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REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE

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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53:15

ENCORE PRESENTATION: 'ROCK N ROLL HIGH SCHOOL' w/...

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2026/02/03

Hey! Ho! Let's Go! Welcome to our bi-monthly ENCORE PRESENTATION of classic REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE episodes from the vault! The incredible Craig Finn on the amazing Ramones' cult film Rock 'N' Roll High School...what more can I say, Principal Togar...this episode rules...enjoy!(Episode 51 originally aired on August 24th, 2024).Original Show Notes:This week, we talk to CRAIG FINN of THE HOLD STEADY & ’That’s How I Remember It’ podcast about the legendary cult classic ROCK ’N’ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL!We

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1:19:26

'SCHOOL OF ROCK' W/ Jon Gabrus

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2026/01/29

My guest this week is comedian/writer/actorJon Gabrus(High & Mighty,101 Places To Party Before You DieTV Series&Staying Alivepodcast w/ Adam Pally), who chose to discuss theMike White/Richard Linklater/Jack Blackforce of natureSchool Of Rock.We discuss Jon’s surprising new health show withAdam Pally(his partner in debauchery), Jon and Adam visiting Portland for their TV series101 Places To Party Before You Die, the best health advice he’s gotten so far, the music action filmsMiami

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1:07:41

'MOONAGE DAYDREAM' w/ Scott Aukerman

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2026/01/22

This week I’m joined by comedian/podcaster/directorScott Aukerman(Comedy Bang Bang, Between Two Ferns, R U Talkin' R.E.M. RE: ME?w/ Adam Scott) as we delve into the recentDavid Bowiedocumentary,Moonage Daydream.We also discuss Scott’s parents searching histeenage room for dangerous music,Frankie Goes To HollywoodandPrince, Scott’s divisive (but beloved)U2andR.E.M.podcasts withAdam Scott(Parks And Recreation; Severance), when we've felt like an artist has spat in our face,Dick Cavett, R.E.M.'sDead

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1:28:26

ENCORE PRESENTATION: 'DESOLATION CENTER' w/ Stuart...

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2026/01/20

Welcome to an Encore Presentation of one of my favorite episodes ever of Revolutions Per Movie, where I got to discuss the documentary Desolation Center with the creators of these legendary events (who else would put the Minutemen on a barge or Einsturzende Neubauten in the desert). Plus, I love it whenever I get to surprise my guests with more guests to create the whole picture from the inside out. Enjoy!(Episode 33 originally aired on April 25th, 2024).The original show notes:This week, we talk to

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1:09:46

THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF TEXAS PUNK w/ Pat Blashill

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2026/01/15

This week I’m joined by author/photographerPat Blashill(Texas Is The Reason; Someday All The Parents Will Die) to talk about the Texas punk community he documented, includingScratch Acid,Butthole Surfers&Big Boys,as well as the 2014 documentaryThe Dicks From Texas.We also discuss punks living in Texas and how the bands from there pushed back hard against it, wasCheap Trickpunk rock, which music freaked us out when we were younger,DEVOmaking your friends cry in fear, Pat getting invited to his

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1:18:00

'FORBIDDEN ZONE' w/ Leela Coreman

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2026/01/08

My guest this week is graphic novelist/artist/musicianLeela Corman(Victory Parade, Unterzakhn),who chose to discussthe 1980 midnight movie classicForbidden Zone.We also talk abouthow Leela creates her long-form graphicnovels, the difficulties and joys of making her masterworkVictory Parade, howEinstürzende Neubauten's albumLamenthelped her create her art, how watercolor is the noise guitar of paints, Leela's use ofBusby Berkeleyimagery, growing up in the 80s surrounded by transgressive art,Sonic

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48:46

ENCORE PRESENTATION: 'DIG' w/ Ryan H. Walsh & Travis...

