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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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51:10

ENCORE PRESENTATION: 'THE FILM AND VIDEO WORK OF THE...

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2025/07/29

Hey everyone...welcome to our bi-monthly ENCORE PRESENTATION of classic REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE episodes from the vault! On this episode, I was joined by Homer Flynn, representing The Residents and all things Ralph Records, to talk about their incredible body of work, and my gawd, they performed part of their epic, Eskimo, live recently...incredible! This was my chance to ask about so many things that wouldn't be typically discussed regarding The Residents. I was extremely proud when, at the end of

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1:35:10

SLINT: BREADCRUMB TRAIL & OWNING A VIDEO STORE w/...

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2025/07/24

This week, Todd Brashear joins me to discuss his experiences being in the band Slint, Lance Bangs' Slint documentary Breadcrumb Trail, and our shared history of being video store owners!!!We also talked about howJesus Urge Superstaris an overlooked masterpiece, Todd’s early days in the hardcore punk scene in Louisville, the pre-Slint band Maurice,the first time Todd saw Slint perform, the Tweez EP, the amazing archival footage of the band rehearsing in Britt’s parents’ basement, how Slint were goofy

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1:05:22

'BE HERE TO LOVE ME - A FILM ABOUT TOWNES VAN ZANDT'...

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2025/07/17

This week, I am joined by one of the greatest late-night writers & performers of all time,BRIAN STACK(Late Night With Conan O’Brien, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), who picked a beloved music documentary to discuss:Be Here To Love Me - A Film About Townes Van Zandt.We discuss the differences between working on Conan and Stephen’s shows, the last-minute panic of doing a late night show, my experience performing on Conan, accidental mistakes turning into magic, how many of Brian’s characters

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57:48

ENCORE PRESENTATION: 'ATHENS, GA. : INSIDE/OUT' w/...

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2025/07/15

Hey everyone...welcome to our bi-monthly ENCORE PRESENTATION of classic REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE episodes from the vault! On this episode, I was joined by Vanessa Briscoe Hay of Pylon & PRS (Pylon Reenactment Society), who brought so much incredible history and focus in our discussion on the Athens, GA, scene she was part of and the film that caused multitudes of college students to move there: ATHENS, GA: INSIDE/OUT. (Episode 22 originally aired on Feb. 8th, 2024). The original podcast show

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1:02:00

'THE PUNK ROCK MOVIE' w/ Angela Jaeger

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2025/07/10

This weekAngela Jaeger(Author ofI FEEL FAMOUSPunk Diaries 1977-1981and member ofbands such asPIGBAG, THE MONOCHROME SET, THE BUSH TETRAS & THE STARE KITS) joins me to discussTHE PUNK ROCK MOVIE.We talk about Angela's feelings about publishing her personal diaries & howThurston MooreandByron Coleyencouraged her to release them for everyone, being a teenage roadie and friend of Teenage Jesus & The Jerks, experiencingCBGB’s andMax's Kansas Cityas a teen,headingoverseas to be part of the

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1:11:08

ESCAPE THE 4th OF JULY BONUS EPISODE: 'ROCK STAR' w/...

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2025/07/04

This week, I'm releasing a one-twopunch of Judas Priest-related films. On today's episode, I’m joined byEVAN 'FUNK' DAVIES, legendary DJ onWFMU, who brings us a Heavy Metal Parking Lot-adjacent film to discuss today:ROCK STAR(loosely based on the story of Tim "Ripper" Owens,whoreplaced Rob Halford ofJudas Priestafter being in aJudas Priest cover band)..We also talk about the NYC club scene of the late 70s and early 80s, take ajealous look back at the club calendars at that era,how scared I was to

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1:36:26

'HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT' w/ Mikael Jorgensen & Jeff...

