REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE

Chris Slusarenko
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Oct 30, 2025 • 51min

'THE TARGET VIDEOS OF THE SCREAMERS & NERVOUS GENDER' w/ Paul Roessler

This week, my guest is the legend PAUL ROESSLER (The Screamers, Nervous Gender, 45 Grave, Twisted Roots, Pat Ruthensmear, Nina Hagen), who came on to discuss the video documentation by Target Video of the early L.A. punk bands Nervous Gender & The Screamers!!!  We discuss Paul's childhood classical musical training and how his sister Kira (Black Flag, dos) had to fight through the family dynamic, befriending Pat and Darby of the Germs as a teenager, the mysterious high school UNI HIgh and all its weird 70s experimental trappings (from scientology to teachers yelling at students), how 'The Ark'—a prog rock opera composed by a young Paul Roessler—broke some musicians’ minds who tried to play it, Darby turning on Paul and what bands were the lightning bolt moment for him, what an amazing musician Pat Smear is, seeing the Germs' first show, how The Screamers were known locally before they even had their first show, Paul's entryway into joining The Screamers. hippies turning punk, how Joe Rees and Target Video started documenting The Screamers and why the band didn't ever make a proper record during their existence, being the youngest member in a band, Paul’s instrumentation and equipment in a keyboard-driven band, the hilarious story of David Byrne and Brian Eno borrowing The Screamers' drumset, their Population One film, how Paul joined Nervous Gender and also broke his toe his first time seeing them, how Nervous Gender were one of the most confrontational Queer art bands ever, not following other people's expectations or rules when making music, why Twisted Roots was formed with Kira and Pat, plus having a band with three out-of-sync synths alongside an amplified street sign and an 8 year old drummer!  So come roll some dice on a piece of metal as we amplify it beyond your ears' limits on this week's Revolutions Per Movie!PAUL ROESSLER:paulroessler1.bandcamp.comTHE SCREAMERS:www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_wVMr0psEUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnh8OeMeN0UNERVOUS GENDER:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCp6TuqJ4-oREVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE: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.The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.Revolutions Per Movie releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!SOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 23, 2025 • 1h 19min

"THE TOUR: HÜSKER DU, MINUTEMEN, THE MEAT PUPPETS, SACCHARINE TRUST, SWA" w/ Jim Ruland

My guest this week is JIM RULAND (Author of Corporate Rock Sucks: The Rise And Fall of SST Records and co-author of My Damage: Keith Morris, Rumors Of My Demise: Evan Dando) who discusses the incredible SST RECORDS VHS TAPE: THE TOUR w/ Hüsker Dü, minutemen, The Meat Puppets, Saccharine Trust & SWA!!We talk about Jim’s exposure to the iconic SST Records label (who put out records by Black Flag, The Meat Puppets, Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., minutemen, The Dicks, Negativland), unknown songs on mixtapes, how SST created the blue print for independent U.S. labels with their mailorder, catalogs & hype, how anti-authority the label was, the ubiquitous police presence trying to shut down the label, how the suburbs changed the L.A. punk rock scene, how Black Flag and D.O.A. set the map for punk rock touring, when the label started to frustrate their bands, Target Video, Throbbing Gristle, why the band SWA was hard to crack, the spoken word world of SST, Greg going to jail for Black Flag, Jack Brewer and Joe Baiza of Saccharine Trust, when punk bands started doing un-ironic covers, how this might be one of the greatest Meat Puppets performances of all times, Up On The Sun, the house producers SPOT and Ethan James, Husker Du recording Zen Arcade and some of the myths surrounding it, the singularity of Minutemen, the Black Flag Benefit For Cats, working with Keith Morris on his book, the character of Hermosa Beach and the vibe of South Bay, Saint Vitus, Side Two of My War, Zoogt RIft, Negativland, the SST radio show and more!So let's grow our hair out and slow everything down on this week's Revolutions Per Movie!The Tour Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrtLTf5KE68The Book: https://www.jimruland.net/?page_id=2561REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE: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.The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.Revolutions Per Movie releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!SOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 21, 2025 • 53min

ENCORE PRESENTATION: REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE LIVE w/ PETER BUCK