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2026/01/06

Welcome to an Encore Presentation of the first episode ever of Revolutions Per Movie...It had to start somewhere...and of course I had to begin with 'Dig' the Dandy Warhols/Brian Jonestown Massacre documentary! I was so happy that my first discussion already had a surprise guest to dismantle the film from the inside. Oh, the youth of us all...ha! (Episode 1 originally aired on Sept. 14th 2023).The original show notes:Hello and welcome to Revolutions Per Movie, a podcast about music documentaries,

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1:13:30

'COTTON CANDY' w/ Dave Bidini

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2026/01/01

This week, my guest is author, musician, journalistDAVE BIDINI(member of Canada's longest running indie band--Rheostatics,Editor-In-Chief at West End Phoenix, author of 12 books includingAround The World In 57 1/2 Gigs) who picked one of the most fought-over titles to discuss on Revolutions Per Movie,Ron Howard's TV Movie Of The Week,COTTON CANDY!!!We also discuss entering competitions when you're a kid, how Rheostatics have changed over their 45-year history and how the geography of Canada shaped

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53:24

'EXPRESSO BONGO' w/ Ira Robbins

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2025/12/25

This week I’m joined byIRA ROBBINS(Editor & Co-Founder ofTROUSER PRESSmagazine) as we end the year with the 1959 U.K. cult classicEXPRESSO BONGO!!!We discuss how Ira's influential magazine wasstarted on a whim, and how asoutsiders they wanted a different approach to rock journalism, how they got a long-form interview withJimmy Page, how the magazine made me feel smarter by reading it, the wild highs and lows of publishing Trouser Press, making mistakes in journalism, writing a letter toPete

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1:00:59

ENCORE PRESENTATION: 'STAND BY FOR FAILURE: A...

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2025/12/23

Hey everyone...welcome to our bi-monthly ENCORE PRESENTATION of classic REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE episodes from the vault!This was a special one...director Ryan Worsley had just finished the film at the time of this recording and was publicly screening it along with Negativland performing live afterwards. Not only was it the best Negativland performance I had ever seen, but it was also one of the most powerful (upsetting and darkly funny) shows I'd ever witnessed. A band that is notoriously difficult

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1:08:05

MY FIRST SOUNDTRACK w/ David Longstreth

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2025/12/18

This week, I’m joined by David Longsreth (ofDirty Projectorsand musical collaborator withDavid Byrne,Bjork,Solange, andRihanna) to talk about his life in music, and the experience of composing his first soundtrackforA24'sThe Legend of Ochi.We discuss the head-bending Dirty Projector’s take on theBlack FlagDamagedLP, punk rock mix tapes, touring withXiu Xiuand going 'method' on that tour, David making his early records in basement bedrooms on 4-track cassette recorders, embarrassing imperfections in

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1:00:31

'WELCOME TO THE CLUB: THE WOMEN OF ROCKABILLY' w/...

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2025/12/11

This week, I talk toBeth Harrington,Emmy-winning/Grammy-nominateddirector ofThe Winding Stream: The Carters, The Cashes and the Course of Country Music,the upcoming Duplex Planet documentary, and a recording/touring member ofJonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers,about her amazing documentary,Welcome To The Club: The Women Of Rockabilly.We also discuss Beth’s incredible origin story working with Jonathan Richman and her time in The Modern Lovers during which she suddenly quit her job for a life in

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43:58

BONUS HOLIDAY EPISODE: 'Pee-Wee's Christmas Special'...

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2025/12/09

Hello and welcome to a special holiday bonus episode of Revolutions Per Movie!!!! I'm delighted to be joined by film critic/authorAlonso Duralde(Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation in Film&Have Yourself A Movie Little Christmas)to discuss one of the greatest holiday feasts of all time:PEE-WEE'S CHRISTMAS SPECIAL!!!!We also discuss whether or not it's easy to truly love holiday movies, the pain behind the awful Christmas filmSanta And The Ice Cream Bunny, what BowieorZappawere

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1:20:30

'GHOST ON THE HIGHWAY: A PORTRAIT OF JEFFREY LEE...

