Category Archives: Movies

First Roxy, Then Son Of Roxy

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Oooh look, a tweet from Charlie Boswell: Via @Weirdomusic.

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Zappa Meets Dali

Posted on September 22, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

The Sancho Plan collective have created an animated short film entitled “The Black Page”. It is apparently quite an ambitious undertaking: The Black Page is our first true interactive short film & by far our most ambitious project to date. … Continue reading →

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Coming Soon: Frank Zappa’s 200 Motels

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Here’s an excerpt: Tony Palmer DVD confirms: “we have no fixed release date… but one thing is for sure, we have the master tapes and the urban myth that they ‘disappeared’ is untrue.”

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Thing-Fish Live: Highlights

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

In 2003 Stagecraft Entertainment managed to stage an authorized (!) adaptation of Thing-Fish. Here’s, quote: “a very roughly edited selection of scenes of the unforthcoming DVD release”: Takes me back to the weekend of my 35th birthday, when Tommi presented … Continue reading →

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Salad Party 93

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Fantastic viewing. Some background. Hat tip: Charles-Henri Hérault, and thank you to Vimeo user tuva for uploading these gems.

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John Cassavetes & Company, in the Studio

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Balint

A tiny bit of studio-presence, that supposed to be a “talk show” – if they were normal people. I love John Cassavetes, by the way, my favorite director – check out his film “Husbands”, if you can.  Or any of the … Continue reading →

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Dummy Up: a/k/a Tommy Chong

Posted on April 10, 2009 by urbangraffito

Tommy Chong appears on Alex Jones‘ nationally syndicated radio show to discuss the recent FBI raid of Spectrum Labs and the seizure of 10,000 DVDs of Chong’s documentary, a/k/a Tommy Chong. Also on the show is Kevin Booth, creator of … Continue reading →

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Confessions Of Robert Crumb

Posted on February 26, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Am posting this just so I can watch it myself later: a fifty-five minute documentary from 1987 on one of my heroes, Robert Crumb. This film was apparently written by the man himself. Via Non-Stick Plans.

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Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey

Posted on February 13, 2009 by urbangraffito

Sam Dunn, a 30-year-old anthropologist and lifelong metal fan, embarks on a trip into the heart of heavy metal in Metal: A Headbanger’s Journey. His mission is to figure out why metal music is consistently stereotyped, dismissed and condemned, even … Continue reading →

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2009: The Year Of Roxy?

Posted on January 3, 2009 by Barry's Imaginary Publisher

Just a casual update from Balint on the ZPZ Grammy post: No official confirmation for this at all, but here’s what z dot com forum user Gregory had to say as an addendum to his review of ZPZ’s December 12 … Continue reading →

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