As I head past my 2nd anniversary for Revolutions Per Movie, what would be more appropriate than my first-ever Revolutions Per Movie live show back in 2023 with the one and only Peter Buck of R.E.M.!!! Two magical things kicked off before we even got on stage: 1) Peter bought everyone's food and drink for anyone who walked out of REMbyMTV and went to the snack bar, and 2) Peter asked if I could get the audience to sing the Darth Vader theme song as he walked to the stage (because of the cape he was wearing). So enjoy and thanks for supporting the show. (Episode 19 originally aired Jan. 18th 2024).THE ORIGINAL SHOW NOTES:This week’s episode was recorded in front of a live audience on Dec. 5th, 2023, at Cinema 21 in Portland, Oregon. Peter Buck of R.E.M. joined us to discuss the documentary R.E.M. by MTV, his early years devouring music, moving to Athens, his first impressions of his bandmates, the surprises of seeing Michael grow as a performer, their relationship with the press, answering fan mail (including Chris reading a letter written to the band in 1984), what influenced songs like Harbourcoat, Michael’s approach to Man On The Moon and so much more.We also raised over $4900 for The Jeremy Wilson Foundation, which supports musicians and music industry workers in Oregon during times of medical or health-related challenges. Find out more at thejwf.orgREMHQ.comLive Recording Engineer by Gus Berry Cinema21.comREVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE: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.The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.Revolutions Per Movies releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!SOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 16, 2025 • 1h 5min

"THE YOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT" w/ Frank Conniff

This week, my guest is the legendary FRANK CONNIFF (of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame!!!), who picked the equally legendary Jacques Demy film, The Young Girls Of Rochefort!, to discuss as his music film!!We discuss Frank’s introduction into the MST3K world, how their show grew through grass roots and tape trading, the process of how MST3K would put together a show every week, the lack of cable tv in the US when their show first came on, how MST3K felt like being in a band for Frank, how he picked the films for their show and what the failsafes for jokes were, Ed Wood, can a movie like The Young Girls Of Rochefort get riffed on, actor Jack Webb’s anti-hippie stance, The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg, Criterion laser discs, Frank accidentally coming across Rochefort on tv, how Demy's films could transport you emotionally with just a color, the incredible Michele Legrand score that is relentlessly non-stop fantastic, how the film casually drops in a serial killer storyline, Catherine Deneuve and her real-life sister Françoise Dorléac's performances in the film together, West Side Story and actor George Chakiris, how they shot two different versions of Rochefort at the same time (one in French and one in English), how sexy everyone looks in the film, the surprise of Gene Kelly showing up in this film and his later fllm roles including Viva Knievel & Xandau and more!So let's turn around on a moment's notice and suddenly leap into the air as soon as someone beautiful has just passed us on the street on this week's Revolutions Per Movie!!!FRANK CONNIFF: https://frankconniff.com/https://dumb-industries.com/themadsarebackhttps://dumb-industries.com/store/books/frank-conniffYOUNG GIRLS OF ROCHEFORT: French Language Version: https://archive.org/details/the-young-girls-of-rochefortEnglish Language Version (rare workprint found of part of the film): https://archive.org/details/the-young-girls-of-rochefort-english-reelREVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE: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.The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.Revolutions Per Movie releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!SOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 9, 2025 • 1h 21min

'THE WOMEN OF PARLIAMENT-FUNKADELIC' w/ Seth Neblett

This week, I talk to Seth Neblett (the son of the queen of funk, Mallia Franklin of Parliament-Funkadelic & Parlet & author of his new book Mothership Connected: The Women of Parliament-Funkadelic). We talk about how Seth was convinced by Bootsy Collins to tell his mother and the women of P-Funk's stories, how he initially assumed this tale was going to be told as a documentary, Mallia Franklin's appearance in the Don Letts docuemntary Tales Of Dr. Funkenstein, Seth (at age 6) being taken by his grandmother to go watch his mom perform with Parliament/Parlet for the first time, how he was able to narrow down this immense story from all the hudnreds of characters in this group's varied history, the strgggles with having your Mom be a recording and touring star, how Mallia Franklin brought elements to the band that changed music FOREVER, George Clinton and his initial band The Parliments, how Mallia's vocals are all over their recoridngs from Maggot Brain to Atomic Dog, the vast age diffrerences within the band, Mallia being called "the geiger counter" because her musical institncts were so incredible on who to bring into the p-funk world (like Bootsy Collins & Junie Morrison), how we often take a documentary's storytelling a the truth, being the "Dog & Cat Lady", why you can see so many full concert footage from Parliment's heyday, Neil Bogart of Casblanca Records and the courting of Mallia Fraklin, the genesis of the female-led spin off groups Parlet and Brides Of Funkenstein, why George Clinton put all various bands on diffferent record labels, how Geroge often didn’t want his various bands to get bigger than him, how young the members of P-Funk were and how they often were not prepared for the psychological components of being part of it, Seth's thoughts on following up the book with a documentary vs a narritave series, how the women of P-Funk were not being invited to the induction ceremonies of the Grammys and Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, who should play his mom in the movie version of this story and more.So let's celebrate the queens of P-Funk forever on this week's episode of Revolutions Per Movie.SETH NEBLETT: Book: https://utpress.utexas.edu/9781477332672/Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sethneblett7268REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE: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.The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.Revolutions Per Movie releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!SOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 7, 2025 • 1h 24min

