Gimme Danger

There's a pretty sharp irony in the fact that Iggy Pop and the Stooges- the ones who invented punk rock, who have never sold out, who want no part of the fame and money offered from the corporate nipple, who never played ball with any person in a suit, and who stand against everything that …

Gigantic (a Tale of Two Johns)

They Might Be Giants... love them or hate them, because few people fall in between those two poles. My personal discovery of the band was fairly early on, when Dr. Demento started playing tunes off their first album and grabbed my young brain for a long, long, time. Decades later, it's encouraging to know they're …

Theremin

One of the 90's best documentaries, which seems to have been forgotten these days, Steven M. Martin's Theremin is an almost textbook case of what a documentary should be, if you happen to stumble upon an amazing real-life story like this one. It functions on multiple levels, covering that oddball and distinct musical instrument that …

When We Were Kings

Documentaries are everywhere, about every possible subject, and most of them are basically glorified Wikipedia entries designed for people too lazy to read a book; people with attention spans so short, filmmakers have to throw in every trick in the book, from snazzy animations to energy-boosting soundtracks, to keep you from bailing on your stream. …