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Out Of Print Out of Print is a sweet little ode to the counterculture of the 80s and 90s, a time when unearthing quality culture was a real treasure hunt. Tags: Counterculture underground collectors records audio cassettes vcr tapes books phillip dick zippy the chimp cult movies

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Dream Syndicate That's What You Always Say Dream Syndicate performing That's What You Always Say on the Out of the Grey Tour, 1986 or 1987. A ferocious, string-shredding version of the song. Shot on film in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Shot by Danny Plotnick & Dana Mendelssohn. Edited by Danny Plotnick. Tags: Dream Syndicate Steve Wynn Paul Culter Dennis Duck Mark Walton Paisley Underground Indie Music Super8 Danny Plotnick

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Warts & All, Trailer Warts & All: The Films of Danny Plotnick is a compilation of my short films that has just been released on the Microcinema Label. The dvd contains over l0 films, audio commentary, trailers, tons of photos of the films and tons of fetishistic photos of the equipment used to make the films. This trailer should give you a hint of the madness conatined on the dvd. For more info or to order, check out my website, www.dannyplotnick.com. The film is available through Amazon and will be available from Netflix starting on Feb. 26, 2008 Tags: Danny Plotnick super underground film skateboarding sock monkeys movie grindhouse swingers werid alternative cult

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Nest of Vipers: Excerpt: Roommates & Neighbors This is an excerpt from the Nest of Vipers podcast hosted by San Francisco independent filmmaker Danny Plotnick. Like the unholy coupling of This American Life and The Best Damn Sports Show, Nest of Vipers is smart, funny, and irreverent. Full Episodes available through iTunes. Search Nest of Vipers in the podcast directory or go to www.nestofviperspodcast.typepad.com for more info. Episode 15: Roommates & Neighbors Once you leave the family homestead and head out into the world of shared flats and apartments, there's an excellent chance you'll live with slobs or psychopaths of various stripes. This week on the Nest of Vipers, our fundits share stories of sketchy housemates and sketchier neighborhoods. We'll hear tales of colorful characters like Laotian Mafia members, speakeasy proprietors, and thieving hoods from the mean streets of West Philadelphia, as well as wife beaters, drug dealers and bottle throwers from San Francisco's Western Addition. We'll also hear about college co-eds trying to have sex in crowded dorm rooms, and a touching tale of a loveable roommate with an ungodly singing voice and Aspergers Syndrome. Our guests include: Scott Beiben founded the Lost Film Festival in 1999. Alison Faith Levy is a musician currently playing in kid-rock favorites The Sippy Cups. Bucky Sinister is the author of three acclaimed books of poetry—King of the Roadkills, Whiskey and Robots, and the brand new All Blacked Out & Nowhere To Go. Tags: roommates neighbors U2 black flag Aspergers West Philadelphia college sex San Francisco Fresh Prince Sinister Beiben

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Nest of Vipers: Excerpt: Take This Job... This is an excerpt from the Nest of Vipers podcast hosted by San Francisco independent filmmaker Danny Plotnick. Like the unholy coupling of This American Life and The Best Damn Sports Show, Nest of Vipers is smart, funny, and irreverent. Each episode features the rantings, ravings and erudite patter of independent musicians, filmmakers, writers and comedians holding court on cultural topics of the utmost importance. Full Episodes available through iTunes. Episode 12: Take This Job... Nine-to-five, punch the clock, bring home the bacon and all that jazz. Let's face it, work can be such a drag. Finding a job you like can be harder than finding inner peace. Even if you do find a job you love, there's office politics, inter-office drama or a borderline psychopath lurking in a nearby cubicle. In other words, the working life provides plenty of material for another action-packed Nest of Vipers. This week's team of fundits share tales of dishwashing, salmon gutting, international banking and working for a major pant concern. Our guests include: Anthony Bedard. Degenerate by night, international banker by day. In this episode Anthony Bedard reveals top secret international finance gossip circa 1994. He also admits to his Jakarta Post addiction and his fascination with the Clove cigarette trade. Since leaving the banking game, Bedard has gone on to run Past It Records and the current comedy label Talent Moat. He is the booker for San Francisco's Hemlock Tavern in addition to playing guitar for the Hank IV. Pete Jordan was a counter culture hero in the 90s. His wildly popular zine Dishwasher chronicled his quest to wash dishes in all 50 states. Hounded by major publishing houses for years, he finally broke down and revisited and re-chronicled his adventures in the recently published memoir also called Dishwasher. He currently lives in Amsterdam. Kurt Keppeler has worked at an Alaskan Cannery, as a door-to-door encyclopedia salesman, sang with an Up With People-like singing group and performed dinner theater as a teenager. He currently plays guitar in the band Fierce Antler. This is his third stint on Nest of Vipers. Tags: Dishwasher Pete Jordan Plotnick Bedard Keppeler UPS Bank of America Scanners Alaska Salmon Cannery dishwashing

