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...

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...

This week, we talk to author and music critic MARC MASTERS (High Bias: The Distorted History Of The Cassette Tape, Pitchfork, The Wire) about the film THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSTON and 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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

This week, we talk to actor, writer, and improviser DAVID PASQUESI (Strangers With Candy, Lodge 49, At Home With Amy Sedaris, Veep, TJ & Dave) about Martin Scorsese’s concert film about THE BAND, THE LAST WALTZ !!! We discuss David’s connection with The Band and the the sadness inherent in the film, how every member of The Band can be the coolest depending on which way you’re watching, how the film can be tainted by their history, how David discovered and watched the entire evening of...

This week, we celebrate Revolutions Per Movie’s 1 year anniversary with filmmaker and actor OWEN KLINE (A24’s Funny Pages), who chose one of the most anticipated music films to discuss on the podcast, THE WHO’S TOMMY.  We discuss the chicken/egg of the movie vs. the lp, the baked bean mythology, Ken Russell’s pre-filmmaking history from being a ballet dancer to dodging the war, Russell’s early BBC Composer films, Richard Lester and Lindsay Anderson, Robert Crumb and Fantagraphics Books, being...

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 discuss how discovering THE RAMONES is a young person’s game, reading THRASHER magazine in the school library, not knowing what bands sounded like, KTEL record complitaions and ROCK 80 LP, the Summer of 1980 AM Rock Radio, Craig seeing STYX’s KILROY WAS HERE tour, vomiting at a DEVO show, $1.92 new wave shows, fantasing about where bands...

For our 50th episode, we talk to the legend PEACHES CHRIST about one of her favorite music documentaries, D.A. Pennebaker & Chris Hegedus’ DEPECHE MODE 101. We discuss why this film became Pennebaker’s favorite film (over his films about Dylan & Bowie) and why the film director wasn’t a fan when he first started the project, Peaches discovery and obsession with the VHS tape of this doc, how even though Depeche Mode were straight they loved their queer fans, how the band grew into a...

This week, we talk to DANIEL RACHEL, the author of TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG, THE 2 TONE RECORDS STORY,  about the 1981 2 Tone concert film DANCE CRAZE. We discuss the film’s volatile production, how the film’s genesis started at a swimming pool in L.A., Jerry Dammers unwavering work ethic, seeing people skanking in the aisles at the movie screening, the short life span of The Selecter and The Body Snatchers, how the film sneaks in concert footage shot in New Jersey vs. the UK, the moment Daniel...

This week, we talk to legendary actor, musician, performance artist, and writer ANN MAGNUSON (Bongwater, The Hunger, Making Mr. Right, Cabin Boy, Pyramid Club, Club 57) about the influential cinema jazz documentary Jazz On A Summer’s Day.  We discuss the performances in the film (including Thelonious Monk, Anita O’ Day, Chico Hamilton, Eric Dolphy to name a few performers), what it was like for Ann to inhabit Anita O’Day for the audio book of her autobiography, first impressions of Lou Reed’s...

This week, we talk to Australian musician, actor, and podcaster BEN LEE about the classic THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION 2: THE METAL YEARS!!! We discuss how the film compares to the original punk rock film, Ben’s genuinie love of heavy metal and the shot by shot tribute he made to this film for his latest music video, seeing the Mötley Crüe Dr. Feelgood tour, Ben’s transtion from metal into punk, Ben’s thoughts on why Australia might not have the perfomative distance needed to have more...

This week, we talked to punk legend Jerry A Lang of Poison Idea, who discussed The Decline Of Western Civilization and the punk rock scene of that time. We talk about power of power of The Germs, Black Flag, Circle Jerks, the professionalism of X and Fear, how The Weirdos were supposed to have been in the film, how the audience in the movie theater started stage diving & smashing up the theater, the soundtrack LP, seeing Italy’s Raw Power play in your basement, The Desperate...

This week, we talked to Homer Flynn of The Cryptic Corporation, who represents the mysterious, unknown collective, THE RESIDENTS, and discussed their legacy in film and video. Topics included the band’s Theory Of Obscurity, which Resident is the easiest to negotiate with, how the band couldn’t even give their initial records away and the moment that changed, creating the Ralph Records logo, what the Residents think of A.I., how they created their album artwork and music videos, collaborating...

This week, we talked to Grammy Nominated Visual Artist & Musician Perry Shall & Fangoria Magazine’s Editor In Chief Phil Nobile Jr about arguably their favorite film of all time, Phantom Of The Paradise!!! We discuss the film’s incredible songs and performance by Paul Williams, Brian DePalma’s homages and obsessions within the film, the ties (and lawsuit) associated with this film and Led Zeppelin, the 70s obsession with the 50s, our love for the character BEEF, our childhood...

This week, we talk to rapper, producer, visual artist, and video director VIDEO DAVE (whose new album with OPEN MIKE EAGLE & STILL RIFT as PREVIOUS INDUSTRIES is out now on MERGE RECORDS) about a film that speaks to him from the heart of his home town of Chicago and both of our childhoods, THE BLUES BROTHERS. We discuss the film’s impact on Chicago (and vice-versa), tech vs. artistry, the incredible musical cameos in the film, Dave’s original story & the development of his iconic...

This week, we talk to comedian/actor Andy Kindler (Bob's Burgers, Late Night w/ David Letterman, Maron, Everybody Loves Raymond) & Mike Lisk (executive producer of The Best Show w/ Tom Scharpling and host of Egg Foo What?!) about a documentary whose subject matter is dear to both of their hearts (yet full of confusion and mystery for host Chris Slusarenko), The Grateful Dead documentary series, LONG STRANGE TRIP. These two have a history with each other, and out of the gate, an old Zappa...

This week, we talked to Jay Gonzalez (solo artist and member of Drive-By Truckers) about the Rockpile (Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds) British TV Doc, Born Fighters. We discuss the Pub Rock scene, Edmunds & Lowe’s early bands, Rockpile getting lumped into the New Wave Scene, Stiff Records, Nick Lowe’s incredible ability to write unforgettable pop songs, recording on 4-track vs. larger studios, RockPile’s amazing quips, playing country fairs, the amount of incredible access given to the...

This week, we talked to musician and vital member of the late 70s/early 80s Portland Punk Scene, KT Kincaid, who picked the incredible doc, THE SLITS HERE TO BE HEARD. We discussed her and her sister’s importance in the creation of the punk scene, their band NEO BOYS (whose recordings were reissued on K Records), discovering Bowie, seeing punkers before hearing punk, the rarity of finding punk records, picking the bass guitar over other instruments, nobody sounding like The Slits & the...

This week, I’m joined by JASON P. WOODBURY (of Aquarium Drunkard) and filmmakers BRIAN LINDSTROM & ANDY BROWN to discuss their incredible new film LOST ANGEL: THE GENIUS OF JUDEE SILL. We talked about Judee Sill’s gnostic relationship to her music and how she backed it up in her lifestyle, what our introductions to her music were like, Sill’s disdain of being lumped in with Christian Rock & opening for rock bands, her influence on Andy Partridge of XTC, how the filmmakers shaped the...