seen by a lot of people in one way or another. Then, it will be re-edited with notes that I've made and gotten from others. Then, the DVD will either come out through me or another company.
Discuss the upcoming OCHS merch. Will there be an accompanying soundtrack and/or book of some sort?
Right now, all I have planned are shirts that are rips of popular shirts from hardcore bands of the '90s. I'd love to do a book and a soundtrack. LET THEM KNOW, the BYO documentary, was released that way and it's fantastic! Again, this all depends on if little ol' me releases it via Anhedenia Films or if it comes out from a bigger company that can make a package like that happen.
You used the music of Iceburn/The Iceburn Collective as the entire soundtrack for your 1999 mockumentary SCHUSTERMAN LEVINE: A BOXING FABLE. Why did you decide on that particular band for the soundtrack to that film?
I needed music! Also, I needed good music and I didn't want anything where people were singing. I have known Gentry, Cache and those guys since 1994. I was always impressed with the fact that Iceburn really did do their own thing. Who else was writing 20 minute songs in the hardcore scene and playing hardcore shows in the '90s??? And it wasn't just writing lengthy songs to write lengthy songs. Iceburn were musicians. They are the kinds of people that could play with anyone. You have to appreciate a band that can play orchestral type music and then merge that with Black Sabbath. Their music ended up suiting the film perfectly and giving it a dreamy quality which I think really lent something to the whole fairy tale/Chaplinesque feeling that I was going for when I made the film.
On a non-hardcore related note, a movie entitled KNOCKOUT that you wrote the screenplay for and which stars "Stone Cold" Steve Austin was just released today on DVD and Blu-ray. Briefly discuss that.
I love this movie! Anne Wheeler, Stone Cold, Daniel Magder and the Nasser Production Company did a great job on this movie. I am not just saying that to sell more copies because I don't have any piece of the backend. I am telling people to see this movie because I think that the message is great. It's a kids' film but there's something there for adults as well. When I wrote it, I imagined it as an Afterschool Special from the '80s and that is what it is. In the film, a young kid (Magder), who loves boxing, is getting picked on. He convinces the school janitor (Austin) to train him and together, they show everyone what they're made of. It is a very simple story but it doesn't end how you think it will. Also, being as how I'm a huge boxing fan, it is filled with references that new and old fans will really appreciate. I am really proud of this film. And this movie is hardcore related. Maybe not in a music sense but I think the idea of a kid not taking "no" for an answer is something that is very much in keeping with hardcore.
Feel free to discuss any of your upcoming endeavors here.
At present, I am writing a bunch more spec screenplays. I just completed one titled THAT GUY about a guy who would rather fantasize about life than actually have a life. I am working on another young adult fiction book called JD about an "at risk" youth whose life gets upended when his Grandpa comes to live with him and his mom. Once that is done, I am doing another animated movie called INSECT. It is about two brothers who discover that there is a giant insect living in their dead mother's bedroom. It is a mix between PHANTASM and THE GATE. Lastly, I am working with Nasser Productions on a bunch of scripts. It looks like another one is getting made this summer. There is a director and a star in place. Once I know more, you will too!
Monday, April 25, 2011
Posted by xjustinx |
http://xjustinx.limitedpressing.com/
Barrit - s/t 7"
Bumfights vol. 1 DVD
Despair / New Day Rising split 7"
Eyelid - Bleeding Through 7" [green]
Fucked Up - Let Likes Be Cured By Likes [clear]
Fucked Up - Litany [white]
Hatebreed / Neglect split 7" [red]
Isis / Pig Destroyer split 7" - unplayed!
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business LP
Misery Index / Bathtub Shitter split 7" - unplayed
Monster X - To The Positive Youth 7" [grey marble]
Morning Again - Martyr [brown of 200]
Morning Again / 25 Ta Life split 7" [blue of 500]
My Dying Bride - As The Flower Withers LP [first press w/poster] unplayed!
Overcast - Begging For Indifference 7" [clear]
Overcast - Stirring The Killer 7"
Pray Silent - The Golden Flag 7" [clear blue]
Restrain - Armageddon 7" [pre-Coalesce]
Second Coming - Wake 7"
Sektor - Ultimate Threat 7"
Sworn Vengeance - The Blood & The Chaos 7" - unplayed
Sworn Vengeance / All Bets Off split 7" - unplayed
Unbroken - Circa '77 [original New Age press]
http://xjustinx.limitedpressing.com/
Barrit - s/t 7"
Bumfights vol. 1 DVD
Despair / New Day Rising split 7"
Eyelid - Bleeding Through 7" [green]
Fucked Up - Let Likes Be Cured By Likes [clear]
Fucked Up - Litany [white]
Hatebreed / Neglect split 7" [red]
Isis / Pig Destroyer split 7" - unplayed!
Megadeth - Killing Is My Business LP
Misery Index / Bathtub Shitter split 7" - unplayed
Monster X - To The Positive Youth 7" [grey marble]
Morning Again - Martyr [brown of 200]
Morning Again / 25 Ta Life split 7" [blue of 500]
My Dying Bride - As The Flower Withers LP [first press w/poster] unplayed!
Overcast - Begging For Indifference 7" [clear]
Overcast - Stirring The Killer 7"
Pray Silent - The Golden Flag 7" [clear blue]
Restrain - Armageddon 7" [pre-Coalesce]
Second Coming - Wake 7"
Sektor - Ultimate Threat 7"
Sworn Vengeance - The Blood & The Chaos 7" - unplayed
Sworn Vengeance / All Bets Off split 7" - unplayed
Unbroken - Circa '77 [original New Age press]
http://xjustinx.limitedpressing.com/
Posted by Anonymous |
From the hate5six.com Facebook:
CASTING CALL: Looking for people in the Philadelphia area to be extras in what will be the greatest video of all time. Shooting will take place in the next two weeks or so. You MUST be well-dressed. Please email hate5sixproductions at gmail dot com subject: "Oscar Nominee"
ATTN bands, labels, artists, photographers, zine writers: we're exploring sustainable ways to alleviate the financial burden on Mike Bird as a result of his accident and we absolutely need you. If you have the ability to create something, get in touch ASAP. Please e-mail hate5sixproductions at gmail dot com subject "Mike Bird". Brother and sisterhood bind us together, regardless of the banners to which you subscribe.