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Excerpt Episode 13: Young & Stupid This is an excerpt from the Nest of Vipers podcast hosted by San Francisco independent filmmaker Danny Plotnick. Nest of Vipers is smart, funny, and irreverent. Each episode features the rantings, ravings and erudite patter of independent musicians, filmmakers, writers and comedians holding court on cultural topics of the utmost importance. Available through iTunes. Episode 13: Young And Stupid Ah...to be young and stupid again. This week our guests share embarrassing tales from their youth, telling stories about foolish behavior that can be chalked up to a combination of inexperience and ignorance. Huffing film cleaner, shoplifting cheap wine, botching a major label record deal, and disobeying traffic laws are just some of the tales told on this episode of the Nest of Vipers. Our guests include: Michael W. Dean is the author of the books $30 Film School, $30 Music School, $30 Writing School, and Starving in the Company of Beautiful Women. He directed the films D.I.Y. OR DIE: How To Survive as an Independent Artist and HUBERT SELBY JR: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow. Michael played guitar in the band The Beef People. He sang and played bass in Baby Opaque, and Bomb (Warner Brothers). He keeps the blog Stinkfight and has an awesome podcast called Clone The Homeless. Becky Haycox marches to her own homemade drum. A member of various creative communities, she uses more than her fair share of hyphens as crafter-blogger-actor-partygirl-teacher-designer-geek. However, she does not know the definition of turpitude. Her eclectic musings can be found http://www.beckyhaycox.com/hamblog. Lee Lynch is a filmmaker. His recent feature Transposition of the Great Vessels has been playing the festival circuit for the past year. He is currently finishing a feature length doc on the last wild Buffalo hunt in the United States. Tags: Plotnick Michael Dean Lee Lynch Becky Haycox Bomb Warner Brothers Bill Laswell Van Halen Shoplifting

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Nest of Vipers: Excerpt: The Old College Try This is an excerpt from the Nest of Vipers podcast hosted by San Francisco independent filmmaker Danny Plotnick (Swingers' Serenade, I'm Not Fascinating). Like the unholy coupling of Fresh Air and The Best Damn Sports Show, Nest of Vipers is smart, funny, and irreverent. Each episode features the rantings, ravings and erudite patter of independent musicians, filmmakers, writers and comedians holding court on cultural topics of the utmost importance. Available through iTunes. Episode 12: The Old College Try Lurking in the closet of every artist is a failed project. Some sort of endeavor that should have been great, could have been great, but just flatlined. Performing as the Tin Man on Hollywood Boulevard, trying to launch a play about fruitcakes, trying to impress the wife's friends with a spooky Halloween spectacle and paying tribute to Abe Lincoln are just some of the tales shared by this weeks guests. Our guests include: Rodney Ascher is a filmmaker and animator extraordinaire. His films include the Jack Chick inspired Titanic and Somebody Goofed. He also helmed a failed VH1 pilot for Gene Simmons. Becky Haycox is a crafter, blogger and theater sporter. She claims to have jumped the rope at the Hollywood Wax Museum and groped Captain Kirk. You should read her blog. Lee Lynch is a filmmaker. His recent feature Transposition of the Great Vessels has been playing the festival circuit for the past year. He is currently finishing a feature length doc on the last wild Buffalo hunt in the United States. Tags: Wizard of Oz Tin Man Wax Museum Halloween Fruitcake Rambo Abe Lincoln Danny Plotnick Rodney Ascher Lee Lynch Becky Ha