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2025/07/03

This week I’m joined byWILCO's MIKAEL JORGENSONto discuss a film he knows backward and forwards:HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT!But that's not all… I also gotto blow his mind with surprise guestJEFF KRULIK--The Co-Creator of HEAVY METAL PARKING LOT!!!We discuss Mikael’s endless creativity and howhe decides where to put his energy on any given day,the many hours he spent as a teenager making music on his IBM floppy drive computer, doing David Letterman-style comedy audio cassette recordings, how unusual it

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1:43:04

'RUST NEVER SLEEPS' w/ TOM SCHARPLING (THE 100TH...

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2025/06/26

Welcome to my 100th episode of Revolutions Per Movie (and that's really 181 episodes counting the exclusive Patreon episodes)!So to properly celebrate gloriously, we are joined by one of the greats, Tom Scharpling (host of The Best Show, co-host of Double Threat, and writer for What We Do In The Shadows & Monk) who brings us his favorite music film of all time by his all-time favorite artist, Neil Young’s Rust Never Sleeps!We discuss Tom’s 25 years of doing The Best Show, Tom’s introduction to Neil

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1:09:08

ENCORE PRESENTATION (JULIE KLAUSNER on 'Movin' With...

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2025/06/24

Hey everyone...in honor of Julie Klausner coming to Portland to do Revolutions Per Movie Live on July 5th 2025, I'm re-releasing my incredible conversation with Julie about the Nancy Sinatra TV Special Moving With Nancy (Episode 5 which originally aired on Oct. 12th, 2023).This episode should get everyone excited to come out to see us at the Clinton St. Theater where we will be watching and discussing the Rachel Welch wild-ass musical special Rachel! which Julie goes into a bit during our original

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1:07:26

'EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN: HALBER MENSCH' w/ Gareth...

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2025/06/19

This week I’m joined by Australian musicianGareth Liddiard (Tropical Fuck Storm, The Drones)who chose to discuss one of the greatest concert films of all time,EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN:HALBER MENSCH.We talk about howTropical Fuck Stormmade their own film (Goody Goody Gumdrops)during the pandemic lockdown, Gareth playing shows with Neubauten, how TFS writes their brain-melting songs and how Neubauten’s influence crept into their work, TFS having to leave Melbourne due to economics, making their music

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1:00:03

ENCORE PRESENTATION (ANN MAGNUSON: Musician, Actor &...

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2025/06/17

Hey everyone...in honor of our upcoming 100th episode (!!!), I'll be occasionally re-releasing some of my favorite past conversations. This one was special and powerful--the incredible Ann Magnuson coming on and being incredibly heartfelt, funny, vulnerable, and truthful on the show. I love that I never know where the show is going to go and this episode is the perfect example of why I feel so honored to do Revolutions Per Movie. (Episode 48 which originally aired on August 8th, 2024).The original

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42:42

'40 WATTS FROM NOWHERE' w/ Sue Carpenter

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2025/06/12

This week, we are joined bySue Carpenter, the author and director of40 WATTS FROM NOWHERE, which documents her pirate radio stations in SF and LA.We talk about what made her want to turn her book into a documentary, how her station also became a theatrical experience, the incredible amount of documentation she did considering it was a pirate radio station, what makes starting a traditional radio station almost impossible, her incredible roster of DJs fromMike WatttoKeith Morris, climbing over her

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1:18:02

ENCORE PRESENTATION (GERALD V. CASLE of DEVO on The...

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2025/06/10

Hey everyone...in honor of our upcoming100th episode(!!!), I'll bere-releasing a few of my favorite past conversations on Tuesdays.This one was a lifelong dream for me: getting to talk toDEVO'sGerald V. Casaleabout their body of work--a band whose musical and visual identity showedteenage methat it was o.k. to be different, weird, and skeptical. Jerry does not suffer foolsgladly, so I was quite nervous going into the interview, but oncehe realized I wasn't going ask about the flower pot hats, we

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1:39:22

'SGT. PEPPER'S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND' w/ Jake...

