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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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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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1:20:54

'THE TAMI SHOW' w/ Steve Wynn

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2025/01/16

This week, we are joined by one of the legends of the American Underground, STEVE WYNN (The Dream Syndicate), who picked the jaw-dropping THE TAMI SHOW from 1964 to discuss.We also talk about the excitement of being young in the studio for the first time, the four elements that make a great record and how The Fall inhabited all of them, working with Peter Buck, being a snobby music snob, Chris seeing The Dream Syndicate open for R.E.M. on their Reckoning/Medicine Show Tour, how they evolved from

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59:34

BONUS EPISODE: 'KISS IN CADILLAC, MICHIGAN 1975' w/...

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2025/01/10

On this week’s bonus episode of Revolutions Per Movie (released for fun on Chris' birthday), we are joined by director Jeff Feuerzeig (The Devil And Daniel Johnston, AUTHOR: The JT LeRoy Story, Half Japanese: The Band That Would Be King) to discuss a very mysterious, litigious, and glorious documentary KISS IN CADILLAC, MICHIGAN 1975! We get to discuss Jeff’s origin story with Kiss, his childhood insights into their albums, how a high school assistant football coach got Kiss, at the height of their

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1:22:14

'THE VELVET UNDERGROUND' w/ MATT PIUCCI

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2025/01/09

This week, we are joined by Paisley Underground legend MATT PIUCCI(Rain Parade, Crazy Horse) to discuss the TODD HAYNES’ documentary, THE VELVET UNDERGROUND.We also talk about Haynes’ body of work including Velvet Goldmine & Safe, the perfect run of Velvet Underground records, Chris’ emotional breakdown after seeing the film in the theater, Roky Music & The Doors, does a biopic need to be truthful, how being on stage is similar to Matt’s forensic courtroom work (and would any member of The Velvets

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1:17:38

'THE DOORS' w/ Sean Nelson

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2025/01/02

This week we are joined by superforce musician, actor, writer & podcaster SEAN NELSON (Harvey Danger, The Wonder Of It All) to discuss one of the most divisive music biopics of all time, Oliver Stone’s THE DOORS.We delve into seeing the film in the theater when it first came out in 1991 and how it was wiped off the culutral map shortly after its release, the divisiveness of The Doors’ music, how this was the peak of Oliver Stone’s power after just winning an oscar, DePalma’s proposed version of the

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46:32

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE

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2024/12/26

Happy holidays, everyone! I wanted to thank everyone who has supported and listened to the show, all of you incredible folks who have gone the distance & subscribed to the show's Patreon (again, thank you thank you thank you!), written kind reviews, turned other people onto the show, and generally just cheered this show along as I work on the show. I also want to give much love and thanks to my co-host Chaki The Funk Wizard, all my incredible guests who bring such goodness to the show, and the

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50:27

'SALAD DAYS (Director's Cut)' w/ Scott Crawford

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2024/12/19

This week, we are joined by documentary filmmaker SCOTT CRAWFORD to discuss the director’s cut of his D.C. hardcore punk documentary, SALAD DAYS!!!We discussed Scott’s punk fanzine that he published in 7th grade, unlocking the mystery of VOID, the sadness of MINOR THREAT’s final EP Salad Days, Trouser Press Magazine, devouring punk rock scene reports, seeing FUGAZI play in a hippie cafeteria, witnessing RITES OF SPRING’s legendary live shows, being able to name all members of BEEFEATER, the

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1:12:17

'BORN INNOCENT: THE REDD KROSS STORY' w/ Jeff &...

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2024/12/12

This week, we are joined by legends Jeff & Steven McDonald of REDD KROSS and Andrew Reich, the director of the new Redd Kross documentary ‘BORN INNOCENT: THE REDD KROSS STORY.' A band very close to my heart and record collection, we discussed so much in this episode, including the Elks Lodge Punk Rock riot and the story of their parents rescuing them from it, Andrew’s gateway into hearing the band for the first time, Jeff’s early hair regiment and the moment the band decided they would cut their

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1:45:34

'THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE' w/ RACHEL LICHTMAN

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2024/12/05

This week, we talk to director, comedian, visual artist, writer, and conjurer of groovy worlds, RACHEL LICHTMAN (Programme 4, Easy AM 66), about one of the most surreal episodes of the fabulous variety series The Hollywood Palace! Our deep dive leads us into one of the strangest and funniest episodes ever of Revolutions Per Movie, where we take apart (and at times destroy ‘with love’) the show—complete with the mind-twisting commercials of the day. We discuss how the host, quadruple artistic threat

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1:08:30

'1991: THE YEAR PUNK BROKE' w/ Lukasz Pawel Buda

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2024/11/28

This week, we are joined by New Zealand musician & composer LUKASZ PAWEL BUDA (Hunt For The Wilderpeople; The Phoenix Foundation), who picked the Dave Markey music documentary 1991: THE YEAR PUNK BROKE to discuss.We talk about discovering Nirvana & Sonic Youth, what it’s like for Luke to compose music for director Taika Waititi’s films, 1991’s director Dave Markey’s history with SST records, Luke taking the teenage trek to see grunge bands live and does Pearl Jam count as a grunge band, how this

