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Chris Slusarenko

Host Chris Slusarenko (Eyelids, Guided By Voices, owner of Clinton Street Video rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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29:40

PAVEMENT WEEK: EP6: 'SLANTED! ENCHANTED! A PAVEMENT...

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2025/05/05

For today’s episode of Revolutions Per Movie’sPavement Week(Episode #6 out #5…right?), I am joined by actorMichael Esperwho played the lead role (Essem) in the musicalSlanted! Enchanted!A Pavement Musicalthat is featured in the new documentaryPavements.We discuss how Michael first got involved in the project and whether or not he felt the musical was earnest or a put-on, the mixed bag that often is a jukebox musical, whether or not his fellow actors knew about Pavement and their music before

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59:48

PAVEMENT WEEK: EP 5: 'PAVEMENTS' w/ SPIRAL STAIRS &...

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2025/05/02

For the finale of Revolutions Per Movie’s Pavement Week, we are joined by Pavement’s Spiral Stairs (aka Scott Kannberg) & Robert Greene, editor/producer of the new documentary Pavements.We discuss its kaleidoscopic storytelling, which weaves together a star-studded biopic, a traditional band documentary, a Pavement museum, and the Pavement jukebox musical all into a feature-length film.We also talk about Robert’s long-term push-pull artistic relationship with the film’s director Alex Ross Perry,

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50:32

PAVEMENT WEEK: EP 4: 'PAVEMENTS' w/ ALEX ROSS PERRY

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2025/05/01

This week we continue Pavement Week on Revolutions Per Movie with episodes celebrating Pavement to the max.For today’s episode (#4 of 5) we talk to filmmakerAlex Ross Perrywho directed the new kaleidoscopic documentaryPavements.We discussed Alex’s formative years working at the legendary Kim’s Video in NYC, how Alex broke away from traditional music documentaries to make Pavements, the truth hidden within the fiction of the biopic segments of the film, the earnest nature of musical theater and

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1:02:31

PAVEMENT WEEK: EP3: 'LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH' &...

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2025/04/30

This week, we will be celebratingPavement WeekonRevolutions Per Moviewith episodes that are Pavement to the max!!!For today’s episode (#3 of 5) we talk to multi-instrumentalist ofPavement, The Minders, Pedro The Lion & Wild Flag,Rebecca Clay Cole!!!We discuss her time in Pavement and her varied musical life, and she alsobrought us an amazing music film pick to discuss: theLuther VandrossdocumentaryLuther: Never Too Much.We also talk about her involvement with theElephant 6scene, how her first band

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1:11:20

PAVEMENT WEEK: EP 2: 'LOUDER THAN YOU THINK: A LO-FI...

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2025/04/29

This week, we will be celebrating Revolutions Per Movie’s Pavement Week with episodes that are Pavement to the max.For today’s episode (#2 of 5), we present an encore airing of our discussion with the director & producers of the amazingGary Young/Pavementdocumentary‘LOUDER THAN YOU THINK,'which is one of the best music documentaries I have seen in recent years and also one of the most enlightening about Pavement.We discuss how surprisingly open the members of Pavement were to discussing

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1:32:34

PAVEMENT WEEK: EP1: 'PAVEMENT:SLOW CENTURY &...

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2025/04/28

'SLOW CENTURY’ & ‘PAVEMENTS’ w/ LANCE BANGS(PART 1 of PAVEMENT WEEK)This week, we will be celebratingPavement WeekonRevolutions Per Moviewith episodes that are Pavement to the max!!!For today’s episode (#1 of 5) we start off with a bang with director/producerLANCE BANGS(Slint: Breadcrumb Trail, Jackass, Pavement: Slow Century, Pavements).We discuss how Lance first connected with Pavement and started documenting their early shows, what a young Lance was watching and listening to before the

