THREE ON SUNDAY

'Y'all,

The third Sunday of the month is this weekend, and I'll be showing some good stuff for y'all.

Starts at 10:30PM and is FREE.

Pre-conditioner hair + giant synthesizer, a carved canoe goes on buck-wild journey, and whiskey dancing in the streets of Northern Thailand.


Come out and say hello.


Martin'


IMPROVISATION ON A ‘CONCERTO GENERATOR'

Laurie Spiegel, 1977 (2 min., 40 sec.)



"Under a tight deadline, composer Laurie Spiegel slept in the labs of Bell Telephone while the final components for the Alles synthesizer were being completed. The final composition, commissioned by Bell and the Motion Picture Academy, is seen here in the only existing footage of the first real-time synthesizer being played."

Excerpted from OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music.


PADDLE TO THE SEA

Bill Mason, 1966 (28 min.)

“Based on Holling C. Holling’s beloved Caldecott-awarded children’s book, William Mason’s stunning film follows the adventures of a tiny, wood-carved canoe as it forges its own path from Lake Superior through the Great Lakes and down to the Atlantic Ocean. Buoyed by beautiful photography and a sense of true wonder about the sun, Earth, and water, the Academy Award–nominated Paddle to the Sea is an unforgettable tribute to the forces of the natural world, as well as a thrilling journey across the waves and rapids of North America.”


PHI TA KHON: GHOSTS OF ISAN

Robert Millis and Richard Bishop, 2004 (78 min.)

"Masks and outfits made of coconut husks, rice steamers, shredded rags and clanging bells transform participants of Thailand’s PHI TA KHON festival into ghosts, devils, demons, and spirits unleashed for a bacchanal. Outrageous wooden phalluses and plenty of rice whiskey heighten licentious behavior as MO LAM--Thai country groove music--blasts from makeshift bands in the back of pickup trucks… 
Described as ‘The Mardi Gras from Hell’ and ‘Thai Halloween" PHI TA KHON is a ghost festival that takes place every year in the Isan province of Northern Thailand."

Filmed on location by Robert Millis and Richard Bishop (Sun City Girls) in June 2004.

THREE ON SUNDAY

'Hey,

Showing you some things for y'all this Sunday at Dan's in Denton, Texas.

Starts at 10:30PM, and it is free.


Martin'



JUMPING
Osamu Tezuka, 1984 (6 min.)



Anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka’s short film shows the world from the point of view of a bouncing ball (or jumping child). Each jump of the camera goes higher, each landing is a visual surprise (i.e, a city setting, a jungle, the ocean floor, a battle field in wartime, the depths of Hell, etc.). Jumping won the Grand Prize at the 1984 Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films.


GOD DAMN RELIGION
Richard Bishop, 2008 (30 min.)

“This film is a diabolical experiment in hypnotic mind control—a phantasmagoric presentation of demonic and divine imagery, meticulously assembled and designed to put the viewer into an altered state of darkened awareness. Includes original music from ‘Elektronika Demonika’, as well as unreleased material... Contains some strong sexual content. Not for the weak-minded, faint of heart, or those suffering from occasional seizures.”


IGGY POP LIVE IN SAN FRANCISCO
TARGET VIDEO, 1981 (60 min.)

“This concert film captures the former Stooges front man performing in San Francisco during a 1981 tour. Although the tour was in support of the album Party, Pop serves up songs a dozen songs that draw from every era of his career. The set list includes "T.V. Eye," "Lust for Life," "Some Weird Sin," and "Bang Bang." His backing band includes such famous faces as Clem Burke and Carlos Alomar.” - Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide