Toast Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 I've been a huge Dandy Warhols fan ever since I picked up their first album around 1996. Not long after that I heard about a rival band called the Brian Jonestown Massacre. There was so much hype around them I ran out and picked up one of their albums... I didn't think much of it at the time. I do now, and I wish I still had it. I just rented the two disc version of the film, DIG! It chronicles the seven year duel between the Dandy Warhols and the Brian Jonestown Massacre. More precisely, it delves into the mad, medicated, self destructive genius of Anton Newcombe, the creative nut behind the Brian Jonestown Massacre, his sidekicks, and their love hate relationship with the Dandy's. The film and the bonus disc are filled with live footage of incredible music and intrigue into what ever happened to the less stable of these two incredible bands. A lot of BJM's tunes sounded familiar and ever so rockin'. I guess I just didn't realize it was the Brian Jonestown Massacre at the time, sorta like I do with Sebadoh's music now. If you're into the indie music scene and haven't seen it, if you've ever been in a band, if you've ever known a self destructive creative genius, it's a worthy rent. I found myself playing next on every single featurette in the bonus disc till 2:00 in the morning. This film won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance last year. Oh yeah, Zia McCabe has nice tits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireneo_Funes Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Yeah, I thought Dig! was totally entertaining, even though I'm not really into the Dandys and had never heard the BJM before I saw the movie. I'd watch it again; it was that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast Posted July 29, 2005 Author Share Posted July 29, 2005 The entire BJM catalogue of music is available for download. Unfortunately it's in OGG format. I have WINAMP installed, but for some reason I can't play any of the files I downloaded. I feel like such a gumby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 In the same vein, check out Hype!, a documentary about the Seattle music scene 88-94 and the whole grunge thing. Good performances, interviews, and tongue in cheek perspective on the whole wangdoodle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ireneo_Funes Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Dig! is funnier, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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