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2025/12/04

My guest this week is Doug Gillard (Guided By Voices, Nada Surf, Death Of Samantha), who picked the film,Ghost On The Highway: A Portrait of Jeffrey Lee Pierce & The Gun Club,to discuss.We also talk about our experiences recording for Guided By Voices, the night GBV played Austin City Limits, Doug’s first songs he wrote when he was 5 years old, the influence of cartoon/bubble gum rock on Doug, the TV showsNight FlightandPop Clips, Doug's Homestead Records band Death of Samantha, Dream Syndicate,

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1:09:02

'THE 5TH DIMENSION SPECIAL: AN ODYSSEY IN THE COSMIC...

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2025/11/27

How better to ring in the start of the holiday seasonthan with two ofmy favorite music film obsessives, musicianChaki(The Funk Wizard) & comedy writer/artist/filmmakerRachel LichtmanofProgramme 4,who brought to my attention the 1970 TV spectacularThe 5th Dimension Special: An Odyssey In The Cosmic UniverseOf Peter Max.We discuss how this special got on Rachel’s radar, Chaki seeing a restored version of this in a theater with the members of The 5th Dimension in atttendance, what’s the story

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53:06

ENCORE PRESENTATION: 'THE LAST WALTZ' w/ David Pasquesi

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2025/11/25

Hey everyone...welcome to our bi-monthly ENCORE PRESENTATION of classic REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE episodes from the vault!And what could be more timely for this Thanksgiving week than a listen back to my episode with DAVID PASQUESI (Strangers With Candy, Lodge 49, At Home With Amy Sedaris, Veep, TJ & Dave) about the Thanksgiving concert that was to become THE LAST WALTZ!!! Enjoy!(EPISODE 53 originally aired Sept 12th 2024)ORIGINAL SHOW NOTES:This week, we talk to actor, writer, and improviser DAVID

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1:01:27

'LOU REED/JOHN CALE: SONGS FOR DRELLA' w/ Michael...

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2025/11/20

My guest this week is Michael Layne Heath (critic, author & compiler ofMy Week Beats Your Year: Encounters With Lou Reed), who brings us the Lou Reed & John Cale performance filmSongs For Drella to discuss.We also talk about Michael starting the first D.C. Punk zine in 1977, reading about bands before hearing them, The Slickee Boys, Tommy Keene & Razz, Vintage Violence zine, The Cramps playing D.C., Creem Magazine, Cale recording his albumFear, the import bins at local record stores,

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53:14

'I'M NOW: THE STORY OF MUDHONEY' w/ Keith Cameron

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2025/11/13

This week I'm joined by author and music criticKeith Cameron(Mudhoney: The Sound and the Fury From Seattle, 168 Songs of Hatred and Failure: A History of Manic Street Preachers), who picked the documentaryI’M NOW: THE STORY OF MUDHONEYto dive into.We discuss our relationship with the British musical weeklies and how Keith ended up working for them, the power of Radio One DJJohn Peel,Keith trying to get his favorite bands on the cover of theNME, the Mudhoney riot at the School of Oriental &

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39:56

'OL' DIRTY BASTARD: A TALE OF TWO DIRTYS' w/ Jason...

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2025/11/06

My guest this week is JASON POLLARD, the co-director ofOL' DIRTY BASTARD: A TALE OF TWO DIRTYS.We discuss the filmmaking influence of Jason's father (the Peabody and Emmy-winning Sam Pollard) on Jason’s own film work,being on the set of Spike Lee films as a young kid,what it was like for Jason to co-directA Tale Of Two Dirtyswith his father, analog vs digital editing, the lore of the grease pencil in the editing world, the cliffhanger editing that an A&E documentary demands, how modern day

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1:17:02

ENCORE PRESENTATION: 'PINK FLOYD: THE WALL' w/ VERA DREW

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2025/11/04

Hey everyone...welcome to our bi-monthly ENCORE PRESENTATION of classic REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE episodes from the vault!On this early episode of Revolutions Per Movie, I was joined by VERA DREW (writer, director, and star of THE PEOPLE'S JOKER), who picked a film that had a massive influence on her art, Pink Floyd: The Wall. It seems totally incredible that at the time of recording this episode, there was a legal battle between the release of her film and DC Comics, trying to squash its release. In

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