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The Tin Man & The Ghost, Part I My friend Lee and my son Henry parade around the Queen Mary as The Tin Man & The Ghost. Lee was hired to perform at a disco party on board as the Tin Man. My son just likes to dress up as a ghost. Tags: Tin Man Ghost Queen Mary

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Episode 11: The Trouble With Travels This is an excerpt from the Nest of Vipers podcast hosted by San Francisco independent filmmaker Danny Plotnick (Swingers' Serenade, I'm Not Fascinating). Like the unholy coupling of Fresh Air and The Best Damn Sports Show, Nest of Vipers is smart, funny, and irreverent. Each episode features the rantings, ravings and erudite patter of independent musicians, filmmakers, writers and comedians holding court on cultural topics of the utmost importance. Available through iTunes. Episode 11: The Trouble With Travels. Out Now! Everybody loves to travel. But for every fantasy of the perfect vacation lurks the very real possibility of a journey gone haywire. In this episode, our team of world-weary travelers recount bizarre tales including a 50 hour bus ride filled with racial tension, a poodle and a bottle of Perrier, a sixteen year old crusty, hippie-punk passed out in the Jamaican mud at the Reggae Sunsplash, a pathetic Xmas yarn featuring a Blues Brothers cover band and a bus stuck on a snowy mountain pass, and a mad dash from Sacramento to San Francisco in a car falling apart mile by mile. Our guests include: Anthony Bedard is a drummer and guitarist. He drummed for San Francisco's legendary Icky Boyfriends, a band known to clear the room at lightning speed. He is currently playing guitar in the panic-skiffle rock combo known as Hank IV. Bedard also books The Hemlock Tavern, a San Francisco watering hole and rock club. Jack Boulware, raconteur extraordinaire and chronicler of the depraved is author of the books Sex, American Style and SF Bizarro. He is co-founder of San Francisco's annual Litquake literary festival, and is currently buried in a new book project, a history of punk rock in the Bay Area. Natalija Vekic is a filmmaker and installation artist. She's made the acclaimed short films Lost and Found and The Girl with The Pearl Suspended. She's so fancy she was awarded the prestigious Princess Grace Award for filmmaking. Tags: Plotnick Bedard Boulware Vekic Blues Brothers Reggae Musical Youth

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Episode 10 Excerpt: Inside The Teachers Lounge This is an excerpt from the Nest of Vipers podcast hosted by San Francisco independent filmmaker Danny Plotnick (Swingers' Serenade, I'm Not Fascinating). Like the unholy coupling of Fresh Air and The Best Damn Sports Show, Nest of Vipers is smart, funny, and irreverent. Each episode features the rantings, ravings and erudite patter of independent musicians, filmmakers, writers and comedians holding court on cultural topics of the utmost importance. Available through iTunes. Episode 10: Inside the Teachers' Lounge. Out Now! Did you ever wonder if your teachers were taking about you in the faculty lounge? You bet they were. This week on the Nest of Vipers, we've assembled a crack team of teachers to share their stories of teacher/student interaction. The stories run the gamut from heartwarming moments to stories that end in failure and expulsion. Hosted by filmmaker Danny Plotnick. Our guests include: Doreen Diecke has been teaching English at San Francisco State University for 17 years. Her new teaching motto is "Getting you to the middle class since 1989." When she's not teaching she's taking cool photos and getting knee-deep into Photoshop. Bruce Lamott has been teaching at the high school, college and graduate levels for over 25 years. He teaches Choir, Orchestra and Western Civilization. When he's not in the classroom, he's holding court in the teachers' lounge regaling faculty members with stories for all occasions. Jan Richman is a poet and novelist who lives in San Francisco. She is the author of Because the Brain Can Be Talked Into Anything) and winner of the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets. She is currently working on a novel about Tourette's syndrome and roller coasters. While teaching at the Academy of Art College, she found herself caught in the middle of a student expulsion case that made national headlines. Tags: teaching academy of art university jan richman danny plotnick threes company music man lovely bones david foster wallace

