This year long cinematic exploration follows R.L. Burnside and cohorts as they play backwoods juke joints and impromptu jam sessions with the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Hill Stomp Hollar chronicles not just the music but also gut-wrenching tales of survival in the sharecropping system of Mississippi.
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Coach Pitch Dad was spawned when I attended my nephews’ little league baseball game. His coach was a ranting and raving fool, but the perfect character for a film skit. The premise of the film is the over zealous baseball coach, who is so wrapped up in his own performance on the mound that he tries to strike out his own players.
Who's Biff Rose? Biff Rose achieved national prominence as a folky singer/piano player on the Johnny Carson Show in 1969. He wrote songs for David Bowie, Pat Boone and Tiny Tim, but in the late 70's Biff faded into obscurity. In April of 1996 we traveled to Biff's home in the 9th Ward district of New Orleans.For two weeks we slept on his kitchen floor and followed him as he played the streets of Jackson Square. The result is a six minute documentary on a truly unique has been street performer.
In 1994, The Flaming Lips stayed in their native Oklahoma City to record Clouds Taste Metallic, follow up record to Transmissions from a Satellite Heart. Armed with a junky bolex and various super-8 cameras we attempt to capture the sometimes bizarre but always engaging recording techniques of the Lips. 10 minutes editing by Andrew Mayer, I-Cubed Inc.
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