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1:03:18

'LEONARD COHEN: I'M YOUR MAN' w/ Perla Batalla

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2025/04/24

On this week’s episode, I am joined by Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter and collaborator with LEONARD COHEN, PERLA BATALLA, who discusses her good friend/creative muse and her thoughts on the film 'LEONARD COHEN: I'M YOUR MAN.'We discuss Perla’s childhood and escape from her family into a life in music, her Mom’s record store, working for T.V. legend Norman Lear documenting The Jeffersons & One Day At A Time, her surprisingly frantic introduction to Leonard Cohen’s music and the man himself,

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56:25

'WILD ZERO' w/ Jim Hickcox

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2025/04/17

On this week’s episode, I'm joined by filmmaker Jim Hickcox (Slow Creep, Soft Matter), who brings us the greatest zombie/rock film of all time,WILD ZERO, starring Guitar Wolf!!!We discuss the Japanese garage rock scene and Guitar Wolf’s stature within it, what is Jet Rock N’ Roll, how Guitar Wolf made the loudest record ever recorded,Bass Wolf & Drum Wolf’s non-stop hair combing in this movie, Guitar Wolf’s pro-Trans stance in the film, going to video stores rather than record stores while on tour,

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1:32:59

'UNKNOWN PASSAGE: THE DEAD MOON STORY' w/ Jenny Don't...

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2025/04/10

This week, I'm joined byJenny Don’t & Kelly Halliburton(Jenny Don’t & The Spurs & Pierced Arrows), who discuss their bandmates/dear friendsFred & Toody Coleand the documentaryUNKNOWN PASSAGE: THE DEAD MOON STORY.We also discuss how my very first Country/Western show was seeing Fred & Toody’s band Western Front,Jenny and Kelly’s wildly different entry points into Punk and Country, Jenny learning to sing using an answering machine, The Cole’s approach to get the job done with limited resources, how

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50:09

'LOVE STORY' w/ Johnny Echols & Mike Randle

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2025/04/03

On this week’s episode, we are joined byJohnny Echols, who was part of one of the greatest bands of all time, the 60's bandLove.We are also joined byMike Randle, co-founder of the bandBaby LemonadeandLove w/ Johhny Echols, who, alongside Love singer/songwriterArthur Lee& Echols, helped find new audiences for Love's music before Arthur died in2006.We discuss how for a long time the music documentaryLove Storywas the only way to glean information about the mysterious band, how Johnny and Arthur

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43:16

'THANK YOU VERY MUCH' w/ Alex Braverman

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2025/03/27

On this week’s episode, we look at the ultimate song and dance man, Andy Kaufman, and the new documentary about him, Thank You Very Much, directed by this week’s guest, Alex Braverman. We discussed Alex’s parents working on the filming of Andy Kaufman’s Carnegie Hall stage show and how Alex discovered Andy through that VHS sitting on his parent’s shelf, how most of Andy’s comedy was infused with music, Tony Clifton, Andy's skill at wasting valuable network TV time, the incredible footage of Andy

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37:21

'ROCK OPERAS' w/ Kevin McDonald

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2025/03/20

On this week’s episode,we are joined by the legendKevin McDonaldofThe Kids In The Hall,who talks about his upcoming rock opera,Superstar (A Rock Opera), and the films and music that influenced it.We also discuss Kevin’s love of musicals, why comedians want to be musicians and vice versa, Kevin discoveringJesus Christ Superstarand the effect it had on him, the musicality of Kevin’s voice in his comedy, writing the Kids In The Hall sketches ‘The Suburbs’, ‘Daddy Drank, and ‘The Bass Player,' why rock

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1:14:20

'THE SOUTHBANK SHOW: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND' w/ Mark...

