8 August 08 | tags: documentary, music, punk | add a comment
Punk's Not Dead
"You can't kill something that doesn't have a single definition." Punk's Not Dead: The Movie. Also: a favorable review of the DVD from GreenCine's DVD Guru.
3 June 08 | tags: photos, punk | add a comment
Punk Pioneers
The BUST blog points out this pretty rad collection of punk photography from Jenny Lens called Punk Pioneers. Best part is that it pays good attention to the women of punk, who sometimes get lost in the shuffle of punk history.
Swing on by to Jenny Lens's fantastic online photo archive and check out her work - you can also buy prints of your favorites.
11 March 08 | tags: mommyhood, punk | add a comment
Parenting Is Living a Life of Daily Revolution
But in the world of punk, DIY and getting turned on to subversive politics through punk, I felt more comfortable and excited to get my shit together as to help create positive change. A big part of me feeling like I had my shit together enough to parent a child is reflected in how I feel about children being raised in freedom; the conscience act of parenting a free child IS creating positive change. You know, 'Be the change you wish to see.'
HipMama interviews Jessica Mills, the author of My Mother Wears Combat Boots, about punk parenting.
7 November 07 | tags: buddhism, ohio, punk, video | add a comment
Cleveland's Screaming
Akron native, Zen Buddhist master, punk band member, columnist for Suicide Girls, and director of the doc Cleveland's Screaming, Brad Warner, is going to be back in Ohio soon to talk about hardcore meditation and punk in NE Ohio.
23 October 07 | tags: documentary, music, punk | add a comment
If You're Not Dead, Play!!
Last week I posted a link to the 2003 documentary It's Everything and Then It's Gone, which is about the 70's and 80's alternative music scene in Akron, Ohio. After doing a bit of digging, I discovered the director, University of Akron's Phil Hoffman, also made a sequel: If You're Not Dead, Play!!, which covers the second wave of Akron garage bands. I also found out that Hoffman received Emmy nominations for his work on these docs.
"What most surprised me as I created the documentary is that I've become an advocate for 'rock-as-art,'" mused Hoffman. "The average person who considers rock 'n' roll only looks at the musical part. These bands were dedicated to it as performance art -- as theater -- and I have come to appreciate the full artistry of their work."
This doc too is available to watch online.
16 October 07 | tags: documentary, music, punk | add a comment
It's Everything, and Then It's Gone
I saw the local PBS documentary It's Everything and Then It's Gone a few years ago, when I still lived in NE Ohio, and just thought of trying to track it down. It's the tale of how Akron, Ohio almost became the next musical hotspot in the punk and post-punk eras. Even if it never quite got the street cred that places like Seattle or Austin would someday earn, it still produced some noteworthy artists like Devo and the Rubber City Rebels. Great little doc, and it's all online.