Sinner's Blood

I reviewed this in 2015 when we originally watched it. I still stand by everything I wrote back then. This was an awesomely bad movie to start off the new season of Motorcycle Movie Night.

Amazing.

SHOT! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock

This movie also appeared in my queue so I gave it a whirl. The last one was about A&R men, this one is about photography in the punk / rock / glam scenes. You might not know Mick Rock's name, but god damn you've seen his photos everywhere! The dude shot so many iconic album covers and 70's rock stars it's crazy. Cover of "Transformer"? Check. Cover of "Raw Power"? Check. Bowie? Check. The dude is incredible.

This is a look inside Mick's life, his history, his present, his yogic practices, and all his decadence. Mick plays a roll front-and-center giving commentary on his life. He narrates the movie from open to close. And it's interspersed with reenactments, archival audio and video, and additional interviews. It's really well done. And Mick Rock has quite a lot of personality. He's kinda like the photographer version of Jeremy Clakson. Maybe mix Clarkson and James May together and you might end up with Mick Rock if you throw in a lot of cocaine. It's entertaining stuff. The movie, that is. Not cocaine.

Who the F••K is that guy?

This popped up in my Netflix queue. Given my propensity for documentaries and especially music documentaries, this was a shoe-in. It's the unlikely story of an enthusiastic young gay Puerto Rican in NYC who makes it big in the music industry. Homeboy becomes a big-time A&R dude for the majors and signs some of the biggest acts of his generation. And he essentially gets by on his wits, determination, and keen vision for what artists COULD become if given a chance. He's big into punk and metal and saw a lot of legendary gigs.

I think it's a testament to his character that they got so many big artists to contribute interview time to the making of this doc. It's not the fanciest doc, or the biggest budget doc in the world. But it's a cool story. And Michael Alago seems like a nice bloke. He has some crazy stories about being gay in NY in the 70's and 80's.

Anyhow, you should stream it on Netflix.

Chasing Trane

Don't have much time to write about this right now. Just gotta say that it ruled. A well done documentary about Coltrane. Streaming on Netflix. Mandatory viewing.