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Excerpt Episode 9: Customer Service This is an excerpt from the Nest of Vipers podcast hosted by San Francisco independent filmmaker Danny Plotnick (Swingers' Serenade, I'm Not Fascinating). Like the unholy coupling of Fresh Air and The Best Damn Sports Show, Nest of Vipers is smart, funny, and irreverent. Each episode features the rantings, ravings and erudite patter of independent musicians, filmmakers, writers and comedians holding court on cultural topics of the utmost importance. More Excerpts and related film clips at www.youtube.com/nestofivperspodcast. Available through iTunes. Episode 9: Customer Service Hell. Available Now! If you've ever been a mindless drone in the workplace being yelled at by an irate customer or been an irate customer exasperated by the incompetent boobery of the American workforce, then you won't want to miss this episode of the Nest of Vipers. Working the phone lines at Play Station on Christmas morning, being the a/v tech dude at a proctologist convention, being a bag boy in a retirement community, and dealing with couriers that lose your priceless packages are just some of the customer service problems dissected this episode. Hosted by filmmaker Danny Plotnick. Our guests include: Anthony Bedard is a drummer and guitarist. He drummed for San Francisco's legendary Icky Boyfriends, a band known to clear the room at lightning speed. He is currently playing guitar in the panic-skiffle rock combo known as Hank IV. Bedard also books The Hemlock Tavern, a San Francisco watering hole and rock club. Jack Boulware, raconteur extraordinaire and chronicler of the depraved is author of the books Sex, American Style and SF Bizarro. He is co-founder of San Francisco's annual Litquake literary festival, and is currently buried in a new book project, a history of punk rock in the Bay Area. Bucky Sinister is the author of three acclaimed books of poetry—King of the Roadkills, Whiskey and Robots, and the brand new All Blacked Out & Nowhere To Go. Bucky honed his writing skills and performing chops as emcee of the outrageous poetry brawl scene at the Chameleon in San Francisco's Mission District during the mid 90's. His poems have been included in the Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, and King of the Roadkills inspired a short-lived clothing collection in Australia. He recently completed watching 500 movies on DVD this past year as part of the Q500 Experiment. Tags: Plotnick Bedard Bucky Sinister Boulware Shriners Proctology maggots Ghiradelli Play Station Tomba Christmas

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Burl Ives--Noah Found Grace In The Eyes of the Lord Burl Ives delivers a truly inspired gospel number. Tags: Burl Ives Noah

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Holland Days A Paul Terry Toons gem. The print I have is silent. I added the song. If you are a purist, turn the sound off. Tags: paul terry toons vintage cartoon holland days

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The Bee & The Butterfly A Paul Terry Toons cartoon Tags: paul terry toons vintage cartoon bee and butterfly

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Titanic Last year my 5 year old son was obsessed with the Titanic, so we made a movie about the sinking of the ship. He drew it, I animated it. Note all the historical detail. Tags: titanic animation kids movies

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Nest of Vipers Excerpt Episode 8: Bad Date This is an excerpt from the Nest of Vipers podcast hosted by San Francisco independent filmmaker Danny Plotnick (Swingers' Serenade, I'm Not Fascinating). Like the unholy coupling of Fresh Air and The Best Damn Sports Show, Nest of Vipers is smart, funny, and irreverent. Each episode features the rantings, ravings and erudite patter of independent musicians, filmmakers, writers and comedians holding court on cultural topics of the utmost importance. More Excerpts and related film clips at www.youtube.com/nestofivperspodcast. Available through iTunes. Episode 8: Bad Dates. Available June 1, 2007 If you've been on more than one date, chances are you've had at least one bad one. This week, our team of "fundits" share dating horror stories. Yurts, crying rooms and English Bed Sits house our dates which include encounters with drugs, guns, underage girls, midnight movies and Tootsie. Our guests include: Anthony Bedard is a drummer and guitarist. He drummed for San Francisco's legendary Icky Boyfriends, a band known to clear the room at lightning speed. He is currently playing guitar in the panic-skiffle rock combo known as Hank IV. Bedard also books The Hemlock Tavern, a San Francisco watering hole and rock club. Beth Lisick is hysterical. She's a performer, gossip columnist and author whose books include Monkey Girl, This Too Can Be Yours, and the acclaimed Everybody Into The Pool. She also co-produces the Porchlight storytelling series. Her stories are sassy and effervescent, filled with wry observations about the human species. Sadie Shaw is a double threat. She is both a rocking musician and filmmaker. She plays guitar and sings in the garage rock outfit the Husbands. She has been making music videos and films for over a decade. During her tenure as music video director/producer at indie record label Kill Rock Stars, she developed music videos for Unwound, The Lies, Emilys Sassy Lime, and Gravy Train. She is also a filmmaker whose films includethee feature Charm, a psychological-horror film shot entirely on Super 8 and in collaboration with fellow Husband, Sarah Reed. She is currently finishing up a new feature. It's a zombie, dating spectacular called Bad Date. Tags: Lisick Sadie Shaw Plotnick Bedared midnight movies manhunter yurt crying room tootsie dating bad date underage girls

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Nest of Vipers Excerpt Episode 7: Super Seed This is an excerpt from the Nest of Vipers podcast hosted by San Francisco independent filmmaker Danny Plotnick (Swingers' Serenade, I'm Not Fascinating). Like the unholy coupling of Fresh Air and The Best Damn Sports Show, Nest of Vipers is smart, funny, and irreverent. Each episode features the rantings, ravings and erudite patter of independent musicians, filmmakers, writers and comedians holding court on cultural topics of the utmost importance. More Excerpts and related film clips at www.youtube.com/nestofivperspodcast. Available through iTunes . Episode 7 of the Nest of Vipers Podcast is out NOW! Tour Stories Who doesn't love stories of touring bands on the highway to hell? This week our team of grizzled "fundits" share tour stories from the rock and roll, disco and filmmaking trenches. Super flammable pot seeds, beer-soaked van crashes, well-meaning nincompoops, near death experiences, and foosball are discussed. Hosted by filmmaker Danny Plotnick. Our guests include: Anthony Bedard is a drummer and guitarist. He drummed for San Francisco's legendary Icky Boyfriends, a band known to clear the room at lightning speed. He is currently playing guitar in the panic-skiffle rock combo known as Hank IV. Bedard also books The Hemlock Tavern, a San Francisco watering hole and rock club. Chuck Prophet is an American guitar master. He cut his teeth with on the rootsy side of the paisley underground with Green On Red. He has subsequently released a boatload of solo records including the Age of Miracles, No Other Love and the soon to be released, tentatively titled Soap and Water. Gil Ray beat the skins for the critically-acclaimed, NorCal darlings Game Theory and the Loud Family. He most recently released his debut solo album, the sci-fi themed, I Am Atomic Man. He was born and raised in the South, has a comforting drawl and is a true gentleman. Tags: Plotnick Chuck Prophet Green On Red Anthony Bedard Hank IV Icky Boyfriends Gil Ray Game Theory Loud Family

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Nest of Vipers: Excerpt: Adventures in Dangerous Dining This is an excerpt from the Nest of Vipers podcast hosted by San Francisco independent filmmaker Danny Plotnick (Swingers' Serenade, I'm Not Fascinating). Like the unholy coupling of Fresh Air and The Best Damn Sports Show, Nest of Vipers is smart, funny, and irreverent. Each episode features the rantings, ravings and erudite patter of independent musicians, filmmakers, writers and comedians holding court on cultural topics of the utmost importance. More Excerpts and related film clips at www.youtube.com/nestofivperspodcast. Episode 6 of the Nest of Vipers Podcast is out NOW! Adventures in Dangerous Dining Available through iTunes. If you're like us, you love to eat. This week, our well-fed team of "fundits" share frighteningly memorable stories of the culinary variety. Stories of knife-wielding hash slingers, vomiting mothers, rancid and wriggling eels, and delectably teeny lambs' brains are served up for your listening pleasure. Our guests include: Anthony Bedard is a drummer and guitarist. He drummed for San Francisco's legendary Icky Boyfriends, a band known to clear the room at lightning speed. He is currently playing guitar in the panic-skiffle rock combo known as Hank IV. Bedard also books The Hemlock Tavern, a San Francisco watering hole and rock club. Jack Boulware, raconteur extraordinaire and chronicler of the depraved is author of the books Sex, American Style and SF Bizarro. He is co-founder of San Francisco's annual Litquake literary festival, and is currently buried in a new book project, a history of punk rock in the Bay Area. Bonnie Wach writes the Today's Special dining column for the San Francisco Chronicle. She is also the author of San Francisco As You Like It: 23 Tailor-Made Tours for Culture Vultures, Shopaholics, Neo-Bohemians, Famished Foodies, Savvy Natives & Everyone Else. Her writing has appeared in Via, the New York Times Magazine, and San Francisco Magazine. Tags: Plotnick Jack Boulware Bonnie Wach Bedard Wendys eel steak Lafayette coney island lambs' brains chili food dining