BONUS EPISODE: THE SOUNDS & VISIONS OF CRISPIN GLOVER w/ Crispin Glover

Welcome to this surprise bonus episode of Revolutions Per Movie with one of the universe's most unique and passionate creators--actor/musician/director/artist/author, Crispin Glover!!!We discuss Crispin's 1989 album The Big Problem ≠ The Solution. The Solution = Let It Be, working with David Lynch and staring into the eyes of Werner Herzog, the economics of making art, Crispin's It? trilogy, and why his new film No! YOU'RE WRONG. or: Spooky Action at a Distance is not part of it, the creation of Crispin's first book and how his slideshow presentations come to be, how Crispin had never heard the word 'dude' until he was in the film River's Edge, his beautiful direction of the Willard music video, his discovery of surrealism, how Crispin scores his films, Wendy Carlos, how he used hand-cranked cameras and hand processing for his latest film, the script and shooting of River's Edge, why Crispin loves touring his films, can music be used to find a character's traits in a performance, why editing is his favorite part of making his films and how radically he changed the final edit of his new film, how his new film took over 10 years to make, his collaborator David Brothers' incredible art direction in Crispin's films, Sean Lennon doing a voice in his latest film and so much more...So please join me as I talk to an absolute icon and cultural hero of so many of us on this week's Revolutions Per Movie.SEE CRISPIN GLOVER AND HIS NEW FILM:https://crispinglover.com/slideshow.htmlREVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE: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.The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.Revolutions Per Movie releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!SOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Oct 2, 2025 • 1h 35min

'BIG GOLD DREAM, THE GLASGOW SCHOOL & TEENAGE SUPERSTARS' w/ Grant McPhee

This week I'm joined by author and documentary filmmaker Grant McPhee, who directed three amazing films about the Scottish underground music scenes (Big Gold Dream, The Glasgow School, Teenage Superstars).  We discuss the differences between writing his book Postcards From Scotland and making these films, the UK press and their relationships with Scottish bands, the turmoil at the early Jesus & Mary Chain shows, both Postcard & Fast Product Records influencing Factory & Rough Trade records, how The Bay City Rollers were a massive influence on the early indie music scene, the genesis and integrity of Teenage Fanclub, early Scottish post-punk bands Josef K and Scars, choosing Kim Deal of The Breeders & Robert Foster of The Go-Betweens to narrate the films, the stress of making documentaries, the supportiveness of the Scottish music scenes, The Vaselines & Captain America being massive influences on (and friends) of Nirvana, BMX Bandits, Orange Juice and Soup Dragons changing their sounds, Stephen Pastel's ears getting sunburned after a haircut and more!So let's start a musical riot in under 12 minutes on this week's revolutions per movie!GRANT McPHEE:https://grantmcpheedirector.com/https://omnibuspress.com/products/postcards-from-scotland-scottish-independent-music-1983-1995ALL THREE FILMS ARE STREAMING ONLINEREVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE: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.The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.Revolutions Per Movie releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!SOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 25, 2025 • 1h 16min