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2025/03/13

This week, we are joined by PULP's MARK WEBBERto discuss what was to be the most influential documentary of his life, THE SOUTH BANK EPISODE ABOUT THE VELVET UNDERGROUND.We discuss Mark’s path from making fanzines (including interviewingMo Tucker), & running the Pulp fanclub to eventually joiningPULPas they embarked on their classsic records (DIFFERENT CLASS, THIS IS HARDCORE & WE LOVE LIFE), how Pulp composes music, being too young to get the Velvet Underground on first listen, the sweet spot of

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56:32

'HEARTWORN HIGHWAY' w/ Brendan Canty

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2025/03/06

This week, we are joined by musician, producer, composer, and filmmaker Brendan Canty (Fugazi, Rites Of Spring, The Messethics), who chose the wildly unexpected outlaw country documentary HEARTWORN HIGHWAYS to discuss.We also get to discuss the importance of his bands Rites Of Spring & Fugazi, Chris seeing Fugazi in a hippie cafeteria on their first tour, playing videogames with Elliott Smith, Brendan's Burn to Shine series that featured bands playing songs in a condemned house that was going to be

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47:07

'LINDA LINDA LINDA' w/ Martin Wong

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2025/02/27

This week, we are joined by MARTIN WONG (co-creator and editor of GIANT ROBOT magazine and self-proclaimed ‘shitworker’ for THE LINDA LINDAS) to discuss the music narrative punk film LINDA LINDA LINDA.We discuss Martin’s past writing for FLIPSIDE magazine and his initial exposure to punk music, how Giant Robot was started, our favorite obscure Asian cinema and music, how James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins did the soundtrack for this film, the L.A. Chinatown punk scene, the Linda Lindas opening for The

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1:11:20

'LOUDER THAN YOU THINK: A LO-FI HISTORY OF GARY YOUNG...

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2025/02/20

This weekweare joinedby the director and producers of the amazingGary Young/Pavementdocumentary‘LOUDER THAN YOU THINK,'one of the best music documentaries I have seen in recent years and also one of the most enlightening about Pavement.We discuss how surprisingly open the members of Pavement were to discussing Gary,Gary’slegendary home studio where he played drums and recordedPavement'searly records, the incredible marionettes that were built specifically for the film, what it was like for Brian to

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1:07:46

'MONTEREY POP' w/ Clare O'Kane

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2025/02/13

This week, we are joined by actor, writer & comedian CLARE O’KANE (whose latest comedy album, Everything I Know How To Do, was released on Eugene Mirman’s record label) about the classic 1968-directed film MONTEREY POP! We discuss Clare’s Bay Area upbringing and being too uptight to be a hippie, our history with comedy records and what its like for Clare to make one, we share our weirdo pre-flight rituals, why the Grateful Dead didn’t want to be in the finished film and other performances that were

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1:10:38

'NOT A PHOTOGRAPH: THE MISSION OF BURMA STORY' w/...

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2025/02/06

This week, we are joined by musician STEVE MICHENER (Big Dipper, Volcano Suns, Dumptruck, Barbara Manning) to discuss a documentary featuring one of Steve’s old bandmates, THIS IS NOT A PHOTOGRAPH: THE MISSION OF BURMA STORY!!!!We discuss the makeup of the Boston music scene of the 80s, Steve’s time in post-Burma band VOLCANO SUNS with Peter Prescott, the genesis of BIG DIPPER, how it was like Beatlemania for Burma in Boston, Burma playing 3 times a week in the early days, how Burma changed themusic

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1:20:26

'ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL' w/ Ronnie Barnett

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2025/01/30

This week, we are joined by RONNIE BARNETT of THE MUFFS, who chose the classic music documentary ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL to discuss!We also discuss the sides of Double Nickles On A Dime, Ronnie's high-school metal & new wave band roots, Creem magazine, Ian McKaye’s love of Ted Nugent, trying to understand Van Halen, turning your back on metal during the punk wars, how most bands suck after their 4th record, how the director of Hitchcock (who was once an Anvil roadie) made this film, the lyrics to

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55:04

'20 FEET FROM STARDOM' w/ Kyleen King

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2025/01/23

This week, we’re joined by musician & arrangerKyleen King. As a backing performer for such acts as Brandi Carlile, The Decemberists & Drive-By Truckers, Kyleen picked a film that strikes close to home,20 Feet From Stardom.We discuss what it feels like to serve other musician’s visions even if they can’t articulate what they want, zoning out on stage, pre-show rituals and superstitions, the performative elements of being a backing musician, how the film helped Kyleen want to go into mental health and

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