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Nest of Vipers: Excerpt: Artists' Formative Moments This is an excerpt from the Nest of Vipers podcast hosted by San Francisco independent filmmaker Danny Plotnick (Swingers' Serenade, I'm Not Fascinating). Like the unholy coupling of Fresh Air and The Best Damn Sports Show, Nest of Vipers is smart, funny, and irreverent. Each episode features the rantings, ravings and erudite patter of independent musicians, filmmakers, writers and comedians holding court on cultural topics of the utmost importance. More Excerpts and related film clips at www.youtube.com/nestofivperspodcast. Episode 5 of the Nest of Vipers Podcast is out NOW! Artists' Formative Moments Available through iTunes. Most guests on the Nest of Vipers are part of the art world and are enamored with alternative culture. These sub-cultural types often have defining moments early in life when they realize they're different from everybody else or are concerned with different things than their friends. Our team of "fundits" exhume the elementary and high school years to talk about these formative moments. Guests include writer Bucky Sinister (All Blacked Out & Nowhere to Go), musician Kurt Keppler (Fierce Antler), and musician Alison Faith Levy (The Sippy Cups). Hosted by filmmaker Danny Plotnick. Our guests include: Bucky Sinister is the author of three acclaimed books of poetry—King of the Roadkills, Whiskey and Robots, and the brand new All Blacked Out & Nowhere To Go. Bucky honed his writing skills and performing chops as emcee of the outrageous poetry brawl scene at the Chameleon in San Francisco's Mission District during the mid 90's. His poems have been included in the Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, and King of the Roadkills inspired a short-lived clothing collection in Australia. He recently completed watching 500 movies on DVD this past year as part of the Q500 Experiment. Kurt Keppeler writes music and plays bass with the goth-psych band Fierce Antler. Previous musical forays included the dark-wave band Condor. He is also an accomplished film and video director. His experimental films include Metalman, The Leash Men and Fisherman. He has directed live concert DVDs for Los Lobos, Ozomatli, Bow Wow, Gold Chains and Nellie McKay, among others. Alison Faith Levy is a musician currently playing in kid-rock favorites The Sippy Cups. She also sings for the experimental group Mushroom who have a brand new record out fronted by Levy called Yesterday I Saw You Kissing Tiny Flowers. She recently has been performing live with Victor Krummenacher. Tags: Plotnick Alison Faith Levy Keppeler Bucky Sinister 1984 Tommy The Who Clash Talking Heads Joe Jackson Lederhosen Cults