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50:58

'POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING' w/ Joe Kwaczala

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2024/11/21

This week, we are joined by comedian, musician, and the proud creator of 31 Videos In One Day, JOE KWACZALA, who picked the Lonely Island music comedy biopic POPSTAR: NEVER STOP NEVER STOPPING to discuss.We also talk about what leads the charge for Joe—comedy or music, Joe’s obsessions with classic rock radio, getting your rock shirts at JcPenneys, Joe cracking classic rock station trivia contests and winning beer as 14 year old from them, the shield of comedy lyrics, how difficult it is to

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1:06:32

'ROCKFIELD: THE STUDIO ON THE FARM' w/ Nick Brine

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2024/11/14

This week, we talk to Nick Brine (who, as a teenager, worked on The Stone Roses’ 2nd LP & Oasis’ What’s The Story Morning Glory and has worked with everyone from Nick Cave to Bruce Springsteen) about the legendary Welsh recording studio that Nick got his start in the doc Rockfield: The Studio On The Farm.We discuss all the legends that have recorded there from Hawkwind to Queen from The Beta Band to Shane MacGowan, how The Ward Brothers who created Rockfield transformed their family farm into the

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1:00:04

'PURPLE RAIN' w/ Katherine Yeske Taylor

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2024/11/07

This week, we talk to journalist and author KATHERINE YESKE TAYLOR (She’s A Badass: Women In Rock Shaping Feminism) about the much-requested film PURPLE RAIN!!!We get to discuss Katherine’s start at interviewing bands at age 16 and fighting against her highschool newspaper to do so, how she put her book together (interviewing Suzie Quatro to Lydia Lunch to Death Valley Girls), seeing Purple Rain in a movie theater vs. seeing it at home on VHS, how the First Avenue (the lengendary music club in

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'THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON' w/ Marc Masters

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2024/10/31

This week, we talk to author and music criticMARC MASTERS(High Bias: The Distorted History Of The Cassette Tape, Pitchfork, The Wire)about the filmTHE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTONand the cassette tape culture surrounding Daniel.We also discuss our elaborate tape trading stories and sequencing your perfect mixtape, Bananafish magazine, Sebadoh, Homestead Records, ordering Daniel Johnston cassettes directly, Daniel’s religious upbringing, arguing with his Mom and how he put it directly into his music,

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1:00:18

'FOLLOW MY VOICE: WITH THE MUSIC OF HEDWIG' w/...

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2024/10/24

This week, we talked to documentary filmmaker Katherine Linton about her Sundance Channel documentary Follow My Voice: The Music of Hedwig, which follows the students of the Harvey Milk School in NYC and John Cameron Mitchell & Stephen Trask of Hedwig & The Angry Inch (and Revolutions Per Movie host Chris Slusarenko) putting the charity album together.We discuss the stress of not letting Kim Deal of The Breeders know that Frank Black was also appearing on the record, the unknown magic and chance in

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1:14:41

'THIS IS SPINAL TAP' w/ DC Pierson

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2024/10/17

This week, we talk to actor, writer, and comedian DC PIERSON (Community, Derrick Comedy & author of The Boy Who Couldn’t Sleep and Never Had To) about the legendary THIS IS SPINAL TAP’!We discuss the genesis of the project and the trials of making the movie, the original 4 1/2-hour cut of the film and the significant changes throughout the film, the similarities/differences between the comedy & music world, why musicians want to be comedians and vice-versa, what makes a subject ripe for parody, what

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1:12:44

'24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE' w/ Brett Boham

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2024/10/10

This week, we talk to BRETT BOHAM (producer of Double Threat & The Best Show w/ Tom Scharpling + co-host of Movies Babyyyyy) about the UK film 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE.We discuss Steve Coogan’s incredible performance as Tony Wilson (who put out records by Joy Division, New Order, Happy Mondays) and Paddy Considine as Rob Gretton, unearthing fake Stone Roses footage that was not used in the film, pivotal video store moments, working with Julie Klausner & Tom Scharpling, Brett being able to relate to Tony

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54:25

'ROKY ERICKSON: YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME' w/ Larry Schemel

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2024/10/03

This week, we talk to musician LARRY SCHEMEL (Roky Erickson, Death Valley Girls, The Flesheaters, Kill Sybil) about the Roky Erickson documentary You’re Going To Miss Me.We get to find out Larry’s path to working with Roky Erickson & what it was like touring with Roky, Roky’s family situation, does the film show a fair look into Roky’s life at the time, how hard the film is currently to find to view, where we first discovered the 13th Floor Eleveators and what the band meant to us, Velvet

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1:00:59

'STAND BY FOR FAILURE: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT...

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2024/09/26

This week, we are joined by documentary filmmaker RYAN WORLSEY to discuss her film STAND BY FOR FAILURE: A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT NEGATIVLAND.We discuss how Ryan was introduced to the world of Negativland and what she thought of it, how she decided the best way to tell their complicated but surpringly emotional story, the fair use doctrine and copyright law, are Negativland really a band, David Wills (aka The Weatherman) and his astonishing talents & laughter through it all, Negativland's origin story,

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54:11

'THE ROLLING STONES ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS' w/ DAVE HILL

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2024/09/19

This week, we welcome the most rock person to ever appear on the show—the legendary comedian, actor, musician, and shredder DAVE HILL, who picked THE ROLLING STONES ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS to discuss.We also discuss how Exile On Main Street should be the only album played in restaurants, Dave’s inner fifteen year old, Crab Bucket Syndrome and the “Law Of Jante”, which is more taxing: touring as a musician or as a comedian, what commericals would have played on this British TV show, do the Stones pull

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