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2025/06/05

This week, I am joined byJake Fogelnest, who at the age of 14 hostedMTV's Squirt TV,and later collaborated withWill Ferrell, Sarah Silverman & Billy Eichner.We take a look at theBee Gees/Peter Framptonmess-a-thon theatrical featureSGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND.We also discuss how Jake turned his childhood cable access show (shot in his bedroom!) into a full-fledged MTV show,getting his hair cut on TV byKim Gordon, the dayCypress Hillshowed up to his bedroom, the difficulties of the MTV show

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1:09:46

ENCORE PRESENTATION (PADDY CONSIDINE: 'MobLand'...

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2025/06/03

Hey everyone...in honor of our upcoming 100th episode (!!!), I'll be occasionally re-releasing some of my favorite past conversations. And why not start with a bang: Actor, Musician & Director Paddy Considine on his favorite band Guided By Voices and their documentary Watch Me Jumpstart (Episode 34 which originally aired on May 2nd, 2024).Now that you've all caught up with Paddy and the rest of the Harrigan family on the season finale of MobLand & his band Riding The Low releasing their latest 12"

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'MOOG' w/ JoE Silva

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2025/05/29

This week, I'm joined byJoE Silva, the author of The Minimoog Bookand host ofAthens 411,who chose the filmMoogto discuss.We talk about how JoE first metRobert Moogand then went on a 14 year journey to writeThe Minimoog Book,Rush'sGeddy Leewriting the preface to the book, the incredible stories surroundingSun Raas one of the first musicians to get a Minimoog, the strange era wheredigital synths overtook analog synths, how shy and gentle Robert Moog was, Moog's onstage work withYes,the synth

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57:56

‘IT'S ALL GONNA BREAK FEATURING BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE’...

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2025/05/22

This week I’m joined byStephen Chung, the director ofIT’S ALL GONNA BREAK -- a documentary about the bandBROKEN SOCIAL SCENE.We discuss Stephen’s decades-long friendship with Broken Social Scene and his fly-on-the-wall documentation of the band, how they all met, why the band did not want an earlier version of their documentary to come out, Stephen’s breaking out ofhis shyness through his love of music and photography, how the film's story was told through the lens of Stephen's life as an immigrant

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51:04

BONUS EPISODE: A Very Opinionated Look At URGH! A...

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2025/05/18

A Very Opinionated Look At URGH! A MUSIC WAR--CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: An interview with Lesley Woods of Au PairsHello everyone!This week, I’m releasing this extra-special episode from theRevolutions Per Movie Patreonfor everyone to hear!It's an incredible conversation with a complete legend—Lesley Woods of Au Pairs, who has also been an immigration lawyer in the UK for over thirty years.Anyone who has been listening to the URGH! A MUSIC WAR PODCAST knows that Lesley's performance blew open my and

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'THE PUNK SINGER' w/ Ezra Furman

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2025/05/15

This week I am joined by musician, author, and songwriterEzra Furman, who picked theKathleen HannadocumentaryTHE PUNK SINGERto discuss.We talk about Ezra’s process of writing her lyrics, the headspace of making a record, the directness of Kathleen Hanna’s lyrics, and how her lyrical approach changed fromBikini KilltoLe Tigre, the notion of audiences and bands protecting each other, Kathleen urging 'girls to the front' and how Ezra still is working on that at her own shows, being misunderstood as an

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REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE LIVE w/ PAUL WILLIAMS &...

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2025/05/08

This week’s episode was recorded in front of a live audience on Feb. 7th, 2025, at Cinema 21 in Portland, Oregon. Beloved composer, musician, and iconic actor PAUL WILLIAMS joined us to discuss the film we screened that night,PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE,as well as his impressive and long career in film and music.Paul talks about his experiences working with director Brian De Palma, jugglingacting and composing songs for fellow actors William Finley, Gerrit Graham, and Jessica Harper, his stylistic

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