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Nest of Vipers: Excerpt: Artists' Humiliating Moments This is an excerpt from the Nest of Vipers podcast hosted by San Francisco independent filmmaker Danny Plotnick (Swingers' Serenade, I'm Not Fascinating). Like the unholy coupling of Fresh Air and The Best Damn Sports Show, Nest of Vipers is smart, funny, and irreverent. Each episode features the rantings, ravings and erudite patter of independent musicians, filmmakers, writers and comedians holding court on cultural topics of the utmost importance. More Excerpts and related film clips at www.youtube.com/nestofivperspodcast. Episode 4 of the Nest of Vipers Podcast is out NOW! Artists' Most Humiliating Moments. Available through iTunes. All artists, no matter how successful, have experienced some horrifically embarrassing moment on the public stage. Unfortunately, when things go wrong, they tend to go wrong in front of hundreds of people. This week our team of fundits include a writer, a musician, a filmmaker, and a theater geek sharing their most humiliating moments as artists. Guests include musician Chris Xefos (King Missile, Drop Quarters), writer Bucky Sinister (author All Blacked Out & Nowhere To Go), and musician and lapsed thespian Kurt Keppler (Fierce Antler). Hosted by filmmaker Danny Plotnick Our guests include: Bucky Sinister is the author of three acclaimed books of poetry, King of the Roadkills, Whiskey and Robots, and the brand new All Blacked Out & Nowhere To Go. Bucky honed his writing skills and performing chops as emcee of the outrageous poetry brawl scene at the Chameleon in San Francisco's Mission District during the mid 90's. His poems have been included in the Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, and King of the Roadkills inspired a short-lived clothing collection in Australia. He recently completed watching 500 movies on DVD this past year as part of the Q500 Experiment. Kurt Keppeler writes music and plays bass with the goth-psych band Fierce Antler. Previous musical forays included the dark-wave band Condor. He is also an accomplished film and video director. His experimental films include Metalman, The Leash Men and Fisherman. He has directed live concert DVDs for Los Lobos, Ozomatli, Bow Wow, Gold Chains and Nellie McKay, among others. Chris Xefos began recording & producing various groups during the 1980s, including indie-rock legends Phantom Tollbooth. In 1989, Chris joined up with the NYC spoken word/art rock group, King Missile. Five years, four albums and a number of alternative rock "hits" (Jesus Was Way Cool and Detachable Penis) later, King Missile disbanded (this version). Chris relocated to San Francisco. He continues to work in various capacities with a number of Bay Area artists, including Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven/Monks of Doom), Alison Faith Levy (The Loud Family/The Sippy Cups) and Doug Hilsinger (Bomb/Enorchestra). Chris also has two writing/recording projects; the duo moth wranglers, as well as Chris' solo project, Drop Quarters. More info on Chris' work can be found at xefos.com Tags: Plotnick Chris Xefos Keppeler Bucky Sinister Poetry King Missile Detachable Penis Super8 Oliver Dinner Theater

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Nest of Vipers: Excerpt: Worst Rock Show This is an excerpt from the Nest of Vipers podcast hosted by San Francisco independent filmmaker Danny Plotnick. Like the unholy coupling of Fresh Air and The Best Damn Sports Show, Nest of Vipers is smart, funny, and irreverent. Each episode features the rantings, ravings and erudite patter of independent musicians, filmmakers, writers and comedians holding court on cultural topics of the utmost importance. More Excerpts and related film clips at www.youtube.com/nestofivperspodcast. Available through iTunes. If you go to enough rock shows, you inevitably see some horrible bands—tuneless, ear shattering, egotistical boobs that make you want to run screaming for the door. But for some reason on some nights, you don't run screaming for the door. You sit there, grit your teeth and soak in the caterwaul and the bombast. Maybe there is a "no ins and outs policy", maybe you're trying to impress some friends, or maybe you're hoping that enough liquor will make it all better. We've all been there and we've all felt the pain. Today's esteemed panelists share their rock and roll horror stories. Third Eye Blind, Psychefunkapus, The Hidden Hand, Sunn O)), OM, and The Godwads take it on the chin in the debut episode of Nest of Vipers. Guest include wrtier Beth Lisick, musician Anthony Bedard, label owner John Whitson. Tags: Bedard Plotnick Whitson Lisick Sunn The Hidden Hand Third Eye Blind Psychefunkapus Om

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Nest of Vipers: Excerpt: Books To Movies This is an excerpt from the Nest of Vipers podcast hosted by San Francisco independent filmmaker Danny Plotnick. Like the unholy coupling of Fresh Air and The Best Damn Sports Show, Nest of Vipers is smart, funny, and irreverent. Each episode features the rantings, ravings and erudite patter of independent musicians, filmmakers, writers and comedians holding court on cultural topics of the utmost importance. More Excerpts and related film clips at www.youtube.com/nestofivperspodcast. Episode 2: Books That Would Make Great Movies & How Hollywood Would Ruin Them is out now! This week on The Nest, our team of fundits discuss books that would make great movies and how Hollywood would ruin them. Hollywood has a rich history of turning great pieces of literature into fantastically mediocre movies. Our guests talk about some of their favorite books that, given the right treatment, would shine on the silver screen, but more likely would wilt under a coat of Hollywood gloss, sheen and superstardom. Under examination are Charles Bukowski's Ham on Rye, Charles Willeford's The Burnt Orange Heresy, Judy Blume's Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, and Chester Himes' Cotton Comes To Harlem. Guests include author Bucky Sinister, musician Anthony Bedard and librarian Nicole Hunter. Tags: Plotnick Bedard Bucky Sinister Nicole Hunter Charles Bukowski Chester Himes Judy Blume Willeford