Here's an excellent multi-camera full set video of Unbroken at Santo's Party House in Manhattan, NY on 4/9/11. LOTS more full set videos can be found at hate5six.com as well.
Unbroken (Multi-cam Full Set) from hate5six on Vimeo.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Posted by xjustinx |
After the Unrestrained show with Incendiary and Indecision in Brooklyn, I got handed the following flier:
Upon checking out the Deathbed page on facebook, I was pleased to hear that they're actually really good. The 7" is up for pre-0rder now, and is limited to 100 copies on green and 200 on black.
Nothing In Vain records also has a 7" pre-order up for Axis, who are from Daytona Beach, FL. They describe their sound as a mix of Buried Alive, Acme and Turmoil, which I would say is relatively accurate. Their 7" is limited to 100 on clear and 200 on black.
Nothing In Vain Records
Upon checking out the Deathbed page on facebook, I was pleased to hear that they're actually really good. The 7" is up for pre-0rder now, and is limited to 100 copies on green and 200 on black.Nothing In Vain records also has a 7" pre-order up for Axis, who are from Daytona Beach, FL. They describe their sound as a mix of Buried Alive, Acme and Turmoil, which I would say is relatively accurate. Their 7" is limited to 100 on clear and 200 on black.
Nothing In Vain Records
Saturday, April 23, 2011
Posted by Anonymous |
Purchase tickets here - http://tinyurl.com/3dc3svg
Youth Of Today 2011 European tour dates
April 29 Gorizia Italy
April 30 Wil Switzerland
May 1 Ravenna Italy
May 2 Roma Italy
May 3 Torino Italy
May 4 Tourlouse France
May 5 Madrid Spain
May 6 Lisbon Portugal
May 7 Asturies Spain
May 8 Badalona Spain
May 9 Bordeaux France
Posted by xjustinx |
For the longest time, I was never able to find any information about Eleventh Hour, aside from the knowledge that they were from Flint, Texas and that they played with the likes of Chokehold, Despair, Unbroken, Mean Season and more. And I only knew that information because it was in the liner notes to their "Sifting Through The Ashes" 7". However, I was about to rip this record this morning, and I did a google search for the first time in a long while, which yielded what I assume to be a somewhat newer Facebook page for the band. It detailed that they actually did some touring with Chokehold, played a couple of reunion shows in 2002, AND that they recorded two new songs (which I'm dying to hear!) in 2008.
The following 7" was actually their demo recording from December of 1993 that got released on vinyl in April of 1994 as a split release between Ballyhoo Withdrawal and Threshold Records, who released the "Faction" 7" from Botch soon after.
The following 7" was actually their demo recording from December of 1993 that got released on vinyl in April of 1994 as a split release between Ballyhoo Withdrawal and Threshold Records, who released the "Faction" 7" from Botch soon after.
Eleventh Hour - Sifting Through The Ashes 7"[1994 - Ballyhoo Withdrawal / Threshold Records]
http://www.mediafire.com/?rkqj9lr89av80qc
Eleventh Hour also had tracks featured on two different compilations. One of which can be heard on The Difference Between Us from Goodfellow Records.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Posted by Anonymous |
From betterXtimes:
STRAIGHT FUCKING EDGE
WRITE MIKE A LETTER:
Patient: MIKE BIRD
E.C.M.C.
462 Grider Street
Buffalo, New York 14215
Draw him a picture, write him a poem, tell him a story,
let him know you're rootin' for him.
No one wants to be sitting in a hospital bed BORED all day long.
HELP keep the kid entertained!
I've been getting hundreds of e-mails from people who want to know HOW THEY CAN HELP, aside from simply sending money via PayPal.
Several people are selling shirts, bracelets, jewelry, and other awesome things and donating SOME or ALL of the proceeds to the Mike Bird Benefit.
(check back often, this list will grow)
Here is a list of some things you can get in return for donating:
COLD CUTS MERCH EXCLUSIVE Mike Bird Benefit t-shirt. Limited edition. 100% profits go to Mike Bird Benefit.
BUFFALO STYLE Available in WHITE or BLACK. Get these while they're HOT. They will NOT last! 100% of proceeds go to Mike Bird Benefit
AGITATOR Exclusive. Limited edition. Only available until May 2nd. Get yours NOW. 100% profits go to Mike Bird Benefit.
moshSTRONG BRACELETS! Also available in purple. 100% of proceeds go to Mike Bird Benefit.
dreamcatcher jewelry Ashley X Christina hand-makes her own jewelry. 100% of purchases made on her page in between now and April 28th get donated directly to the Mike Bird Benefit.
CLIMBIN' ABOARD RECORDS Donating ALL PROFITS from orders directly to Mike Bird Benefit fund.
Listen to EASY WAY OUT.
CHECK BACK OFTEN!
MORE DONATION INCENTIVES COMING SOON!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Italy's Purification has been hard at work completing their new record "A Torch To Pierce The Night". While they were finishing up, they contacted Dave Quiggle to design a brand new logo for them (which can be seen above). Not quite sure who is releasing the record but I think its Hurry Up Records...as if the band hadn't already been busy, they have planned a tour of South America. Dates are posted below. For all the up to date information, check out the official Purification website.
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