shout outs

I'm thinking tonight (again) of Chris Batte, interviewer extraordinaire, and his great cameraman (who I am embarrassed not to know the name of right at this moment). Chris is the one who got the Archer Prewitt and Steve Albini interviews done. A friend gave me his name and number because I couldn't afford to go to Chicago myself to do interviews, and that is where Chris Batte, documentarian himself, lived. Well, he was more than happy to help, very gracious with his time, equipment, and talent, and came back with two excellent interviews. They went above and beyond and I am thankful that they were willing to be so generous and helpful. And I would also like to thank Archer and Steve for consenting to do interviews and for being so open and forthcoming. Your interviews are hard to cut anything out of!

Mudhead!!

So, I am editing this documentary basically chronologically, as that is fundamentally how the timeline of it will evolve. And now, I am on the era of Mudhead. That 3-4 year window of unfettered musical creativity that took place in late-80's Kansas City between Mott-ly, Barry Phipps, Lori Tiller, Beth Watson, and Archer Prewitt. And I'm digging it. I loved Mudhead and feel that they were very under-documented and that their horn should be tooted. So, I'm tooting it. Fortunately, I was able to get all of the remaining members of Mudhead to agree to be interviewed. If you wanna see some very grainy beta footage of Mudhead opening for Slint at The Foundry (around '89), see below.

Okay, the render is done...