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Nest of Vipers: Excerpt: Secret Cinema This is an excerpt from the Nest of Vipers podcast hosted by San Francisco independent filmmaker Danny Plotnick. Like the unholy coupling of Fresh Air and The Best Damn Sports Show, Nest of Vipers is smart, funny, and irreverent. Each episode features the rantings, ravings and erudite patter of independent musicians, filmmakers, writers and comedians holding court on cultural topics of the utmost importance. More Excerpts and related film clips at www.youtube.com/nestofivperspodcast. Episode 3 of the Nest of Vipers Podcast is out NOW! Secret Cinema: Tales of Forgotten Films and Movie Palaces. Available through iTunes. A loving tribute to off-the-radar films, as well as a journey into the faded balconies of single screen movie theaters. To most well-educated cineastes, off the radar films bring to mind titles like Eraserhead, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, The Sweet Smell of Success and Detour. This week, our team of fundits dig deeper into the celluloid closet as we discuss Mormon educational films, medical training films, and other oddities with catchy titles like The Estrogen Cycle of The Rat. And if that's not enough, we share our love for single screen movie theaters, explore the rapidly changing theater going experience, and pay homage to faded movie palaces like San Francisco's Strand Theater, Boston's Pilgrim Theater, and more. Our guests include: Jack Stevenson is an American film writer and print collector who moved from San Francisco to Denmark in 1993 but remains a big fan of San Francisco and Market Street and the Tenderloin and Tulan in particular. His books include Fleshpot, Land of 1,000 Balconies and Addicted. Christian Bruno co-directed the fantastic short documentary Pie Fight '69, a classic look at San Francisco film history. He is currently finishing a documentary about the demise of single screen movie theater called Strand: A Natural History of Cinema. He is a dapper dresser. For more info on his endeavors, check out www.naturalhistoryofcinema.net. Jesse Ficks programs the Midnites For Maniacs triple bill extravaganza at the legendary Castro Theater. He also writes about film in various national publications. Tags: Plotnick Stevenson Bruno Ficks Willard Mormons Drivers Education Crispen Glover The Tingler John Waters Grindhouse

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LSD & Other Psychedelics An anti-drug movie from the 70's that is trying very hard to be "with it". To be fair I do love the groovy intro music, the mod wallpaper and the prevelance of white slacks and belts. The kids' acccents are priceless as well. Tags: LSD Groovy Youth Culture Psycedelics Mind Bending

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The Rise and Fall of DDT Excerpt from an educational film on DDT. This clip features a scientist consuming DDT tablets to prove how safe it is. Tags: DDT Science

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Trailer--Death Sled II: Steel Belted Romeos This is a trailer for my film Death Sled II: Steel Belted Romeos Tags: Plotnick Super8 Bayonne Turbo-charged Pasta Trailer

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Adamo Petit Bonheur Scopitone of French pop star Adamo cavorting with puppets Tags: Scopitone French Pop Puppets

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Vicious Cycles One of the all time great films. Thigh-crunching motorcycle mayhem. Tags: Stop-Motion Animation Motorcycles Mimes Amazing

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Monkey Go Round A must for all monkey enthusiasts. Real live Monkeys race teeny cars in Germany. Tags: monkeys tiny cars auto racing

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A Day In The Death of Donny B. A very bizarre drug educational film. The film mixes convincing interviews with the residents of Harlem re: the dangers of heroin along with a sketchy reenactment of a junky stumbling through town. Early 70's. Great score by Harry Holt. Tags: Drugs Heroin Harlem Harry Holt Educational Film

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