'THE MUSIC VIDEOS OF SLOAN' w/ Jay Ferguson & Chris Murphy of SLOAN

This week, Jay Ferguson & Chris Murphy of the legendary Canadian band Sloan join me to discuss their 30+ year recording career (with the same four original band members!) as well as their charming and extensive videography.We also discuss how Sloan carves out space for all four songwriters on each record and the democracy within the band's ethos, the recent 'fake' movie trailers they've made for their new record, the challenges of getting all the band members on the same page to make a music video, the mystery behind Andrew’s hypnotic performances (the ‘less is more’ factor), their significant work archiving their visual and audio legacy, the band’s visual demands for the 'Coax Me' video that initially were not met, the early batch of music videos filmed during their first trip to NYC and their CBGB show in 1992, sticking to their guns when Geffen Records executives didn't get their 2nd album (the stone-cold classic Twice Removed), the film tributes within their videos from Easy Rider to Privilege and To Sir With Love, The MTV of Canada: Much Music, the difficulties in working with other film directors, did Andrew actually cry when he was pushed in the "Losing California" video, the range of budgets on their music videos, The Rolling Stones and their "Start Me Up" video, Sloan's short film comedy classic ‘THE EMPEROR SLAPS BACK’, bands not coming to your hometown to perform, how the band has had to adapt to keep going for the last 30 years and so much more!So quiet on the set... shhh, please don’t set off the 'Reverb Siren' in Jay's living room... during this week's episode of Revolutions Per Movie!SLOAN:https://sloanmusic.com/https://www.youtube.com/@sloanmusic/featuredREVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE: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.The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.Revolutions Per Movie releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!SOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 23, 2025 • 24min

BONUS EPISODE: 'STRANGE JOURNEY: THE STORY OF ROCKY HORROR' w/ Linus O'Brien

Welcome to this special bite-sized Bonus Episode of Revolutions Per Movie with Linus O’Brien, director of “Strange Journey: The Story Of Rocky Horror", which documents the cult phenomenon created by his father, Richard O’Brien. We talk about Richard’s curious charisma, his personal struggles & his accidental creation of Rocky Horror, Drag Race's Trixie Mattel’s early life-changing experience with the film, how Rocky screenings continue to provide a safe space for everybody to be their authentic self, Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon, Rocky Horror being the longest running theatrical release in the history of film (and how the Clinton St Theater continued to run the movie to an empty theater during the pandemic so the run wouldn't be broken), the amazing archival footage of teenage Michael Stipe of R.E.M. speaking in the afterglow of the movie while dressed as Frank-N-Furter, 70s newscasters trying to crack the whys of Rocky, the live shadowcasts and toast & rice, and how the legacy of Rocky Horror boils down to two words: community and connection.  So please support this great film in person this weekend when it’s being independently released in theaters all over the world, and continue to support indie!GET TICKETS TO STRANGE JOURNEY (in theaters this Friday Sept. 26th):https://rockyhorrordoc.com/LINUS O'BRIEN:https://www.instagram.com/linus.obrienREVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE: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.The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.Revolutions Per Movie releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!SOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sep 18, 2025 • 58min

THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY SHOW w/ KATE PIERSON of THE B-52s

The Second Anniversary Show w/ Kate Pierson of The B-52sThis week, I am honored to celebrate the second anniversary of Revolutions Per Movie with one of my top musical heroes: the one and only Kate Pierson of The B-52s!!!We discuss the influence of Fellini on Kate & The B-52s (who were originally going to call themselves 'Fellini's Children'), the early sounds and films that made a young Kate Pierson into who she is, film noir, the protest folk music of her first band 'The Sun Donuts', what drew Kate to Athens, GA; Kate finding her unique singing style, French New Wave films, how The B-52s were not allowed to play bars in Athens and instead opted for house parties, the early jobs of the band members, how Club 57 and The Mudd Club in NYC embraced the band, how much a wig cost back in 1978, how the band worked out the vocal phrasing and melody parts of the three vocalists, Jeremy Ayers being a pied piper of the Athens scene, The Plastics, the original house that The B-52s bought and lived in together, why there were no early B-52s music videos until Whammy, Kate's first music equipment and her amazing guitar parts, how different it is making music videos now vs. in the 80s and so much more.So let's dance this mess around on this week's episode of Revolutions Per Movie!KATE PIERSON:https://www.katepierson.com/https://www.theb52s.com/showsREVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE: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.The show is also a completely independent affair, so the best way to support it is through our Patreon at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get weekly bonus episodes, physical goods such as Flexidiscs, and other exclusive goods.Revolutions Per Movie releases new episodes every Thursday on any podcast app, and additional, exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks!SOCIALS:@revolutionspermovieBlueSky: @revpermovieTHEME by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind'www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com ARTWORK by Jeff T. Owenshttps://linktr.ee/mymetalhand Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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